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Top institutions in Australia for Plant Biology & Botany

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Which institutions in Australia have the most top-cited scientists in Plant Biology & Botany?

186 researchers in Australia whose main subfield is Plant Biology & Botany are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.1% of all listed authors in Australia, and 7th of 82 countries in the subfield. 91 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The University of Western Australia has the most (22), followed by The University of Queensland (20) and ANU Research School of Biology (19). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
186
2.1% of all in Australia
In the global top 100,000
91
48.9% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#7
of 82 countries in Plant Biology & Botany
Highest-ranked
#820
Lambers, Hans
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1The University of Western Australia2214#12Lambers, Hans #820
2The University of Queensland2012#15Kazan, Kemal #5,917
3ANU Research School of Biology1915#18Farquhar, Graham Douglas #3,970
4Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation196#19Dodds, Peter N. #18,501
5The University of Adelaide156#40Smith, Sally E. #19,764
6Western Sydney University118#61Medlyn, Belinda E. #13,405
7The University of Sydney102#75Warren, Charles R. #30,755
8Murdoch University53#173Varshney, Rajeev Kumar #1,219
9La Trobe University51#199Kant, Surya #49,471
10The Australian National University43#221Ruan, Yong-Ling #5,224
11Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment41#281Tissue, David T. #96,365
12School of Biosciences32#359Cobbett, Christopher S. #60,630
13Faculty of Science31#166Kronzucker, Herbert J. #64,087
14Flinders University31#385Shavrukov, Yuri #94,076
15Macquarie University30#424Zeppel, Melanie J.B. #178,602

