Research in Canberra
Science Explorer records 87 research institutions in Canberra, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Australian National University, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Australian Research Council.
- Research institutions
- 87 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 234k ▲ 2% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 7.5M 32.0 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 22.2% 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 Canberra?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationGovernment institution | 101,965 | #388 | |
| 2 | Australian National UniversityUniversity | 97,727 | #151 | |
| 3 | University of CanberraUniversity | 13,998 | #974 | |
| 4 | Defence Science and Technology GroupGovernment institution | 5,475 | #6,473 | |
| 5 | Department of Agriculture, Water and the EnvironmentGovernment institution | 4,428 | #2,420 | |
| 6 | Australian Research CouncilGovernment institution | 2,999 | #846 | |
| 7 | Diabetes AustraliaNonprofit | 2,518 | #6,075 | |
| 8 | National Health and Medical Research CouncilGovernment institution | 1,983 | #3,319 | |
| 9 | IP AustraliaGovernment institution | 1,979 | #5,736 | |
| 10 | Geoscience AustraliaGovernment institution | 1,887 | #4,738 | |
| 11 | Services AustraliaGovernment institution | 1,703 | #6,017 | |
| 12 | Australian GovernmentGovernment institution | 1,182 | #9,810 | |
| 13 | Parliament of AustraliaGovernment institution | 620 | #19,163 | |
| 14 | Mental Health AustraliaNonprofit | 596 | #17,403 | |
| 15 | Australian Institute of Health and WelfareGovernment institution | 563 | #9,721 all time | |
| 16 | Department of Health and Aged CareGovernment institution | 558 | #15,087 | |
| 17 | Institute of Industrial EngineeringInstitution | 465 | #14,278 | |
| 18 | Australian Institute of CriminologyGovernment institution | 434 | #14,340 all time | |
| 19 | Act HealthGovernment institution | 423 | #12,911 | |
| 20 | Alliance College of AustraliaUniversity | 395 | #16,524 all time | |
| 21 | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander StudiesGovernment institution | 393 | #16,441 all time | |
| 22 | Healing FoundationInstitution | 390 | #15,509 | |
| 23 | Australian Centre for International Agricultural ResearchGovernment institution | 388 | #16,473 all time | |
| 24 | CambiaNonprofit | 317 | #16,358 | |
| 25 | Australian Taxation OfficeGovernment institution | 304 | #22,568 all time | |
| 26 | Safe Work AustraliaGovernment institution | 288 | #20,675 all time | |
| 27 | National Library of AustraliaArchive | 278 | #23,022 all time | |
| 28 | Australian Federal PoliceGovernment institution | 249 | #16,507 all time | |
| 29 | Australian College of NursingUniversity | 222 | #27,326 all time | |
| 30 | National Museum of AustraliaArchive | 207 | #26,330 all time | |
| 31 | Australian War MemorialArchive | 181 | #33,827 all time | |
| 32 | Centre for Invasive Species SolutionResearch facility | 107 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Department of Social ServicesGovernment institution | 105 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeGovernment institution | 103 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Department of the Prime Minister and CabinetGovernment institution | 83 | not ranked | |
| 36 | National Gallery of AustraliaArchive | 79 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Australian Academy of ScienceUniversity | 77 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Australian Library and Information AssociationInstitution | 72 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Australian Defence CollegeUniversity | 60 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Organ and Tissue AuthorityGovernment institution | 58 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Department of the TreasuryGovernment institution | 55 | not ranked | |
| 42 | National Archives of AustraliaArchive | 47 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Ausvet (Australia)Company | 46 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Attorney-General's Department AustraliaGovernment institution | 44 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Academy of the Social Sciences in AustraliaUniversity | 38 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and WaterGovernment institution | 21 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Primary Industries Education Foundation AustraliaNonprofit | 20 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Canberra Aesthetic Plastic Surgery ClinicHospital / health system | 19 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Australian Academy of the HumanitiesNonprofit | 17 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Group of EightNonprofit | 15 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Pharmacy Guild of AustraliaGovernment institution | 14 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Ecological Society of AustraliaNonprofit | 13 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Department of EducationGovernment institution | 12 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Australian Renewable Energy AgencyGovernment institution | 12 | not ranked | |
| 55 | National Blood AuthorityGovernment institution | 12 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Foundation for Alcohol Research and EducationNonprofit | 10 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Australian Securities and Investments CommissionGovernment institution | 10 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Australian Seafood Cooperative Research CenterResearch facility | 9 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Parkinson's AustraliaNonprofit | 9 | not ranked | |
| 60 | National Disability Insurance AgencyGovernment institution | 8 | 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 Canberra work in?
