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Australian National University

In research, Australian National University stands highest in Social Sciences (#66 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#59 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#169 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Public Administration and Anthropology (Instrumentation is 6.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#151
of 22,385 · #215 all time
Rank in Australia
#6
of 270
Research works
98k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2M
32.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.23×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Australian National University

What is Australian National University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #66 of 9,585 14.0%4,586 #125
Social SciencesField #59 of 5,988 14.2%2,672 #91
Physical SciencesDomain #169 of 10,670 13.4%3,883 #194
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #24 of 1,187 15.7%557 #44
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #61 of 2,526 14.7%913 #63
Health SciencesDomain #259 of 9,902 13.5%1,269 #416
Arts and HumanitiesField #57 of 1,896 16.5%443 #125
MedicineField #281 of 8,541 13.1%916 #436
Life SciencesDomain #212 of 6,403 14.0%860 #355
Business, Management and AccountingField #94 of 2,581 12.9%363 #236

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian National University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#125 #66
  2. Social Sciences#91 #59
  3. Physical Sciences#194 #169
  4. Political Science and International Relations#44 #24
  5. Sociology and Political Science#63 #61
  6. Health Sciences#416 #259
  7. Arts and Humanities#125 #57
  8. Medicine#436 #281
  9. Life Sciences#355 #212
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#236 #94
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Australian National University work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Australian National University is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (9%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 5,051 fractional works · 42.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,938 fractional works · 25.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,007 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 613 fractional works · 5.2% of its workDemography: 189 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 154 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 137 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 135 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 99 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 94 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 583 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 379 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 116 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 508 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhilosophy: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 476 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 172 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 140 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 93 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 391 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 134 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 93 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 155 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4,320 fractional works · 36.7% of its workEngineering: 982 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 318 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 146 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 94 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 857 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 379 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 175 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 759 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 204 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 160 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 582 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 217 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 200 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 398 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeophysics: 149 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 81 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 283 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 163 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 183 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 91 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 128 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 101 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 125 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,410 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMedicine: 1,029 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 137 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 100 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 96 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 284 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 329 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 243 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 995 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 409 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 240 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 337 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 135 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 81 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 172 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 127 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAustralianNational…12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences43%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences5,05142.9%
    1. Social Sciences2,93825.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5835.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities5084.3%
    4. Psychology4764.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting3913.3%
    6. Decision Sciences1551.3%
    1. Engineering9828.3%
    2. Computer Science8577.3%
    3. Environmental Science7596.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy5824.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences3983.4%
    6. Materials Science2832.4%
    7. Chemistry1831.6%
    8. Energy1281.1%
    9. Mathematics1251.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering220.2%
  3. Health Sciences1,41012.0%
    1. Medicine1,0298.7%
    2. Health Professions3292.8%
    3. Nursing340.3%
    4. Veterinary120.1%
    5. Dentistry60.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4093.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3372.9%
    3. Neuroscience1721.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology630.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics140.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Australian National University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Instrumentation takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. InstrumentationSubfield · 35.1 works6.0×
  2. Public AdministrationSubfield · 35.5 works5.6×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 153.6 works4.6×
  4. PaleontologySubfield · 62.7 works4.4×
  5. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 105.0 works4.3×
← 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: 0.60× its world share, 337 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 409 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 63 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 172 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.99× its world share, 183 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 857 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 398 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.18× its world share, 128 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 982 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 759 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 283 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 125 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.22× its world share, 582 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 329 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 1,029 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.49× its world share, 508 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 391 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 155 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.31× its world share, 583 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 476 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 2,938 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.31×583 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.22×582 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.16×398 works
  4. Social Sciences1.97×2,938 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.49×508 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.36×155 works
  7. Psychology1.33×476 works
  8. Environmental Science1.30×759 works
  9. Energy1.18×128 works
  10. Health Professions1.06×329 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.03×391 works
  12. Chemistry0.99×183 works
  13. Computer Science0.94×857 works
  14. Neuroscience0.90×172 works
  15. Mathematics0.90×125 works
  16. Veterinary0.75×12 works
  17. Materials Science0.69×283 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×409 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.60×337 works
  20. Nursing0.60×34 works
  21. Engineering0.56×982 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.54×22 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×63 works
  24. Medicine0.45×1,029 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×14 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×6 works

Who are the top researchers at Australian National University?

Ranked on the quality score, P. A. Altin, R. McCarthy and T. Etzel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian National University.

