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Chemical Engineering research in Australia

UNSW Sydney ranks first in Australia for Chemical Engineering research in 2022-now (#44 worldwide), followed by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

Australia's world rank
#5
of 43 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
779
Top-10% rate
15.5%
Ranked institutions
2

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Chemical Engineering in Australia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1UNSW SydneySydney #4430.019.3%81
2Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationCanberra #13010.013.8%64

Institutions in Australia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Chemical Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Chemical Engineering researchers in Australia?

Douglas Robert MacFarlane, Shi‐Zhang Qiao and Yao Zheng rank highest among researchers based in Australia, on their papers in Chemical Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Douglas Robert MacFarlane#47,491 worldwide overall55.7 of 188 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Shi‐Zhang Qiao#130 worldwide overall22.3 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Yao Zheng#3,004 worldwide overall19.3 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Fengwang Li#15,589 worldwide overall17.3 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Maria Forsyth#139,496 worldwide overall26.8 of 132 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Gordon G. Wallace#77,623 worldwide overall24.5 of 113 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Yan Jiao#11,121 worldwide overall15.3 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Rose Amal#23,112 worldwide overall17.0 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Rob Atkin#149,388 worldwide overall19.7 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Zhiguo Yuan#28,341 worldwide overall16.9 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Talal F. Yusaf#126,318 worldwide overall14.2 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Hamidreza Arandiyan#27,637 worldwide overall13.6 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13M. Mofijur#3,516 worldwide overall10.7 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Evatt R. Hawkes#212,857 worldwide overall16.2 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Roger Ian Tanner#341,066 worldwide overall18.5 of 87 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Australia on their work in Chemical Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Australia compares with other countries in Chemical Engineering