City · Australia
Research in Canberra
Science Explorer records 122 research institutions in Canberra, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Australian National University, Division of Materials Science and Engineering and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
- Research institutions
- 122 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 234k ▼ 8% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 22.2% 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 Canberra?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australian National UniversityUniversity | 93,454 | #226 | |
| 2 | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationGovernment institution | 44,409 | #838 | |
| 3 | University of CanberraUniversity | 13,998 | #1,305 | |
| 4 | Division of Materials Science and EngineeringResearch facility | 10,307 | #735 | |
| 5 | Defence Science and Technology GroupGovernment institution | 5,475 | #10,131 | |
| 6 | Department of CommerceGovernment institution | 5,442 | #7,020 | |
| 7 | Mineral ResourcesResearch facility | 4,843 | #6,477 | |
| 8 | CSIRO ManufacturingResearch facility | 4,777 | #3,147 | |
| 9 | Agriculture and FoodResearch facility | 4,624 | #1,848 | |
| 10 | CSIRO Oceans and AtmosphereResearch facility | 4,129 | #4,258 | |
| 11 | CSIRO Land and WaterResearch facility | 3,696 | #8,077 | |
| 12 | Australian Defence Force AcademyUniversity | 3,109 | #14,158 | |
| 13 | Plant IndustryResearch facility | 3,066 | #2,218 all time | |
| 14 | Australian Research CouncilGovernment institution | 2,999 | #1,444 | |
| 15 | Diabetes AustraliaNonprofit | 2,518 | #9,793 | |
| 16 | Canberra HospitalHospital / health system | 2,009 | #11,772 | |
| 17 | IP AustraliaGovernment institution | 1,979 | #7,269 | |
| 18 | Ecosystem SciencesResearch facility | 1,910 | #6,076 | |
| 19 | Geoscience AustraliaGovernment institution | 1,887 | #8,580 | |
| 20 | National Health and Medical Research CouncilGovernment institution | 1,822 | #6,459 | |
| 21 | Services AustraliaGovernment institution | 1,703 | #10,123 | |
| 22 | Australian GovernmentGovernment institution | 1,182 | #13,190 | |
| 23 | Mount Stromlo ObservatoryUniversity | 1,064 | #3,866 all time | |
| 24 | National Measurement LaboratoryResearch facility | 818 | #5,345 all time | |
| 25 | Parliament of AustraliaGovernment institution | 620 | #24,691 | |
| 26 | Mental Health AustraliaNonprofit | 596 | #20,103 | |
| 27 | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsGovernment institution | 595 | #21,390 all time | |
| 28 | Australian National HerbariumArchive | 569 | #22,877 | |
| 29 | Australian Institute of Health and WelfareGovernment institution | 563 | #19,896 all time | |
| 30 | Department of Health and Aged CareGovernment institution | 558 | #8,870 | |
| 31 | Institute of Industrial EngineeringInstitution | 465 | #17,763 | |
| 32 | Australian Institute of CriminologyGovernment institution | 434 | #31,315 all time | |
| 33 | Act HealthGovernment institution | 423 | #14,347 | |
| 34 | Australian National Botanic GardensGovernment institution | 420 | #19,432 all time | |
| 35 | Alliance College of AustraliaUniversity | 395 | #18,326 all time | |
| 36 | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander StudiesGovernment institution | 393 | #14,651 all time | |
| 37 | Healing FoundationInstitution | 390 | #19,299 | |
| 38 | Australian Centre for International Agricultural ResearchGovernment institution | 388 | #22,805 all time | |
| 39 | ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical SystemsResearch facility | 385 | #5,033 | |
| 40 | Centre for Australian National Biodiversity ResearchGovernment institution | 331 | #17,021 all time | |
| 41 | Australian National Insect CollectionArchive | 328 | #22,944 | |
| 42 | CambiaNonprofit | 317 | #21,872 | |
| 43 | Australian Taxation OfficeGovernment institution | 304 | #40,048 all time | |
| 44 | Safe Work AustraliaGovernment institution | 288 | #22,785 all time | |
| 45 | National Library of AustraliaArchive | 278 | #18,543 all time | |
| 46 | Calvary HospitalHospital / health system | 276 | #29,444 all time | |
| 47 | Australian Federal PoliceGovernment institution | 249 | #19,250 all time | |
| 48 | Australian College of NursingUniversity | 222 | #23,599 all time | |
| 49 | National Museum of AustraliaArchive | 207 | #20,654 all time | |
| 50 | CSIRO Scientific ComputingResearch facility | 203 | #16,175 all time | |
| 51 | Division of Fossil Fuels EnergyResearch facility | 202 | #20,281 all time | |
| 52 | Murray Darling Basin AuthorityGovernment institution | 196 | #35,173 all time | |
| 53 | Australian National Wildlife CollectionArchive | 182 | #30,110 all time | |
| 54 | Australian War MemorialArchive | 181 | #42,328 all time | |
| 55 | Centre for Invasive Species SolutionResearch facility | 107 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Department of Social ServicesGovernment institution | 105 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeGovernment institution | 103 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Department of the Prime Minister and CabinetGovernment institution | 83 | not ranked | |
| 59 | National Gallery of AustraliaArchive | 79 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Australian Academy of ScienceUniversity | 77 | 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.
