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Howard Hughes Medical Institute vs UNSW Sydney

On research quality in 2022–now, UNSW Sydney ranks #67 in the world and Howard Hughes Medical Institute #68, of 28,054 institutions. Howard Hughes Medical Institute stands higher in 4 of the 15 fields both publish in, UNSW Sydney in 11.

Research profiles alike: -0.08different shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

United States · Chevy Chase

World rank, 2022–now
#68
#15 all time
Works, 2022–now
1.7k
fractional
Top-10% rate
49.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
63%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Aging, Structural Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

UNSW Sydney

Australia · Sydney

World rank, 2022–now
#67
#107 all time
Works, 2022–now
17k
fractional
Top-10% rate
26.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
37%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Decision Sciences, Algebra and Number Theory, Issues, ethics and legal aspects.

Who leads in each field?

Howard Hughes Medical Institute stands higher in 4 of 15 fields, UNSW Sydney in 11. Each bar is that side’s standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute 411 UNSW Sydney
  1. #444Agricultural and Biological Sciences—
  2. —Arts and Humanities#96
  3. #2Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#174
  4. —Computer Science#85
  5. —Decision Sciences#11
  6. —Earth and Planetary Sciences#62
  7. —Engineering#56
  8. —Environmental Science#41
  9. —Health Professions#64
  10. #15Immunology and Microbiology—
  11. —Materials Science#101
  12. #412Medicine#76
  13. #4Neuroscience—
  14. —Psychology#7
  15. —Social Sciences#58

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022–now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world’s share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.0× 0.7×
  2. Immunology and Microbiology6.4× 0.8×
  3. Neuroscience6.3× 1.4×
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.4× 0.3×
  5. Chemistry0.8× 0.8×
  6. Nursing0.8× 0.8×
  7. Medicine0.9× 0.9×
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.6× 0.6×
  9. Veterinary0.2× 0.4×
  10. Energy0.6× 1.5×
  11. Materials Science0.4× 1.0×
  12. Environmental Science0.4× 1.2×
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.3× 1.0×
  14. Chemical Engineering0.4× 1.4×
  15. Dentistry0.1× 0.3×
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.2× 1.1×
  17. Psychology0.3× 1.7×
  18. Decision Sciences0.2× 1.4×
  19. Arts and Humanities0.1× 0.8×
  20. Engineering0.1× 1.2×
  21. Mathematics0.1× 1.3×
  22. Computer Science0.1× 1.1×
  23. Social Sciences0.0× 0.9×
  24. Health Professions0.1× 1.3×
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.0× 1.3×
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.0× 0.9×
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUNSW Sydney

Location quotient in 2022–now: the share of each side’s research in the field over the world’s share. 1× is the world’s balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where Howard Hughes Medical Institute leans further are at the top, UNSW Sydney’s at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

2k4k6kUNSW Sydney4,174 in 2025Howard Hughes Medical Institute420 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute or UNSW Sydney?

UNSW Sydney publishes 10.2× as much research as Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 2022–now (17k against 1.7k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Howard Hughes Medical Institute or UNSW Sydney?

49.8% of Howard Hughes Medical Institute's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 26.8% for UNSW Sydney.