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In research, Australian Museum stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,676 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,397 of 3,551 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,938 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation — Paleontology is 84.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,305
of 28,054 · #7,704 all time
Rank in Australia
#228
of 391
Research works
3k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Australian Museum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,676 of 12,888 14.2%191 #7095
Environmental ScienceField #2,397 of 3,551 13.6%113 #1033
Life SciencesDomain #6,938 of 7,800 11.2%118 #8724
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,127 of 1,209 15.3%67 #1750
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,203 of 3,409 8.8%75 #3336

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Museum sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#7,095 #8,676
  2. Environmental Science#1,033 #2,397
  3. Life Sciences#8,724 #6,938
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,750 #1,127
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,336 #3,203
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Australian Museum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 84.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 35.3 works85×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 49.6 works31×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 23.4 works28×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 24.1 works25×
  5. EcologySubfield · 50.0 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4.54× its world share, 75 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.23× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.40× its world share, 67 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.57× its world share, 113 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.20× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Australian Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel P. Faith, Richard E. Major and Pat Hutchings lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Museum.

  1. 1 Daniel P. Faith Australia · #27,505 worldwide 798 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Richard E. Major Australia · #99,130 worldwide 252 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Pat Hutchings Australia · #108,357 worldwide 553 citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Patrick M. Smith Australia · #122,053 worldwide 592 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Graham H. Pyke Australia · #124,649 worldwide 277 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Allen E. Greer Australia · #134,870 worldwide 187 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Jeffrey M. Leis Australia · #172,012 worldwide 349 citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Robin Torrence Australia · #217,278 worldwide 139 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Michael R. Gray Australia · #241,878 worldwide 124 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Frederick D. McCarthy Australia · #265,836 worldwide 68 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Museum

Which keywords describe research at Australian Museum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Biogeography, Invasive Species, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Phylogenetic Analysis and DNA Barcoding.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity80▲ 31×21 topics
  2. Climate Change65▲ 7.0×40 topics
  3. Biogeography58▲ 65×17 topics
  4. Invasive Species48▲ 33×19 topics
  5. Conservation46▲ 31×17 topics
  6. Population Dynamics44▲ 51×9 topics
  7. Phylogenetic Analysis42▲ 40×12 topics
  8. DNA Barcoding42▲ 74×9 topics
  9. Evolution42▲ 48×13 topics
  10. Phylogeny38▲ 73×14 topics
  11. Ecology36▲ 69×8 topics
  12. Molecular Phylogeny34▲ 64×9 topics
  13. Taxonomy33▲ 73×11 topics
  14. Ecosystem Functioning28▲ 43×5 topics
  15. Morphology25▲ 42×7 topics
  16. Conservation Biology24▲ 67×4 topics
  17. Benthic Communities23▲ 115×2 topics
  18. Marine Biodiversity23▲ 115×2 topics
  19. Marine Ecosystems22▲ 121×2 topics
  20. Deep-Sea Ecology21▲ 197×1 topic
  21. Estuarine Quality21▲ 197×1 topic
  22. Habitat Fragmentation20▲ 26×5 topics
  23. Biodiversity Loss19▲ 107×3 topics
  24. Fisheries19▲ 141×2 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity18▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Species Delimitation18▲ 117×3 topics
  27. Adaptation18▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Groundwater17▲ 61×3 topics
  29. Cavefish17▲ 441×1 topic
  30. Subterranean17▲ 441×1 topic
  31. Migration15▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Rays15▲ 216×1 topic
  33. Sharks15▲ 216×1 topic
  34. Freshwater14▲ 85×2 topics
  35. Genetic Structure14▲ 57×4 topics
  36. Conservation Genetics13▲ 98×2 topics
  37. Cryptic Diversity12▲ 235×2 topics
  38. Coleoptera11▲ 165×2 topics
  39. Amphibian Declines11▲ 138×1 topic
  40. Chytridiomycosis11▲ 138×1 topic

Which research topics does Australian Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Ichthyology and Marine Biology and Amphibian and Reptile Biology.

Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 21 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 17 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine B…15Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 15 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…11Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 11 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 10 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 8 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…8Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 8 fractional worksInvertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology: 7 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 7 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 7 fractional works
OceanographyPaleontologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 21 works
  2. 2 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 17 works
  3. 3 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 15 works
  4. 4 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 10 works
  6. 6 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 8 works
  7. 7 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 8 works
  8. 8 Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  9. 9 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 7 works
  10. 10 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 7 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.8%domestic only75.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Australian Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.