Top-cited scientists by institution in Australia

105 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Australia

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Which institutions in Australia have the most top 2% scientists?

105 universities and institutes in Australia have 10 or more researchers in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Monash University has the most (667), followed by The University of Queensland (611) and The University of Sydney (463). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	Monash University	667	294
2	The University of Queensland	611	294
3	The University of Sydney	463	208
4	UNSW Sydney	459	235
5	University of Melbourne	411	212
6	The Australian National University	267	136
7	The University of Western Australia	248	117
8	The University of Adelaide	232	114
9	University of Technology Sydney	224	116
10	RMIT University	220	119
11	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	208	70
12	Deakin University	200	104
13	Griffith University	197	92
14	Macquarie University	187	102
15	Curtin University	179	102
16	Queensland University of Technology	173	92
17	Faculty of Science	165	48
18	The University of Newcastle, Australia	147	74
19	La Trobe University	142	71
20	University of Wollongong	118	55
21	Western Sydney University	114	55
22	Faculty of Medicine and Health	111	40
23	University of South Australia	105	48
24	Swinburne University of Technology	102	53
25	James Cook University	101	46
26	Flinders University	85	33
27	Edith Cowan University	65	42
28	University of Tasmania	64	31
29	Murdoch University	63	23
30	Australian Catholic University	57	34
31	University of Southern Queensland	52	25
32	Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences	50	22
33	CQUniversity Australia	49	24
34	Southern Cross University	48	18
35	University of New England Australia	42	23
36	ANU Research School of Biology	41	28
37	Charles Sturt University	41	18
38	Murdoch Children's Research Institute	36	15
39	Federation University Australia	34	21
40	Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre	34	15
41	QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	33	12
42	University of Canberra	33	17
43	UNSW Medicine	32	15
44	Bond University	31	19
45	The University of Sydney School of Public Health	31	14
46	University of the Sunshine Coast	31	10
47	University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy	30	10
48	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	27	7
49	Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	23	15
50	The Kids Research Institute Australia	23	8
51	The University of Sydney School of Medicine	23	4
52	Charles Darwin University	22	12
53	The University of Sydney Business School	21	18
54	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	20	10
55	South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute	20	4
56	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	20	11
57	Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga	19	5
58	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	19	9
59	The University of Queensland Business School	18	17
60	ANU College of Health & Medicine	17	9
61	Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital	17	2
62	The University of Notre Dame Australia	17	8
63	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	16	8
64	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	16	4
65	Department of Microbiology & Immunology	15	4
66	Faculty of Education	15	8
67	George Institute for Global Health	15	11
68	Griffith Health	15	6
69	Royal Melbourne Hospital	15	2
70	School of Biosciences	15	8
71	The Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences	15	7
72	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences	14	9
73	School of Geography	14	10
74	St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney	14	5
75	The University of Sydney School of Health Sciences	14	5
76	University of New South Wales, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications	14	5
77	Victoria University	14	6
78	Australian Institute of Marine Science	13	5
79	Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment	13	6
80	Kolling Institute of Medical Research	13	8
81	Melbourne Dental School	13	3
82	Royal North Shore Hospital	13	3
83	UWA Medical School	13	3
84	Adelaide Medical School	12	2
85	College of Medicine and Public Health	12	1
86	School of Mathematics and Statistics	12	5
87	The Fenner School of Environment & Society	12	7
88	The Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition	12	7
89	Department of Anatomy and Physiology	11	5
90	Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute	11	1
91	Menzies Institute for Medical Research	11	3
92	Menzies School of Health Research	11	3
93	NSW Department of Primary Industries	11	3
94	WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering	11	6
95	Austin Health	10	2
96	Burnet Institute	10	3
97	Melbourne Medical School	10	3
98	School of Computing and Information Systems	10	5
99	School of Medicine and Psychology	10	5
100	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	10	2
101	St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne	10	1
102	The Alfred	10	4
103	Torrens University Australia	10	8
104	Victoria University Melbourne, Institute for Health and Sport	10	5
105	Westmead Hospital	10	3

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 579 in Australia with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.