Research in Brisbane
Science Explorer records 64 research institutions in Brisbane, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University.
- Research institutions
- 64 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 261k ▼ 6% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 7.6M 29.3 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 27.2% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Brisbane?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of QueenslandUniversity | 136,070 | #69 | |
| 2 | Griffith UniversityUniversity | 47,531 | #432 | |
| 3 | Queensland University of TechnologyUniversity | 45,677 | #186 | |
| 4 | Australian Catholic UniversityUniversity | 9,349 | #969 | |
| 5 | Queensland HealthGovernment institution | 8,922 | #1,597 | |
| 6 | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research InstituteResearch facility | 5,366 | #1,526 | |
| 7 | Boeing (Australia)Company | 4,360 | #13,085 | |
| 8 | Queensland GovernmentGovernment institution | 4,277 | #1,721 | |
| 9 | Mater Health ServicesHospital / health system | 3,991 | #5,227 | |
| 10 | Prince Charles HospitalHospital / health system | 2,276 | #7,012 | |
| 11 | Department of Veterans AffairsGovernment institution | 1,989 | #4,698 | |
| 12 | Mater ResearchResearch facility | 1,083 | #7,209 | |
| 13 | Queensland MuseumArchive | 983 | #18,137 | |
| 14 | Brisbane School of TheologyUniversity | 928 | #3,046 all time | |
| 15 | Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health ServiceHospital / health system | 925 | #6,665 | |
| 16 | Department of Primary IndustriesGovernment institution | 889 | #15,981 | |
| 17 | Australian Centre for Robotic VisionResearch facility | 778 | #6,552 | |
| 18 | Greenslopes Private HospitalHospital / health system | 510 | #21,560 | |
| 19 | Wesley HospitalHospital / health system | 506 | #20,717 | |
| 20 | Sullivan Nicolaides PathologyHospital / health system | 362 | #21,117 | |
| 21 | Leo Pharma (Australia)Company | 336 | #17,316 all time | |
| 22 | Martin CollegeUniversity | 332 | #23,074 all time | |
| 23 | Sugar Research Australia (Australia)Company | 286 | #17,740 all time | |
| 24 | National Imaging FacilityResearch facility | 257 | #8,834 all time | |
| 25 | Wesley Research InstituteNonprofit | 210 | #21,230 all time | |
| 26 | AGRF LtdResearch facility | 200 | #19,475 all time | |
| 27 | Autism CRCResearch facility | 181 | #29,133 all time | |
| 28 | Powerlink Queensland (Australia)Company | 173 | #32,419 all time | |
| 29 | Queensland Children’s Medical Research InstituteHospital / health system | 168 | #27,047 all time | |
| 30 | Endeavour College of Natural HealthUniversity | 132 | #30,785 all time | |
| 31 | XING Technologies (Australia)Company | 120 | #31,412 all time | |
| 32 | City Eye CentreHospital / health system | 112 | not ranked | |
| 33 | St Vincent’s Private Hospital BrisbaneHospital / health system | 110 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Nazarene Theological CollegeUniversity | 103 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Envoi Specialist PathologistsResearch facility | 96 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Queensland Theological CollegeUniversity | 83 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Australian Coal Research (Australia)Company | 79 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Australian College of Rural and Remote MedicineUniversity | 54 | not ranked | |
| 39 | CRC for Rail InnovationInstitution | 52 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Leukaemia Foundation of QueenslandNonprofit | 37 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Healthy WaterwaysNonprofit | 20 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Hear and SayNonprofit | 15 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Cook Medical (Australia)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Vaxxas (Australia)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Canegrowers (Australia)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Q-PharmInstitution | 10 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Australian Access FederationInstitution | 7 | not ranked | |
| 48 | QCIF Ltd.Research facility | 7 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Teledyne Technologies (Australia)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Great Barrier Reef FoundationNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Australasian Lung Cancer Trials GroupInstitution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Queensland Seafood Industry AssociationInstitution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Green Pool (Australia)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Australian Acoustical SocietyGovernment institution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Eidos InstituteResearch facility | 3 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Impedimed (Australia)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 57 | RapidAIM (Australia)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Alere (Australia)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable FoundationNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 60 | PA Research FoundationNonprofit | 1 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Brisbane work in?
In 2022-now, 29% of research in Brisbane is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (10%).