Australian National University93k · 40.2%Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation44k · 19.1%University of Canberra14k · 6.0%Division of Materials Science and Engineering10k · 4.4%56 others listed71k · 30.3%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Canberra strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Canberra is most concentrated in Public Administration, Ecological Modeling and Geophysics (4.3× the world share in Public Administration).
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 66.1 works4.3×
- Ecological ModelingSubfield · 88.0 works4.0×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 286.3 works2.9×
- Business and International ManagementSubfield · 84.4 works2.8×
- Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 81.3 works2.8×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 184.1 works2.7×
- ForestrySubfield · 79.5 works2.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →
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 Canberra?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Vulnerability, Economic Development, Environmental Impact and Biodiversity.
- Economic Policy
- National Identity
- Decolonization
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Neoliberalism
- Genetic Diversity
- Conservation
- Governance
- Resilience
- Vulnerability
- Invasive Species
- Corporate Governance
- Neural Networks
- Mental Health
- Economic Growth
- Economic Development
- Remote Sensing
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Deep Learning
- Environmental Impact
- Public Health
- Renewable Energy
- Biodiversity
- Human Rights
- Sustainable Development
- Mechanical Properties
- Global Warming
- Social Capital
- Colonialism
- Political Economy
- Monetary Policy
- Population Dynamics
- Global Change
- Policy
- Plate Tectonics
- Public Opinion
▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s
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
- Climate Change1,866▲ 2.4×119 topics
- Sustainability1,090▲ 1.56×121 topics
- Globalization1,020▲ 1.82×147 topics
- Machine Learning1,019◆ 1.09×96 topics
- Deep Learning835▼ 0.85×84 topics
- Epidemiology668▼ 0.59×138 topics
- Environmental Impact660▲ 1.36×71 topics
- Remote Sensing535▲ 1.52×38 topics
- Public Health522▲ 1.26×72 topics
- Economic Development515▲ 2.2×50 topics
- Renewable Energy475◆ 1.15×54 topics
- Economic Growth474▲ 1.95×35 topics
- Biodiversity456▲ 2.1×38 topics
- Mental Health444◆ 1.06×48 topics
- Human Rights412▲ 1.40×74 topics
- Neural Networks412◆ 0.94×41 topics
- Sustainable Development412◆ 0.91×98 topics
- Corporate Governance343▲ 1.63×32 topics
- Mechanical Properties342▲ 1.23×39 topics
- Invasive Species341▲ 2.8×21 topics
- Global Warming337▲ 2.9×14 topics
- Vulnerability334▲ 5.2×9 topics
- Social Capital330▲ 2.2×20 topics
- Resilience326▲ 2.4×18 topics
- Colonialism294▲ 2.2×44 topics
- Governance280▲ 3.0×18 topics
- Political Economy274▲ 3.7×17 topics
- Conservation268▲ 2.2×24 topics
- Monetary Policy251▲ 3.6×12 topics
- Genetic Diversity250▲ 1.97×22 topics
- Population Dynamics243▲ 3.4×13 topics
- Neoliberalism232▲ 2.3×25 topics
- Global Change202▲ 2.7×7 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation198▲ 3.1×5 topics
- Policy190▲ 3.0×15 topics
- Decolonization188▲ 8.1×8 topics
- Plate Tectonics184▲ 4.2×3 topics
- National Identity165▲ 5.1×7 topics
- Public Opinion159▲ 4.5×6 topics
- Economic Policy130▲ 9.0×8 topics
What research is done in Canberra?
DemographySociology and Political ScienceArtificial IntelligenceGeophysics6 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Island Studies and Pacific AffairsDemography 106 works
- 2 Australian History and SocietySociology and Political Science 98 works
- 3 Geochemistry and Geologic MappingArtificial Intelligence 95 works
- 4 Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeophysics 89 works
- 5 Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEcological Modeling 85 works
- 6 Political and Economic history of UK and USPolitical Science and International Relations 85 works
- 7 Pacific and Southeast Asian StudiesGeography, Planning and Development 79 works
- 8 Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics and Econometrics 79 works
- 9 Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology 76 works
- 10 Technology Adoption and User BehaviourInformation Systems and Management 71 works
Research output over time
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.