Question 1

What is Monash University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Monash University stands highest in Social Sciences (#24 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#18 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#11 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Research and Theory, Emergency Medicine and Public Administration (Research and Theory is 3.6× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Monash University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Monash University ranks #50 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#52 all time), and #3 of 270 in Australia.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Monash University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Colm Talbot, G. Ashton and Rory J E Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Monash University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Monash University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Monash University is "The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews" (Matthew James Page et al., 2021), with 105,915 citations. Next come "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (40,161) and "RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials" (33,250).

Question 5

Which research topics does Monash University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Sleep and related disorders, Online Learning and Analytics, Early Childhood Education and Development and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Monash University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Machine Learning, Public Health, Globalization and Quality of Life.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Monash University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 30% of research at Monash University is in Health Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Monash University's?

Accepted Answer

University of Ottawa has the research profile closest to Monash University's (similarity 0.92 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Psychology, followed by Queen's University and University of Virginia.

Question 9

Is Monash University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.