Research in Perth
Science Explorer records 43 research institutions in Perth, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are The University of Western Australia, Curtin University and Edith Cowan University.
- Research institutions
- 43 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 148k ▲ 8% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 26.7% 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 Perth?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Western AustraliaUniversity | 61,150 | #312 | |
| 2 | Curtin UniversityUniversity | 37,580 | #332 | |
| 3 | Murdoch UniversityUniversity | 16,159 | #1,436 | |
| 4 | Edith Cowan UniversityUniversity | 13,156 | #722 | |
| 5 | Royal Perth HospitalHospital / health system | 5,666 | #7,478 | |
| 6 | Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalHospital / health system | 3,617 | #6,708 | |
| 7 | Princess Margaret Hospital for ChildrenHospital / health system | 2,092 | #10,213 | |
| 8 | Government of Western AustraliaGovernment institution | 1,681 | #17,815 | |
| 9 | Fiona Stanley HospitalHospital / health system | 1,458 | #7,076 | |
| 10 | Woodside (Australia)Company | 913 | #21,276 | |
| 11 | Western Australian MuseumArchive | 824 | #21,447 | |
| 12 | Lions Eye InstituteNonprofit | 672 | #18,173 | |
| 13 | Department of WaterGovernment institution | 463 | #24,883 | |
| 14 | ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy BiologyResearch facility | 436 | #17,344 | |
| 15 | Mental Health CommissionGovernment institution | 389 | #28,382 all time | |
| 16 | Trinity Theological CollegeUniversity | 279 | #32,722 all time | |
| 17 | Botanic Gardens and Parks AuthorityGovernment institution | 250 | #21,732 all time | |
| 18 | Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and AttractionsGovernment institution | 249 | #20,668 | |
| 19 | Community Arts NetworkInstitution | 241 | #27,416 | |
| 20 | Chevron (Australia)Company | 206 | #33,102 all time | |
| 21 | WA Country Health ServiceGovernment institution | 187 | #39,733 all time | |
| 22 | Central Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 169 | #37,114 all time | |
| 23 | Main Roads Western AustraliaGovernment institution | 123 | #33,888 all time | |
| 24 | St John of God Murdoch HospitalHospital / health system | 74 | not ranked | |
| 25 | BreastScreen WAGovernment institution | 68 | not ranked | |
| 26 | South Metropolitan Health ServiceHospital / health system | 53 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Dynamic Digital Depth (Australia)Company | 46 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Perth ObservatoryResearch facility | 45 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Pawsey Supercomputing Research CentreResearch facility | 39 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Hewlett-Packard (Australia)Company | 31 | not ranked | |
| 31 | East Metropolitan Health ServiceHospital / health system | 20 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Cortical Dynamics (Australia)Company | 18 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Department for Child Protection and Family SupportGovernment institution | 16 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western AustraliaGovernment institution | 12 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Perth Exoplanet Survey Telescope ObservatoryResearch facility | 7 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Ishar Multicultural Women's Health CentreNonprofit | 7 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Illuminate Group (Australia)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Department of Culture and the ArtsGovernment institution | 7 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Grand Lodge of Western AustraliaNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Public Utilities OfficeGovernment institution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Western Australian Genealogical SocietyInstitution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Digitisation Centre of Western AustraliaResearch facility | 1 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Office of Multicultural InterestsGovernment institution | 0 | 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 Perth strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Perth is most concentrated in Research and Theory, Geophysics and Nature and Landscape Conservation (3.6× the world share in Research and Theory).
- Research and TheorySubfield · 20.9 works3.6×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 252.7 works3.2×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 167.4 works3.1×
- Ecological ModelingSubfield · 49.3 works2.9×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 33.7 works2.8×
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 Perth?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Environmental Impact, Mental Health, Sustainability, Population Dynamics, Risk Factors and Machine Learning.
- Marine Ecosystems
- Geochronology
- Trophic Cascades
- Tectonics
- Health Equity
- CO2 Sequestration
- Prevalence
- Ecosystem Services
- Population Dynamics
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Invasive Species
- Remote Sensing
- Biodiversity
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Risk Factors
- Globalization
- Inflammation
- Deep Learning
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Environmental Impact
- Mental Health
- Public Health
- Quality of Life
- Renewable Energy
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Conservation
- Depression
- Genetics
- Resilience
- Microbial Communities
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Plate Tectonics
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- Ocean Acidification
- Zircon
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
- Epidemiology1,124▲ 1.26×137 topics
- Climate Change1,075▲ 1.78×114 topics
- Machine Learning596▼ 0.81×92 topics
- Sustainability558◆ 1.02×102 topics
- Environmental Impact516▲ 1.35×65 topics
- Deep Learning498▼ 0.65×81 topics
- Mental Health480▲ 1.46×45 topics
- Inflammation457◆ 0.98×82 topics
- Public Health420▲ 1.29×64 topics
- Globalization417◆ 0.95×122 topics
- Quality of Life389▲ 1.20×59 topics
- Risk Factors384▲ 1.55×37 topics
- Renewable Energy366◆ 1.13×46 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease336▲ 1.35×38 topics
- Oxidative Stress321◆ 0.87×62 topics
- Biodiversity307▲ 1.83×37 topics
- Treatment300◆ 1.10×52 topics
- Remote Sensing283◆ 1.02×39 topics
- Conservation259▲ 2.7×23 topics
- Invasive Species256▲ 2.7×21 topics
- Depression249▲ 1.26×26 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome237▲ 1.30×24 topics
- Genetics234▲ 1.49×27 topics
- Population Dynamics230▲ 4.1×13 topics
- Resilience210▲ 1.94×18 topics
- Ecosystem Services199▲ 2.3×14 topics
- Microbial Communities182▲ 1.90×10 topics
- Prevalence180▲ 1.97×15 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation152▲ 3.1×5 topics
- CO2 Sequestration152▲ 3.5×4 topics
- Plate Tectonics150▲ 4.4×3 topics
- Health Equity148▲ 2.4×6 topics
- Ecosystem Functioning132▲ 3.1×7 topics
- Tectonics121▲ 4.5×3 topics
- Thermodynamic Modeling114▲ 4.5×4 topics
- Trophic Cascades112▲ 5.3×2 topics
- Ocean Acidification105▲ 6.4×3 topics
- Geochronology93▲ 6.0×1 topic
- Zircon93▲ 6.0×1 topic
- Marine Ecosystems93▲ 7.9×2 topics
What research is done in Perth?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeophysics 93 works
- 2 Geochemistry and Geologic MappingArtificial Intelligence 66 works
- 3 Sports Performance and TrainingOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 66 works
- 4 Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsHealth 63 works
- 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMechanics of Materials 62 works
- 6 Marine and fisheries researchGlobal and Planetary Change 60 works
- 7 Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesEcology 60 works
- 8 Sports injuries and preventionOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 58 works
- 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil Science 55 works
- 10 Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology 52 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.