Research in Sydney
Science Explorer records 173 research institutions in Sydney, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are UNSW Sydney, The University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney.
- Research institutions
- 173 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 441k ▼ 4% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 12.3M 27.8 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 24.8% 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 Sydney?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of SydneyUniversity | 178,765 | #79 | |
| 2 | UNSW SydneyUniversity | 124,505 | #41 | |
| 3 | Macquarie UniversityUniversity | 46,192 | #373 | |
| 4 | University of Technology SydneyUniversity | 41,433 | #240 | |
| 5 | Prince of Wales HospitalHospital / health system | 7,112 | #4,514 | |
| 6 | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology OrganisationGovernment institution | 5,420 | #1,855 | |
| 7 | Sax InstituteResearch facility | 4,510 | #4,315 | |
| 8 | The George Institute for Global HealthResearch facility | 3,310 | #908 | |
| 9 | Australian MuseumArchive | 2,956 | #8,812 | |
| 10 | Environmental Earth SciencesInstitution | 2,395 | #4,544 | |
| 11 | Neuroscience Research AustraliaResearch facility | 2,364 | #3,052 | |
| 12 | Herbalife (Australia)Company | 1,698 | #20,774 | |
| 13 | Smith FamilyNonprofit | 1,251 | #13,426 | |
| 14 | Australian Astronomical ObservatoryResearch facility | 1,160 | #9,536 all time | |
| 15 | Australian Red Cross LifebloodNonprofit | 1,090 | #19,543 | |
| 16 | Royal Botanic Garden SydneyGovernment institution | 1,064 | #19,980 | |
| 17 | Mission AustraliaInstitution | 1,029 | #12,196 all time | |
| 18 | St Vincent’s Private Hospital SydneyHospital / health system | 997 | #9,814 | |
| 19 | Westmead Institute for Medical ResearchResearch facility | 932 | #3,771 | |
| 20 | Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical SystemsNonprofit | 886 | #11,646 all time | |
| 21 | South Western Sydney Local Health DistrictGovernment institution | 868 | #8,283 | |
| 22 | Victor Chang Cardiac Research InstituteNonprofit | 785 | #8,525 | |
| 23 | Melanoma Institute AustraliaNonprofit | 701 | #10,676 | |
| 24 | Cochlear (Australia)Company | 699 | #20,128 | |
| 25 | National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging DrugsResearch facility | 685 | #13,351 all time | |
| 26 | Migration Institute of AustraliaInstitution | 622 | #6,908 | |
| 27 | NSW Department of Planning and EnvironmentGovernment institution | 593 | #15,252 | |
| 28 | Cancer Council NSWFunder | 565 | #9,570 | |
| 29 | Central Coast Local Health DistrictHospital / health system | 557 | #15,379 | |
| 30 | Reserve Bank of AustraliaInstitution | 555 | #12,090 all time | |
| 31 | Collaborative Research GroupResearch facility | 513 | #16,427 | |
| 32 | NSW Department of EducationFunder | 509 | #11,614 | |
| 33 | South Eastern Sydney Local Health DistrictHospital / health system | 488 | #16,628 | |
| 34 | Vision Cooperative Research CentreNonprofit | 482 | #13,772 all time | |
| 35 | Cancer Institute of New South WalesInstitution | 472 | #14,099 | |
| 36 | Sydney Children’s Hospitals NetworkHospital / health system | 470 | #9,962 | |
| 37 | Australian Federation of Graduate Women New South WalesInstitution | 444 | #11,728 all time | |
| 38 | Legal Aid New South WalesGovernment institution | 428 | #18,305 | |
| 39 | Sydney WaterGovernment institution | 427 | #15,873 | |
| 40 | Royal Rehabilitation CentreNonprofit | 417 | #21,205 all time | |
| 41 | National Parks and Wildlife ServiceGovernment institution | 375 | #20,793 all time | |
| 42 | National Measurement InstituteGovernment institution | 370 | #12,251 all time | |
| 43 | Manly HospitalHospital / health system | 364 | #13,132 all time | |
| 44 | Brien Holden Vision InstituteNonprofit | 351 | #15,534 all time | |
| 45 | Australian Human Rights CommissionGovernment institution | 332 | #17,081 | |
| 46 | Cancer AustraliaGovernment institution | 324 | #20,704 | |
| 47 | Royal College of Pathologists of AustralasiaInstitution | 308 | #21,236 | |
| 48 | Australian College of Applied PsychologyUniversity | 307 | #17,067 | |
| 49 | North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine CentreHospital / health system | 306 | #21,321 all time | |
| 50 | Schizophrenia Research InstituteResearch facility | 293 | #23,346 all time | |
| 51 | Moore CollegeUniversity | 274 | #18,678 all time | |
| 52 | Australian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis Virology ResearchResearch facility | 267 | #18,932 all time | |
| 53 | Government of New South WalesFunder | 242 | #21,634 all time | |
| 54 | Douglass Hanly Moir PathologyHospital / health system | 240 | #27,285 all time | |
| 55 | Sydney Sexual Health CentreHospital / health system | 230 | #22,651 all time | |
| 56 | Australian Law Reform CommissionGovernment institution | 229 | #23,658 all time | |
| 57 | Cancer Council AustraliaNonprofit | 219 | #23,789 all time | |
| 58 | Australian Orthopaedic AssociationNonprofit | 216 | #23,254 all time | |
| 59 | Art Gallery of New South WalesArchive | 211 | #26,559 all time | |
| 60 | Origin Energy (Australia)Company | 206 | #21,910 all time |
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 Sydney work in?
