City · Australia
Research in Sydney
Science Explorer records 208 research institutions in Sydney, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are UNSW Sydney, The University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney.
- Research institutions
- 208 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 441k ▲ 14% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 24.8% 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 Sydney?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of SydneyUniversity | 135,294 | #78 | |
| 2 | UNSW SydneyUniversity | 111,419 | #67 | |
| 3 | Macquarie UniversityUniversity | 44,355 | #393 | |
| 4 | University of Technology SydneyUniversity | 41,433 | #235 | |
| 5 | Royal Prince Alfred HospitalHospital / health system | 9,415 | #3,304 | |
| 6 | Westmead HospitalHospital / health system | 7,642 | #3,093 | |
| 7 | Prince of Wales HospitalHospital / health system | 7,112 | #7,794 | |
| 8 | Children's Hospital at WestmeadHospital / health system | 5,285 | #4,164 | |
| 9 | Data61Institution | 5,084 | #3,609 | |
| 10 | Sax InstituteResearch facility | 4,510 | #9,010 | |
| 11 | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology OrganisationGovernment institution | 4,480 | #2,508 | |
| 12 | St George HospitalHospital / health system | 3,008 | #8,777 | |
| 13 | Australian MuseumArchive | 2,956 | #13,305 | |
| 14 | Concord Repatriation General HospitalHospital / health system | 2,854 | #5,373 | |
| 15 | Environmental Earth SciencesInstitution | 2,395 | #4,943 | |
| 16 | Neuroscience Research AustraliaResearch facility | 2,364 | #4,935 | |
| 17 | The George Institute for Global HealthResearch facility | 2,198 | #3,856 | |
| 18 | Sydney Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 1,999 | #10,695 | |
| 19 | Herbalife (Australia)Company | 1,698 | #23,273 | |
| 20 | Sydney HospitalHospital / health system | 1,674 | #15,466 | |
| 21 | Thales (Australia)Company | 1,601 | #10,432 | |
| 22 | Smith FamilyNonprofit | 1,251 | #18,993 | |
| 23 | Australian Astronomical ObservatoryResearch facility | 1,160 | #3,476 all time | |
| 24 | Australian Red Cross LifebloodNonprofit | 1,090 | #18,827 | |
| 25 | Royal Botanic Garden SydneyGovernment institution | 1,064 | #17,590 | |
| 26 | Mission AustraliaInstitution | 1,029 | #25,656 all time | |
| 27 | Centenary InstituteResearch facility | 1,004 | #6,402 | |
| 28 | Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication TechnologyResearch facility | 999 | #4,419 | |
| 29 | St Vincent’s Private Hospital SydneyHospital / health system | 997 | #13,295 | |
| 30 | Children's Medical Research InstituteResearch facility | 979 | #6,230 | |
| 31 | Westmead Institute for Medical ResearchResearch facility | 932 | #4,585 | |
| 32 | Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical SystemsNonprofit | 886 | #2,808 all time | |
| 33 | Royal Hospital for WomenHospital / health system | 885 | #16,531 | |
| 34 | Woolcock Institute of Medical ResearchResearch facility | 883 | #10,535 | |
| 35 | Ingham InstituteNonprofit | 866 | #8,362 | |
| 36 | South Western Sydney Local Health DistrictGovernment institution | 793 | #11,932 | |
| 37 | Victor Chang Cardiac Research InstituteNonprofit | 785 | #8,508 | |
| 38 | Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalHospital / health system | 759 | #21,644 | |
| 39 | Australia Telescope National FacilityResearch facility | 752 | #10,027 all time | |
| 40 | Black Dog InstituteHospital / health system | 741 | #12,061 | |
| 41 | Melanoma Institute AustraliaNonprofit | 701 | #8,450 | |
| 42 | Cochlear (Australia)Company | 699 | #15,039 | |
| 43 | National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging DrugsResearch facility | 685 | #7,553 all time | |
| 44 | Migration Institute of AustraliaInstitution | 622 | #20,438 | |
| 45 | Sydney Dental HospitalHospital / health system | 606 | #9,308 | |
| 46 | Fairfield HospitalHospital / health system | 594 | #10,854 all time | |
| 47 | NSW Department of Planning and EnvironmentGovernment institution | 593 | #12,006 | |
| 48 | Cancer Council NSWFunder | 565 | #17,628 | |
| 49 | Central Coast Local Health DistrictHospital / health system | 557 | #19,794 | |
| 50 | Reserve Bank of AustraliaInstitution | 555 | #22,987 all time | |
| 51 | ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System ScienceResearch facility | 524 | #4,087 | |
| 52 | Collaborative Research GroupResearch facility | 513 | #15,105 | |
| 53 | NSW Department of EducationFunder | 509 | #16,608 | |
| 54 | South Eastern Sydney Local Health DistrictHospital / health system | 488 | #17,733 | |
| 55 | Vision Cooperative Research CentreNonprofit | 482 | #21,935 all time | |
| 56 | Cancer Institute of New South WalesInstitution | 472 | #16,369 | |
| 57 | Sydney Children’s Hospitals NetworkHospital / health system | 470 | #12,982 | |
| 58 | Australian Federation of Graduate Women New South WalesInstitution | 444 | #19,537 all time | |
| 59 | Legal Aid New South WalesGovernment institution | 428 | #27,171 | |
| 60 | Sydney WaterGovernment institution | 427 | #12,005 |
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.
