Question 1

How strong is science in Australia?

Accepted Answer

Australia ranks #7 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#8 all time), with 343k research works and 15.0% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Australia strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Australia ranks highest in Environmental Science (#4 of 122), Engineering (#5 of 131) and Computer Science (#6 of 128). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Research and Theory, Public Administration and Medical Terminology.

Question 3

Which universities in Australia lead research?

Accepted Answer

The University of Melbourne, UNSW Sydney and Monash University rank highest in Australia on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Australia?

Accepted Answer

Seyedali Mirjalili, Weng Marc Lim and Shulei Chou rank highest among researchers based in Australia.

Question 5

Which cities in Australia are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra.

Question 6

How much of Australia's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

40% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 26% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Australia's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Australia?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Mental Health, Public Health, Quality of Life, Globalization, Machine Learning and Sustainability.

Question 9

Which fields of science does Australia work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 31% of research in Australia is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (14%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Australia's?

Accepted Answer

New Zealand has the research profile closest to Australia's (similarity 0.85 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Psychology, followed by Denmark and Ireland.