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Which institutions in Australia have the most top-cited scientists in Public Health?

159 researchers in Australia whose main subfield is Public Health are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.8% of all listed authors in Australia, and 3rd of 57 countries in the subfield. 97 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). UNSW Sydney has the most (11), followed by The University of Queensland (11) and Monash University (11). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
159
1.8% of all in Australia
In the global top 100,000
97
61.0% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#3
of 57 countries in Public Health
Highest-ranked
#642
Lupton, Deborah A.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1UNSW Sydney116#13Lupton, Deborah A. #642
2The University of Queensland117#17Assefa, Yibeltal Alemu #26,606
3Monash University115#18Teshale, Achamyeleh Birhanu #29,782
4Deakin University106#22Paradies, Yin C. #5,177
5The University of Sydney84#34Astell–burt, Thomas #14,205
6The University of Newcastle, Australia85#37Wolfenden, Luke #49,559
7The University of Sydney School of Public Health66#56Ding, Ding M. #15,353
8La Trobe University65#57Islam, M. Mofizul #16,083
9Western Sydney University52#61Renzaho, Andre M.N. #2,500
10The Australian National University53#68Friel, Sharon #17,333
11Australian Catholic University43#81Sallis, James F. #1,028
12Torrens University Australia43#89Ward, Paul R. #14,773
13The Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition43#104Maddison, Ralph #35,616
14Melbourne School of Population and Global Health42#110Kavanagh, Anne Marie #74,112
15RMIT University42#111Turrell, Gavin #74,381
16The University of Adelaide32#118Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku #1,654
17University of South Australia32#128Olds, Tim Stephen #19,343
18Griffith University32#145Perales, Francisco #36,745
19University of Wollongong33#147Okely, Anthony D. #37,047
20Curtin University31#166Winter, Sam #74,817

