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Energy research in Australia

The University of Adelaide ranks first in Australia for Energy research in 2022–2025 (#35 worldwide), followed by UNSW Sydney and University of Technology Sydney.

Australia's world rank
#5
of 73 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
2.7k
Top-10% rate
25.4%
Ranked institutions
16

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

What is the best university for Energy in Australia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of AdelaideAdelaide #3545.741.1%157
2UNSW SydneySydney #6037.424.4%235
3University of Technology SydneySydney #9031.228.0%158
4RMIT UniversityMelbourne #11327.734.1%120
5The University of QueenslandBrisbane #12326.526.3%147
6University of WollongongWollongong #14324.128.2%84
7Australian National UniversityCanberra #16621.922.9%114
8Monash UniversityMelbourne #21717.820.5%106
9Griffith UniversityBrisbane #22917.026.4%93
10The University of SydneySydney #24216.119.8%123
11Curtin UniversityPerth #24815.728.6%78
12Division of Materials Science and EngineeringCanberra #26414.828.0%80
13Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane #27714.027.1%102
14The University of MelbourneMelbourne #29513.117.7%103
15Deakin UniversityBurwood #4217.622.3%66
16Swinburne University of TechnologyMelbourne #4646.220.5%69

Institutions in Australia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Energy, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Energy researchers in Australia?

Seyedali Mirjalili, Martin A. Green and Hongqi Sun rank highest among researchers based in Australia.

  1. 1Seyedali Mirjalili#98 worldwide overall7.6k citations · 12 works
  2. 2Martin A. Green#4,037 worldwide overall3.4k citations · 11 works
  3. 3Hongqi Sun#11,241 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 20 works
  4. 4Shi‐Zhang Qiao#13,359 worldwide overall3k citations · 36 works
  5. 5Michael A. Borowitzka#13,717 worldwide overall1k citations · 14 works
  6. 6Shaobin Wang#16,251 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 54 works
  7. 7Weidong Xiao#18,395 worldwide overall875 citations · 16 works
  8. 8Vladimir Strezov#20,090 worldwide overall884 citations · 14 works
  9. 9David I. Stern#21,282 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 29 works
  10. 10Xiaoguang Duan#23,038 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 36 works
  11. 11Zhao Yang Dong#23,950 worldwide overall3.1k citations · 20 works
  12. 12T. David Waite#27,383 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 11 works
  13. 13Russell Smyth#34,999 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 10 works
  14. 14Gao Qing Lu#35,614 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 15 works
  15. 15Kakarla Raghava Reddy#36,274 worldwide overall816 citations · 11 works

How Australia compares with other countries in Energy