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Physics and Astronomy research in Australia

UNSW Sydney ranks first in Australia for Physics and Astronomy research in 2022–2025 (#177 worldwide), followed by Australian National University and The University of Melbourne.

Australia's world rank
#13
of 79 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
5.8k
Top-10% rate
23.0%
Ranked institutions
23

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

What is the best university for Physics and Astronomy in Australia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1UNSW SydneySydney #17730.123.2%372
2Australian National UniversityCanberra #20228.322.5%463
3The University of MelbourneMelbourne #24825.624.1%292
4Monash UniversityMelbourne #27424.229.1%268
5Swinburne University of TechnologyMelbourne #29323.320.6%274
6The University of QueenslandBrisbane #31322.424.0%257
7The University of SydneySydney #32521.919.2%367
8RMIT UniversityMelbourne #43218.124.6%107
9Macquarie UniversitySydney #51415.721.6%204
10Quantum (Australia)Essendon #55314.726.1%76
11The University of Western AustraliaPerth #55714.632.8%209
12The University of AdelaideAdelaide #57314.223.2%230
13University of WollongongWollongong #65112.517.8%92
14University of Technology SydneySydney #66912.221.5%110
15ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky AstrophysicsSydney #75110.640.5%103
16Curtin UniversityPerth #8049.719.3%173
17ASTRO-3DAustralind #9936.842.7%78
18International Centre for Radio Astronomy ResearchCrawley #1,0256.433.8%114
19Astronomy and SpaceMarsfield #1,0805.718.3%233
20Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane #1,0815.719.6%71
21Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationCanberra #1,2363.925.0%107
22ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave DiscoveryMelbourne #1,4232.035.1%80
23University of Southern QueenslandToowoomba #1,505121.020.0%76

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

Who are the top Physics and Astronomy researchers in Australia?

G. N. Taylor, Karl Glazebrook and Yuri S. Kivshar rank highest among researchers based in Australia.

  1. 1G. N. Taylor#9,151 worldwide overall7.7k citations · 647 works
  2. 2Karl Glazebrook#16,760 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 180 works
  3. 3Yuri S. Kivshar#65,639 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 351 works
  4. 4M. Asplund#73,023 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 172 works
  5. 5M. E. Sevior#85,569 worldwide overall2k citations · 305 works
  6. 6R. N. Manchester#88,753 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 169 works
  7. 7Joss Bland‐Hawthorn#98,174 worldwide overall2k citations · 283 works
  8. 8V. V. Flambaum#117,788 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 239 works
  9. 9Daniel Huber#125,581 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 199 works
  10. 10K. C. Freeman#159,673 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 317 works
  11. 11M. A. Dopita#185,434 worldwide overall955 citations · 187 works
  12. 12S. Johnston#189,071 worldwide overall931 citations · 165 works
  13. 13L. Staveley‐Smith#193,391 worldwide overall960 citations · 182 works
  14. 14Shi Xue Dou#230,826 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 186 works
  15. 15B. K. Gibson#245,580 worldwide overall863 citations · 183 works

How Australia compares with other countries in Physics and Astronomy