The top 100 in Public Health in Australia, in order

  1. 1
  2. 2
    Sallis, James F.
    Australian Catholic University
  3. 3
    Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku
    The University of Adelaide
  4. 4
    Nutbeam, Don
    Public Health Research & Practice
  5. 5
    Renzaho, Andre M.N.
    Western Sydney University
  6. 6
    Bauman, Adrian Ernest
    Faculty of Medicine and Health
  7. 7
    Cerin, Ester
    Australian Catholic University
  8. 8
    Paradies, Yin C.
    Deakin University
  9. 9
    Owen, Neville
    Swinburne University of Technology
  10. 10
    McMichael, Celia E.
    School of Geography
  11. 11
    Giles-Corti, Billie
    The University of Western Australia
  12. 12
    Seidu, Abdul Aziz
    James Cook University
  13. 13
    Astell–burt, Thomas
    The University of Sydney
  14. 14
    Stamatakis, Emmanuel
    The University of Sydney
  15. 15
    Ussher, Jane M.
    Western Sydney University
  16. 16
    Ward, Paul R.
    Torrens University Australia
  17. 17
    Ding, Ding M.
    The University of Sydney School of Public Health
  18. 18
    Islam, M. Mofizul
    La Trobe University
  19. 19
    Friel, Sharon
    The Australian National University
  20. 20
    Baum, Fran Elaine
    College of Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Public Health
  21. 21
    Alam, Khorshed
    University of Southern Queensland
  22. 22
    Olds, Tim Stephen
    University of South Australia
  23. 23
    Rhodes, Tim J.
    UNSW Sydney
  24. 24
    Feng, Xiaoqi Qi
    UNSW Sydney
  25. 25
    Assefa, Yibeltal Alemu
    The University of Queensland
  26. 26
    Hawe, Penelope
    The University of Sydney School of Public Health
  27. 27
  28. 28
  29. 29
    Sahiledengle, Biniyam
    Torrens University Australia
  30. 30
    Osborne, Richard H.
    La Trobe University
  31. 31
    Dunstan, David W.
    Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
  32. 32
    Riggs, Damien W.
    College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
  33. 33
    Maddison, Ralph
    The Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  34. 34
    Ball, Kylie
    Deakin University
  35. 35
    Perales, Francisco
    Griffith University
  36. 36
    Okely, Anthony D.
    University of Wollongong
  37. 37
    Maher, Carol Ann
    The University of Adelaide
  38. 38
    Dumuid, Dot
    University of South Australia
  39. 39
    Lynch, John William
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  40. 40
    Rahman, Azizur
    Charles Sturt University
  41. 41
    Khan, Asaduzzaman
    The University of Queensland
  42. 42
    Salmon, Jo
    The Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  43. 43
    Carter, S. M.
    University of Wollongong
  44. 44
    Thom-Jones, Sandra Carol
    University of Wollongong
  45. 45
    Erku, Daniel Asfaw
    Griffith Health
  46. 46
    Peprah, Prince
    Macquarie University
  47. 47
    Dobson, Annette J.
    The University of Queensland
  48. 48
    Wolfenden, Luke
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  49. 49
    Broom, Alex F.
    The University of Sydney
  50. 50
    Peden, Amy E.
    UNSW Sydney
  51. 51
    Brown, Wendy J.
    Bond University
  52. 52
    Hennegan, Julie M.
    The University of Queensland
  53. 53
    Hegarty, Kelsey L.
    Department of General Practice and Primary Care
  54. 54
    Barnett, Anthony
    Australian Catholic University
  55. 55
    Eime, Rochelle M.
    Federation University Australia
  56. 56
    Waling, Andrea
    La Trobe University
  57. 57
    Plotnikoff, Ronald Cyril
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  58. 58
    Hamilton, Kyra
    Griffith University
  59. 59
    Skouteris, Helen
    Monash University
  60. 60
    Morgan, Philip J.
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  61. 61
    Jones, Tiffany Mary
    Macquarie University
  62. 62
    McCaffery, Kirsten Jo
    The University of Sydney School of Public Health
  63. 63
    Sugiyama, Takemi
    Swinburne University of Technology
  64. 64
    Berry, Helen L.
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  65. 65
  66. 66
    Vandelanotte, Corneel
    CQUniversity Australia
  67. 67
    Zhang, Lei
    Monash University
  68. 68
    Booth, Michael L.
    The University of Sydney School of Public Health
  69. 69
    Kavanagh, Anne Marie
    Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
  70. 70
    Turrell, Gavin
    RMIT University
  71. 71
    Winter, Sam
    Curtin University
  72. 72
    Rissel, Christopher E.
    The University of Sydney School of Public Health
  73. 73
    King, Tania L.
    RMIT University
  74. 74
    Talukder, Ashis
    The Australian National University
  75. 75
    Sanson-Fisher, Robert W.
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  76. 76
    Fairley, Christopher K.
    Monash University
  77. 77
    Timperio, Anna F.
    Deakin University
  78. 78
    Healy, Genevieve N.
    The University of Queensland
  79. 79
    Tiedemann, Anne C.
    Faculty of Medicine and Health
  80. 80
    Kirkman, Maggie
    Monash University
  81. 81
    Wood, Lisa J.
    The University of Notre Dame Australia
  82. 82
    Veitch, Jenny
    The Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  83. 83
    Khatri, Resham Bahadur
    The University of Queensland
  84. 84
    White, Katherine M.
    Queensland University of Technology
  85. 85
    Brotherton, Julia M.L.
    Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
  86. 86
    Lyons, Anthony N.
    La Trobe University
  87. 87
    Allender, S. E.
    Deakin University
  88. 88
    Leask, Julie Anne
    The University of Sydney
  89. 89
    Brijnath, Bianca R.
    La Trobe University
  90. 90
    Priest, Naomi C.
    The Australian National University
  91. 91
    Knuiman, Matthew William
    The University of Western Australia
  92. 92
    Borland, Ron M.
    Deakin University
  93. 93
    Fauk, Nelsensius Klau
    Torrens University Australia
  94. 94
    Freeman, Becky
    The University of Sydney School of Public Health
  95. 95
    Mishra, Shiva Raj
    The University of Queensland
  96. 96
    Bentley, Rebecca J.
    Centre for Health Policy
  97. 97
    Yoong, Serene Sze Lin
    Deakin University
  98. 98
    Deforche, Benedicte I.
    Deakin University
  99. 99
    Arora, Amit
    Western Sydney University
  100. 100
    Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore
    Western Sydney University

159 listed scientists in Public Health 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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