In 2022-now, 34% of research in Sydney is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (13%), Engineering (12%).
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 Sciences26k33.5%
- Engineering9,36011.9%
- Computer Science6,3798.1%
- Environmental Science4,0135.1%
- Materials Science1,5662.0%
- Physics and Astronomy1,5642.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1,2071.5%
- Mathematics7501.0%
- Energy6850.9%
- Chemistry5770.7%
- Chemical Engineering2030.3%
- Health Sciences22k28.6%
- Medicine18k22.5%
- Health Professions4,0755.2%
- Nursing3340.4%
- Dentistry2400.3%
- Veterinary1290.2%
- Social Sciences22k27.5%
- Social Sciences9,81712.5%
- Psychology3,8845.0%
- Arts and Humanities2,9003.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting2,0992.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,9932.5%
- Decision Sciences9021.1%
- Life Sciences8,10010.3%
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3,5154.5%
- Neuroscience1,9132.4%
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,7562.2%
- Immunology and Microbiology7160.9%
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2010.3%
What is Sydney strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Sydney is most concentrated in General Decision Sciences, General Health Professions and Philosophy (3.2× the world share in General Decision Sciences).
- General Decision SciencesSubfield · 42.7 works3.2×
- General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 2,702.8 works2.8×
- PhilosophySubfield · 791.1 works2.6×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 96.4 works2.6×
- Applied PsychologySubfield · 231.8 works2.3×
- Research and TheorySubfield · 39.7 works2.2×
- MusicSubfield · 125.0 works2.2×
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: Health Professions, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Professions2.04×3,756 works
- Psychology1.59×3,385 works
- Neuroscience1.46×1,658 works
- Arts and Humanities1.31×2,637 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.23×1,836 works
- Medicine1.17×16k works
- Decision Sciences1.17×793 works
- Veterinary1.16×110 works
- Computer Science1.04×5,656 works
- Environmental Science1.03×3,568 works
- Social Sciences0.99×8,719 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.96×1,053 works
- Energy0.95×608 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.89×1,386 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.88×618 works
- Nursing0.85×290 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.84×1,898 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×3,097 works
- Engineering0.81×8,497 works
- Mathematics0.79×650 works
- Chemical Engineering0.73×179 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×173 works
- Dentistry0.60×205 works
- Materials Science0.58×1,406 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×1,579 works
- Chemistry0.48×524 works
Which keywords describe research in Sydney?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Ethics and Healthcare.
- Professional Responsibility
- Patient Rights
- Ethical Practices
- Societal Impact
- Psychological Trauma
- End-of-Life Care
- Caregiving
- Narrative
- Palliative Care
- Elderly
- History
- Social Support
- Identity
- Ethics
- Neural Networks
- Inflammation
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Climate Change
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Quality of Life
- Globalization
- Public Health
- Healthcare
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Depression
- Aging
- Religion
- Cultural Studies
- Phenomenology
- Medical Ethics
- Retirement
- Hermeneutics
- Interpretation
- Community Living
- Policy Implications
- Healthcare Legislation
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
- Epidemiology4,037▲ 1.29×138 topics
- Deep Learning3,155▲ 1.17×85 topics
- Machine Learning2,627◆ 1.01×97 topics
- Climate Change2,461◆ 1.15×123 topics
- Quality of Life2,116▲ 1.87×59 topics
- Mental Health2,066▲ 1.84×47 topics
- Globalization1,745◆ 1.13×170 topics
- Sustainability1,652▼ 0.86×129 topics
- Public Health1,623▲ 1.42×72 topics
- Inflammation1,572◆ 0.94×83 topics
- Healthcare1,531▲ 1.71×41 topics
- Neural Networks1,389◆ 1.15×40 topics
- Risk Factors1,190▲ 1.38×37 topics
- Ethics1,166▲ 2.9×58 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease1,162▲ 1.30×39 topics
- Identity1,158▲ 2.0×72 topics
- Depression1,134▲ 1.65×25 topics
- Social Support1,098▲ 2.6×20 topics
- Aging1,065▲ 2.5×19 topics
- History1,011▲ 1.86×60 topics
- Religion957▲ 2.6×42 topics
- Elderly779▲ 4.1×8 topics
- Cultural Studies755▲ 2.6×37 topics
- Palliative Care669▲ 5.6×6 topics
- Phenomenology651▲ 7.8×5 topics
- Narrative642▲ 5.3×15 topics
- Medical Ethics631▲ 6.4×6 topics
- Caregiving594▲ 11×2 topics
- Retirement592▲ 12×2 topics
- End-of-Life Care572▲ 6.5×3 topics
- Hermeneutics571▲ 9.1×3 topics
- Psychological Trauma559▲ 12×2 topics
- Interpretation552▲ 19×2 topics
- Societal Impact548▲ 11×3 topics
- Community Living547▲ 17×1 topic
- Ethical Practices547▲ 12×2 topics
- Policy Implications547▲ 17×1 topic
- Patient Rights547▲ 10×2 topics
- Healthcare Legislation546▲ 13×1 topic
- Professional Responsibility546▲ 13×1 topic
What research is done in Sydney?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 547 works
- 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 544 works
- 3 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 542 works
- 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 162 works
- 5 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 156 works
- 6 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 152 works
- 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 144 works
- 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 143 works
- 9 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 139 works
- 10 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 138 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 33.9% in 2016.
Questions people ask
What are the best universities in Sydney for research?
Science Explorer records 173 research institutions in Sydney, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are UNSW Sydney, The University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney.
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