The University of Sydney135k · 31.6%UNSW Sydney111k · 26.1%Macquarie University44k · 10.4%University of Technology Sydney41k · 9.7%56 others listed95k · 22.2%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
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×
← 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 Sydney?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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
- Ethical Practices
- Policy Implications
- Societal Impact
- Psychological Trauma
- End-of-Life Care
- Retirement
- Narrative
- Palliative Care
- Elderly
- Religion
- Depression
- Social Support
- Ethics
- Neural Networks
- Healthcare
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Climate Change
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Quality of Life
- Globalization
- Public Health
- Inflammation
- Identity
- Risk Factors
- Aging
- History
- Philosophy
- Cultural Studies
- Phenomenology
- Medical Ethics
- Caregiving
- Hermeneutics
- Interpretation
- Community Living
- Patient Rights
- Healthcare Legislation
▲ 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
- Epidemiology3,573▲ 1.29×137 topics
- Deep Learning2,809▲ 1.17×85 topics
- Machine Learning2,311◆ 1.01×96 topics
- Climate Change2,178▲ 1.16×122 topics
- Quality of Life1,929▲ 1.91×59 topics
- Mental Health1,907▲ 1.86×47 topics
- Globalization1,549◆ 1.13×162 topics
- Sustainability1,491◆ 0.88×126 topics
- Public Health1,460▲ 1.44×69 topics
- Healthcare1,410▲ 1.79×41 topics
- Inflammation1,387◆ 0.95×83 topics
- Neural Networks1,226◆ 1.14×40 topics
- Identity1,081▲ 2.1×71 topics
- Ethics1,070▲ 3.2×55 topics
- Risk Factors1,069▲ 1.39×37 topics
- Social Support1,053▲ 2.7×20 topics
- Aging1,010▲ 2.7×19 topics
- Depression999▲ 1.63×25 topics
- History959▲ 1.95×59 topics
- Religion915▲ 2.8×42 topics
- Philosophy766▲ 2.5×43 topics
- Elderly754▲ 4.3×7 topics
- Cultural Studies730▲ 2.8×36 topics
- Palliative Care658▲ 5.8×6 topics
- Phenomenology635▲ 8.5×5 topics
- Narrative633▲ 5.7×15 topics
- Medical Ethics621▲ 6.7×6 topics
- Retirement590▲ 12×2 topics
- Caregiving590▲ 11×2 topics
- End-of-Life Care570▲ 6.8×3 topics
- Hermeneutics565▲ 9.8×3 topics
- Psychological Trauma553▲ 12×2 topics
- Interpretation550▲ 20×2 topics
- Societal Impact548▲ 12×3 topics
- Community Living547▲ 17×1 topic
- Policy Implications547▲ 17×1 topic
- Patient Rights546▲ 10×2 topics
- Ethical Practices545▲ 12×2 topics
- Healthcare Legislation544▲ 13×1 topic
- Professional Responsibility544▲ 13×1 topic
What research is done in Sydney?
General Health ProfessionsPhilosophyEconomics and EconometricsInformation Systems5 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Aging, Elder Care, and Social IssuesGeneral Health Professions 547 works
- 2 Health, Medicine and SocietyGeneral Health Professions 544 works
- 3 Hermeneutics and Narrative IdentityPhilosophy 542 works
- 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 162 works
- 5 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 156 works
- 6 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in DataArtificial Intelligence 152 works
- 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 144 works
- 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 143 works
- 9 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPharmacology 139 works
- 10 Digital Mental Health InterventionsApplied Psychology 138 works
Research output over time
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.