In 2022-now, 42% of research in Canberra is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (12%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences14k41.5%
- Engineering4,19212.3%
- Environmental Science2,8628.4%
- Computer Science2,4907.3%
- Materials Science1,2463.7%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1,1733.5%
- Physics and Astronomy9352.8%
- Chemistry4701.4%
- Energy4001.2%
- Mathematics2430.7%
- Chemical Engineering1090.3%
- Social Sciences12k33.9%
- Social Sciences5,58616.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting1,7825.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,4454.3%
- Psychology1,0903.2%
- Arts and Humanities9352.8%
- Decision Sciences6802.0%
- Health Sciences4,28512.6%
- Medicine2,9958.8%
- Health Professions1,0213.0%
- Nursing1620.5%
- Veterinary770.2%
- Dentistry290.1%
- Life Sciences4,07312.0%
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×
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: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.29×1,028 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.95×1,196 works
- Veterinary1.81×70 works
- Environmental Science1.74×2,467 works
- Decision Sciences1.72×474 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.42×1,926 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.39×1,280 works
- Energy1.30×341 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.29×819 works
- Social Sciences1.29×4,661 works
- Health Professions1.12×842 works
- Materials Science1.07×1,067 works
- Psychology1.03×897 works
- Nursing0.95×133 works
- Computer Science0.94×2,089 works
- Chemical Engineering0.90×90 works
- Chemistry0.89×398 works
- Arts and Humanities0.89×735 works
- Engineering0.87×3,715 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×1,097 works
- Mathematics0.62×208 works
- Neuroscience0.61×285 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.50×144 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×48 works
- Medicine0.47×2,570 works
- Dentistry0.18×24 works
Which keywords describe research in Canberra?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Economic Development, Environmental Impact, Vulnerability and Social Capital.
- Economic Policy
- Public Opinion
- Decolonization
- Poverty Reduction
- Population Dynamics
- Monetary Policy
- Governance
- Financial Performance
- Resilience
- Vulnerability
- Big Data
- Corporate Governance
- Human Rights
- Biodiversity
- Sustainable Development
- Remote Sensing
- Public Health
- Environmental Impact
- Globalization
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Economic Development
- Renewable Energy
- Economic Growth
- Artificial Intelligence
- Mental Health
- Social Capital
- Global Warming
- Invasive Species
- Colonialism
- Political Economy
- Conservation
- Entrepreneurship
- Policy
- Plate Tectonics
- National Identity
- India
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
- Climate Change2,159▲ 2.3×121 topics
- Sustainability1,356▲ 1.63×123 topics
- Machine Learning1,289◆ 1.14×97 topics
- Globalization1,262▲ 1.89×157 topics
- Deep Learning948▼ 0.81×85 topics
- Environmental Impact786▲ 1.35×72 topics
- Epidemiology761▼ 0.56×140 topics
- Public Health621▲ 1.25×74 topics
- Economic Development618▲ 2.3×53 topics
- Remote Sensing613▲ 1.48×39 topics
- Renewable Energy557◆ 1.13×56 topics
- Sustainable Development556◆ 1.05×99 topics
- Economic Growth534▲ 1.93×35 topics
- Biodiversity530▲ 2.0×38 topics
- Artificial Intelligence514◆ 1.06×63 topics
- Human Rights504▲ 1.45×77 topics
- Mental Health503◆ 1.03×48 topics
- Corporate Governance495▲ 1.98×32 topics
- Social Capital465▲ 2.6×21 topics
- Big Data412▲ 1.27×35 topics
- Global Warming397▲ 2.7×15 topics
- Vulnerability380▲ 4.8×9 topics
- Invasive Species376▲ 2.6×21 topics
- Resilience370▲ 2.2×19 topics
- Colonialism353▲ 2.2×45 topics
- Financial Performance350▲ 1.83×15 topics
- Political Economy322▲ 3.7×17 topics
- Governance305▲ 2.8×18 topics
- Conservation305▲ 2.1×24 topics
- Monetary Policy298▲ 3.7×13 topics
- Entrepreneurship298▲ 2.2×22 topics
- Population Dynamics278▲ 3.2×13 topics
- Policy250▲ 3.4×15 topics
- Poverty Reduction208▲ 4.7×6 topics
- Plate Tectonics207▲ 4.0×3 topics
- Decolonization205▲ 7.4×8 topics
- National Identity200▲ 5.1×9 topics
- Public Opinion194▲ 4.7×6 topics
- India189▲ 7.7×4 topics
- Economic Policy159▲ 9.2×8 topics
What research is done in Canberra?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 106 works
- 2 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 98 works
- 3 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 95 works
- 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 89 works
- 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 85 works
- 6 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 85 works
- 7 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 79 works
- 8 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 79 works
- 9 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 76 works
- 10 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 71 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 36.1% in 2016.
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