The top 100 in Plant Biology & Botany in Australia, in order

  1. 1
    Lambers, Hans
    The University of Western Australia
  2. 2
    Varshney, Rajeev Kumar
    Murdoch University
  3. 3
    Munns, Rana E.
    CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Brisbane
  4. 4
    Shabala, Sergey Nikolayevich
    The University of Western Australia
  5. 5
    Farquhar, Graham Douglas
    ANU Research School of Biology
  6. 6
    Brodribb, Timothy J.
    University of Tasmania
  7. 7
    Ruan, Yong-Ling
    The Australian National University
  8. 8
    Kazan, Kemal
    The University of Queensland
  9. 9
    Evans, John R.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  10. 10
    Colmer, Timothy David
    The University of Western Australia
  11. 11
    Bowman, John L.
    Monash University
  12. 12
    Brundrett, Mark C.
    The University of Western Australia
  13. 13
    Henry, Robert J.
    The University of Queensland
  14. 14
    Jones, Roger A.C.
    The University of Western Australia
  15. 15
    Medlyn, Belinda E.
    Western Sydney University
  16. 16
    von Caemmerer, Susanne
    ANU Research School of Biology
  17. 17
    Dodds, Peter N.
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  18. 18
    Passioura, John B.
    The Australian National University
  19. 19
    Smith, Sally E.
    The University of Adelaide
  20. 20
    Furbank, Robert T.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  21. 21
    Duursma, Remko A.
    Western Sydney University
  22. 22
    Way, Danielle A.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  23. 23
    Edwards, David
    The University of Western Australia
  24. 24
    Cernusak, Lucas A.
    James Cook University
  25. 25
    Mathesius, Ulrike
    ANU Research School of Biology
  26. 26
    Langridge, Peter D.
    The University of Adelaide
  27. 27
    Summerell, Brett Anthony
    Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
  28. 28
    Ball, Marilyn C.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  29. 29
    Warren, Charles R.
    The University of Sydney
  30. 30
    Adams, Mark A.
    Swinburne University of Technology
  31. 31
    Khan, Khalid Ahamd
    Charles Darwin University
  32. 32
    Choat, Brendan
    Western Sydney University
  33. 33
    Franks, Peter J.
    The University of Sydney
  34. 34
    Baker, Alan John Martin
    The University of Queensland
  35. 35
    Chen, Zhong-Hua
    The University of Adelaide
  36. 36
    Atkin, Owen K.
    The Australian National University
  37. 37
    Hammer, G. L.
    The University of Queensland
  38. 38
    Chapman, Scott C.
    The University of Queensland
  39. 39
    Eamus, Derek
    University of Technology Sydney
  40. 40
    Zhou, Meixue
    Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
  41. 41
    Schenk, Peer M.
    Global Sustainable Solutions Pty Ltd
  42. 42
    Burgess, Treena Isobel
    Murdoch University
  43. 43
    Cooper, Mark
    The University of Queensland
  44. 44
    Veneklaas, Erik J.
    The University of Western Australia
  45. 45
    Millar, A. Harvey
    The University of Western Australia
  46. 46
    Kant, Surya
    La Trobe University
  47. 47
    Chen, Yinglong
    The University of Western Australia
  48. 48
    Small, Ian David
    The University of Western Australia
  49. 49
    Walsh, Kerry Brian
    CQUniversity Australia
  50. 50
    Beveridge, Christine Anne
    The University of Queensland
  51. 51
    Chakraborty, Sukumar
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  52. 52
    Robinson, Sharon A.
    University of Wollongong
  53. 53
    Cobbett, Christopher S.
    School of Biosciences
  54. 54
    Lagudah, Evans S.
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  55. 55
    Pfautsch, Sebastian
    Western Sydney University
  56. 56
    Kronzucker, Herbert J.
    Faculty of Science
  57. 57
    Schwessinger, Benjamin
    ANU Research School of Biology
  58. 58
    Tyerman, Stephen Donald
    The University of Adelaide
  59. 59
    Millar, Anthony A.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  60. 60
    Smith, Steven M.
    University of Tasmania
  61. 61
    Price, G. Dean
    ANU Research School of Biology
  62. 62
    Gilliham, Matthew
    The University of Adelaide
  63. 63
    Hickey, Lee T.
    The University of Queensland
  64. 64
    Batley, Jacqueline
    The University of Western Australia
  65. 65
    Badger, Murray Ronald
    ANU Research School of Biology
  66. 66
    Botella, Jose R.
    The University of Queensland
  67. 67
    Tcherkez, Guillaume G.B.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  68. 68
    Ghisalberti, Emilio L.
    The University of Western Australia
  69. 69
    Weston, Leslie A.
    Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
  70. 70
    Mitter, Neena
    The University of Queensland
  71. 71
    Udvardi, Michael K.
    The University of Queensland
  72. 72
    Condon, Anthony Gerard
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  73. 73
    Chenu, Karine
    The University of Queensland
  74. 74
    Roessner, Ute
    School of Biosciences
  75. 75
    Li, Chengdao
    Murdoch University
  76. 76
    Ryan, Peter R.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  77. 77
    Dixon, Kingsley Wayne
    The University of Western Australia
  78. 78
    Sperschneider, Jana
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  79. 79
    Ali, Baber
    Western Sydney University
  80. 80
    Pogson, Barry James
    ANU Research School of Biology
  81. 81
    Tjoelker, Mark G.
    Western Sydney University
  82. 82
    Cazzonelli, Christopher Ian
    Western Sydney University
  83. 83
    Shahzad, Babar
    The University of Adelaide
  84. 84
    Shavrukov, Yuri
    Flinders University
  85. 85
    Singh, Karambir B.
    Curtin University
  86. 86
    Crous, Kristine Y.
    Western Sydney University
  87. 87
    Tissue, David T.
    Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
  88. 88
    Hardham, Adrienne R.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  89. 89
    Dolferus, Rudy
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  90. 90
    Watt, Michelle
    University of Melbourne
  91. 91
    Bayer, Philipp E.
    The University of Western Australia
  92. 92
    Yu, Qin
    The University of Western Australia
  93. 93
    Ghannoum, Oula
    Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
  94. 94
    Mortimer, Jenny C.
    The University of Adelaide
  95. 95
    Blackman, Chris J.
    Western Sydney University
  96. 96
    Daetwyler, Hans D.
    AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience
  97. 97
    Chen, Min
    The University of Sydney
  98. 98
    Solomon, P. S.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  99. 99
    Smith, Frank Andrew
    The University of Adelaide
  100. 100

186 listed scientists in Plant Biology & Botany in Australia

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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