  1. 1 P. A. Altin Australia · #257 worldwide 81k citations · 254 works
  2. 2 R. McCarthy Australia · #274 worldwide 89k citations · 253 works
  3. 3 T. Etzel Australia · #277 worldwide 81k citations · 276 works
  4. 4 M. J. Yap Australia · #347 worldwide 71k citations · 168 works
  5. 5 K. Wette Australia · #420 worldwide 97k citations · 357 works
  6. 6 Georgia L. Mansell Australia · #482 worldwide 74k citations · 182 works
  7. 7 V. B. Adya Australia · #540 worldwide 82k citations · 213 works
  8. 8 C. Vorvick Australia · #737 worldwide 68k citations · 170 works
  9. 9 N. Kijbunchoo Australia · #740 worldwide 62k citations · 178 works
  10. 10 M. MacInnis Australia · #776 worldwide 72k citations · 182 works
All ranked researchers at Australian National University

What are the most cited papers from Australian National University?

The most cited paper from Australian National University is "QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data" (J. Gregory Caporaso et al., 2010), with 36,341 citations. Next come "Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism" (26,020) and "Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes" (25,720).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data J. Gregory Caporaso et al. · Nature Methods Open access 11 Apr 2010 36,341
2 Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism Anthony J. S. Reid · Pacific Affairs Sep 1985 26,020
3 Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes Shen‐Su Sun, W. F. McDonough · Geological Society London Special Publications 1989 25,720
4 Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2 Evan K Bolyen et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access112 authors 24 Jul 2019 25,165
5 Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko, P. Challis et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access Sep 1998 19,814
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Australian National University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Climate Change, Vulnerability, Economic Development, Colonialism, Governance, Economic Growth and Sustainability.

▲ 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-now 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. Climate Change707▲ 2.2×106 topics
  2. Globalization644▲ 2.8×129 topics
  3. Sustainability401▲ 1.39×95 topics
  4. Deep Learning334▼ 0.82×82 topics
  5. Machine Learning316▼ 0.81×89 topics
  6. Economic Development314▲ 3.3×35 topics
  7. Human Rights281▲ 2.3×65 topics
  8. Economic Growth266▲ 2.8×28 topics
  9. Colonialism257▲ 4.6×43 topics
  10. Public Health244▲ 1.42×65 topics
  11. Environmental Impact224◆ 1.11×58 topics
  12. Mental Health223▲ 1.33×46 topics
  13. Vulnerability220▲ 8.1×9 topics
  14. Governance205▲ 5.3×15 topics
  15. Resilience203▲ 3.5×17 topics
  16. Identity185▲ 2.2×62 topics
  17. History178▲ 2.2×45 topics
  18. International Law166▲ 4.5×25 topics
  19. Neoliberalism162▲ 3.8×25 topics
  20. Ethics159▲ 2.7×38 topics
  21. Nationalism157▲ 3.0×30 topics
  22. Political Economy151▲ 5.0×17 topics
  23. Decolonization150▲ 16×8 topics
  24. Global Governance147▲ 5.2×21 topics
  25. Global Warming138▲ 2.7×14 topics
  26. National Identity129▲ 9.5×9 topics
  27. Monetary Policy112▲ 4.0×12 topics
  28. Public Opinion111▲ 7.8×6 topics
  29. Politics108▲ 3.5×19 topics
  30. Corruption102▲ 5.5×6 topics
  31. Pacific97▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Archaeology94▲ 6.2×11 topics
  33. Cultural History91▲ 6.4×14 topics
  34. Islands89▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Small States89▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Cultural Turn85▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Transnational History84▲ 52×2 topics
  38. Australian history83▲ 71×1 topic
  39. British imperialism83▲ 71×1 topic
  40. Island Ecosystems78▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Australian National University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Island Studies and Pacific Affairs, Australian History and Society, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies and Asian Studies and History.

Island Studies and Pacific Affairs: 89 fractional worksAustralian History and Society: 83 fractional worksPacific and Southeast As…72Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 72 fractional worksAsian Studies and History53Asian Studies and History: 53 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 44 fractional worksCommonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism: 42 fractional worksInternational Developmen…40International Development and Aid: 40 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 40 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 39 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…38Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 38 fractional works
DemographySociology and Political ScienceGeography, Planning and DevelopmentGeophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 89 works
  2. 2 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 83 works
  3. 3 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 72 works
  4. 4 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 53 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 44 works
  6. 6 Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism Political Science and International Relations 42 works
  7. 7 International Development and Aid Development 40 works
  8. 8 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 40 works
  9. 9 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 39 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 38 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Australian National University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Australian National University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.048% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Australian National University0.045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Australian National University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Australian National University13.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.6% in 2012.

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Which institutions have research most like Australian National University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Stockholm University has the research profile closest to Australian National University's, with both strong in Physics and Astronomy.

  1. 1 Stockholm UniversitySweden · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences 0.86 Compare
  2. 2 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences 0.85 Compare
  3. 3 Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Social Sciences, Decision Sciences 0.81 Compare
  4. 4 University of VictoriaCanada · Both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Arts and Humanities 0.81 Compare
  5. 5 Boston CollegeUnited States · Both strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities 0.80 Compare

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What is the Australian National University known for in research?

In research, Australian National University stands highest in Social Sciences (#66 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#59 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#169 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Public Administration and Anthropology (Instrumentation is 6.0× its share of world research).

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