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences14k29.4%
- Social Sciences6,98615.1%
- Psychology2,6545.7%
- Arts and Humanities1,3092.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting1,2962.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance8611.9%
- Decision Sciences4801.0%
- Physical Sciences13k29.1%
- Engineering4,65010.1%
- Environmental Science2,9966.5%
- Computer Science2,4435.3%
- Materials Science9712.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences6601.4%
- Physics and Astronomy5371.2%
- Energy4090.9%
- Chemistry4020.9%
- Mathematics2690.6%
- Chemical Engineering1120.2%
- Health Sciences13k28.8%
- Medicine10k22.6%
- Health Professions2,2264.8%
- Nursing2850.6%
- Dentistry2660.6%
- Veterinary1070.2%
- Life Sciences5,88512.7%
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,5045.4%
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,6793.6%
- Neuroscience1,0122.2%
- Immunology and Microbiology5501.2%
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1410.3%
What is Brisbane strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Brisbane is most concentrated in Research and Theory, Emergency Medical Services and Public Administration (4.2× the world share in Research and Theory).
- Research and TheorySubfield · 44.1 works4.2×
- Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 233.6 works3.1×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 66.4 works3.0×
- MusicSubfield · 92.6 works2.8×
- Applied PsychologySubfield · 154.2 works2.6×
- HealthSubfield · 300.4 works2.5×
- Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologySubfield · 32.0 works2.4×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Psychology1.88×2,338 works
- Health Professions1.84×1,983 works
- Veterinary1.71×95 works
- Neuroscience1.36×904 works
- Environmental Science1.30×2,642 works
- Nursing1.25×250 works
- Social Sciences1.20×6,212 works
- Medicine1.17×9,225 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.16×479 works
- Dentistry1.12×223 works
- Decision Sciences1.09×430 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×2,170 works
- Arts and Humanities0.99×1,168 works
- Energy0.98×367 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.92×802 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.90×575 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.89×1,179 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×123 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.76×1,472 works
- Engineering0.68×4,164 works
- Chemical Engineering0.66×95 works
- Computer Science0.66×2,096 works
- Materials Science0.60×860 works
- Chemistry0.56×361 works
- Mathematics0.50×243 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.50×458 works
Which keywords describe research in Brisbane?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Mental Health, Public Health, Globalization, Quality of Life, Sustainability and Machine Learning.
- Decolonization
- Reflective Practice
- Self-Regulation
- Emotion Regulation
- Child Development
- Adolescents
- Primary Care
- Prevalence
- Meta-Analysis
- Mortality
- Physical Activity
- Renewable Energy
- Treatment
- Oxidative Stress
- Risk Factors
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Deep Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Inflammation
- Environmental Impact
- Social Media
- Depression
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Resilience
- Genetics
- Well-being
- Health Effects
- Ethical Considerations
- Neoliberalism
- Vulnerability
- Health Equity
- Population Dynamics
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Psychiatric Disorders
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Epidemiology2,625▲ 1.42×137 topics
- Climate Change1,726▲ 1.37×119 topics
- Machine Learning1,288▼ 0.84×92 topics
- Deep Learning1,229▼ 0.77×83 topics
- Sustainability1,164◆ 1.03×119 topics
- Mental Health1,132▲ 1.71×48 topics
- Globalization1,113▲ 1.22×150 topics
- Public Health1,084▲ 1.61×72 topics
- Inflammation999◆ 1.02×83 topics
- Quality of Life977▲ 1.46×59 topics
- Environmental Impact776◆ 0.98×67 topics
- Risk Factors771▲ 1.52×37 topics
- Social Media630◆ 0.99×40 topics
- Oxidative Stress624▼ 0.82×63 topics
- Depression621▲ 1.53×26 topics
- Treatment620◆ 1.10×52 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease617▲ 1.17×39 topics
- Renewable Energy564▼ 0.84×52 topics
- Resilience564▲ 2.5×19 topics
- Physical Activity455▲ 2.0×12 topics
- Genetics445▲ 1.36×27 topics
- Mortality434▲ 1.65×13 topics
- Well-being404▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Meta-Analysis403▲ 1.48×20 topics
- Health Effects398▲ 1.42×23 topics
- Prevalence387▲ 2.0×15 topics
- Ethical Considerations381▲ 2.4×21 topics
- Primary Care368▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Neoliberalism363▲ 2.2×25 topics
- Adolescents355▲ 2.1×10 topics
- Vulnerability345▲ 3.2×9 topics
- Child Development338▲ 1.78×8 topics
- Health Equity327▲ 2.4×6 topics
- Emotion Regulation308▲ 2.1×9 topics
- Population Dynamics284▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Self-Regulation268▲ 3.2×6 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice261▲ 4.2×7 topics
- Reflective Practice256▲ 2.9×7 topics
- Psychiatric Disorders232▲ 3.7×4 topics
- Decolonization214▲ 5.7×8 topics
What research is done in Brisbane?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 108 works
- 2 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 96 works
- 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 90 works
- 4 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 86 works
- 5 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 86 works
- 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 86 works
- 7 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 85 works
- 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 84 works
- 9 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 82 works
- 10 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 82 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.8% in 2016.
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