Research in Brisbane
Science Explorer records 90 research institutions in Brisbane, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University.
- Research institutions
- 90 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 261k ◆ 0% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 27.2% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 | 114,661 | #74 | |
| 2 | Queensland University of TechnologyUniversity | 45,659 | #321 | |
| 3 | Griffith UniversityUniversity | 45,096 | #325 | |
| 4 | Australian Catholic UniversityUniversity | 9,349 | #1,482 | |
| 5 | Royal Brisbane and Women's HospitalHospital / health system | 6,101 | #3,647 | |
| 6 | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research InstituteResearch facility | 5,366 | #3,828 | |
| 7 | Princess Alexandra HospitalHospital / health system | 4,982 | #4,115 | |
| 8 | Boeing (Australia)Company | 4,360 | #23,960 | |
| 9 | Queensland HealthGovernment institution | 2,716 | #6,858 | |
| 10 | Prince Charles HospitalHospital / health system | 2,276 | #9,825 | |
| 11 | Department of Veterans AffairsGovernment institution | 1,989 | #10,509 | |
| 12 | Mater Health ServicesHospital / health system | 1,236 | #16,341 | |
| 13 | Mater ResearchResearch facility | 1,083 | #7,162 | |
| 14 | Queensland MuseumArchive | 983 | #17,868 | |
| 15 | Brisbane School of TheologyUniversity | 928 | #10,469 all time | |
| 16 | Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health ServiceHospital / health system | 925 | #9,455 | |
| 17 | Department of Primary IndustriesGovernment institution | 889 | #14,427 | |
| 18 | Australian Centre for Robotic VisionResearch facility | 778 | #8,813 | |
| 19 | Queensland GovernmentGovernment institution | 707 | #13,650 | |
| 20 | Queensland Department of Environment and ScienceGovernment institution | 603 | #12,179 | |
| 21 | Mater Adult HospitalHospital / health system | 548 | #20,602 | |
| 22 | Australian e-Health Research CentreResearch facility | 545 | #9,303 | |
| 23 | ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum SystemsResearch facility | 537 | #4,278 | |
| 24 | ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and AgricultureResearch facility | 522 | #8,604 | |
| 25 | Greenslopes Private HospitalHospital / health system | 510 | #25,366 | |
| 26 | Wesley HospitalHospital / health system | 506 | #21,052 | |
| 27 | Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and EnergyGovernment institution | 440 | #18,905 all time | |
| 28 | Mater Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 365 | #26,099 all time | |
| 29 | Terrestrial Ecosystem Research NetworkResearch facility | 362 | #10,914 | |
| 30 | Sullivan Nicolaides PathologyHospital / health system | 362 | #22,602 | |
| 31 | Queensland Department of EducationGovernment institution | 343 | #30,464 all time | |
| 32 | Leo Pharma (Australia)Company | 336 | #21,703 all time | |
| 33 | Martin CollegeUniversity | 332 | #27,514 all time | |
| 34 | Mater Mothers' HospitalHospital / health system | 329 | #31,771 all time | |
| 35 | Sugar Research Australia (Australia)Company | 286 | #24,078 all time | |
| 36 | Ipswich HospitalHospital / health system | 281 | #20,926 | |
| 37 | Mater Private HospitalHospital / health system | 277 | #20,299 | |
| 38 | National Imaging FacilityResearch facility | 257 | #19,456 all time | |
| 39 | Queensland Police ServiceGovernment institution | 241 | #36,261 all time | |
| 40 | Wesley Research InstituteNonprofit | 210 | #26,090 all time | |
| 41 | AGRF LtdResearch facility | 200 | #23,053 all time | |
| 42 | Queensland RailInstitution | 194 | #22,362 all time | |
| 43 | Autism CRCResearch facility | 181 | #34,248 all time | |
| 44 | Powerlink Queensland (Australia)Company | 173 | #39,277 all time | |
| 45 | ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life CourseResearch facility | 172 | #18,122 | |
| 46 | Queensland Children’s Medical Research InstituteHospital / health system | 168 | #28,577 all time | |
| 47 | ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental DecisionsResearch facility | 166 | #23,916 all time | |
| 48 | Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalHospital / health system | 154 | #27,901 all time | |
| 49 | Endeavour College of Natural HealthUniversity | 132 | #30,651 all time | |
| 50 | ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein ScienceResearch facility | 128 | #10,061 | |
| 51 | Queensland Department of Transport and Main RoadsFunder | 125 | #41,280 all time | |
| 52 | XING Technologies (Australia)Company | 120 | #35,390 all time | |
| 53 | City Eye CentreHospital / health system | 112 | not ranked | |
| 54 | St Vincent’s Private Hospital BrisbaneHospital / health system | 110 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Nazarene Theological CollegeUniversity | 103 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Centre for Microscopy and MicroanalysisResearch facility | 100 | not ranked | |
| 57 | SeqwaterGovernment institution | 97 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Envoi Specialist PathologistsResearch facility | 96 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Queensland Theological CollegeUniversity | 83 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Australian Coal Research (Australia)Company | 79 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
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.
Which keywords describe research in Brisbane?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Mental Health, Public Health, Globalization, Quality of Life, Sustainability and Risk Factors.
- Decolonization
- Reflective Practice
- Population Dynamics
- Health Equity
- Adolescents
- Anxiety
- Social Capital
- Ethical Considerations
- Health Effects
- Well-being
- Mortality
- Resilience
- Treatment
- Depression
- Environmental Impact
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Inflammation
- Risk Factors
- Social Media
- Oxidative Stress
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Physical Activity
- Genetics
- Meta-Analysis
- Prevalence
- Social Support
- Primary Care
- Neoliberalism
- Vulnerability
- Emotion Regulation
- Self-Regulation
- Evidence-Based Practice
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology2,327▲ 1.44×137 topics
- Climate Change1,512▲ 1.37×118 topics
- Deep Learning1,081▼ 0.77×83 topics
- Machine Learning1,040▼ 0.78×92 topics
- Sustainability1,033◆ 1.04×114 topics
- Mental Health1,015▲ 1.69×47 topics
- Globalization986▲ 1.23×143 topics
- Public Health976▲ 1.64×71 topics
- Inflammation866◆ 1.02×83 topics
- Quality of Life854▲ 1.45×59 topics
- Risk Factors687▲ 1.53×37 topics
- Environmental Impact683◆ 0.98×66 topics
- Social Media561◆ 0.96×39 topics
- Depression554▲ 1.54×26 topics
- Oxidative Stress552▼ 0.83×63 topics
- Treatment550◆ 1.11×52 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease539▲ 1.18×39 topics
- Resilience498▲ 2.5×19 topics
- Physical Activity411▲ 2.0×12 topics
- Mortality392▲ 1.66×13 topics
- Genetics387▲ 1.35×27 topics
- Well-being360▲ 2.3×14 topics
- Meta-Analysis359▲ 1.49×20 topics
- Health Effects356▲ 1.45×23 topics
- Prevalence343▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Ethical Considerations339▲ 2.4×20 topics
- Social Support337▲ 1.48×19 topics
- Social Capital331▲ 1.53×21 topics
- Primary Care323▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Anxiety318▲ 1.64×12 topics
- Neoliberalism318▲ 2.2×25 topics
- Adolescents317▲ 2.1×10 topics
- Vulnerability306▲ 3.3×9 topics
- Health Equity278▲ 2.5×6 topics
- Emotion Regulation274▲ 2.1×9 topics
- Population Dynamics255▲ 2.5×13 topics
- Self-Regulation242▲ 3.3×6 topics
- Reflective Practice231▲ 3.0×7 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice226▲ 4.3×7 topics
- Decolonization191▲ 5.8×8 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.