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The University of Sydney

In research, The University of Sydney stands highest in Health Sciences (#18 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#20 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#16 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Music and Geriatrics and Gerontology — Public Administration is 3.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#78
of 28,054 · #108 all time
Rank in Australia
#5
of 391
Research works
135k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9M
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is The University of Sydney 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
Health SciencesDomain #18 of 11,982 23.5%5,890 #37
Social SciencesDomain #20 of 10,521 25.7%6,248 #37
Social SciencesField #16 of 6,365 26.2%3,031 #39
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #3 of 916 31.0%579 #17
MedicineField #36 of 10,443 22.2%4,751 #57
Health ProfessionsField #7 of 1,928 30.2%893 #18
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #22 of 2,578 26.2%971 #49
Life SciencesDomain #89 of 7,800 25.5%2,207 #141
Physical SciencesDomain #151 of 12,888 25.3%5,580 #175
PsychologyField #26 of 2,181 28.6%1,042 #49

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The University of Sydney 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. Health Sciences#37 #18
  2. Social Sciences#37 #20
  3. Social Sciences#39 #16
  4. General Health Professions#17 #3
  5. Medicine#57 #36
  6. Health Professions#18 #7
  7. Sociology and Political Science#49 #22
  8. Life Sciences#141 #89
  9. Physical Sciences#175 #151
  10. Psychology#49 #26
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 The University of Sydney specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 3.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 40.2 works3.8×
  2. MusicSubfield · 60.0 works3.7×
  3. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 61.2 works2.9×
  4. Family PracticeSubfield · 26.9 works2.8×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 546 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 891 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 195 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 519 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 55 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 52 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 136 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 1,520 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 189 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 123 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 1,886 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 773 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 330 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 205 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.83× its world share, 367 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.94× its world share, 91 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 893 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.24× its world share, 4,750 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 90 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.40× its world share, 65 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.36× its world share, 781 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 540 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 226 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 629 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 1,042 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 3,031 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The University of Sydney?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Brooks, Lyn March and Graham J. Mann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The University of Sydney.

  1. 1 Peter Brooks Australia · #319 worldwide 2.2k citations · 187 works
  2. 2 Lyn March Australia · #1,226 worldwide 1.7k citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Graham J. Mann Australia · #1,963 worldwide 1.8k citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Richard Kefford Australia · #2,155 worldwide 1.9k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Christopher G. Maher Australia · #2,414 worldwide 1.7k citations · 186 works
  6. 6 Hugh Durrant‐Whyte Australia · #2,702 worldwide 1.9k citations · 88 works
  7. 7 David J. Hunter Australia · #3,333 worldwide 3.3k citations · 343 works
  8. 8 Catherine Sherrington Australia · #3,579 worldwide 1.3k citations · 147 works
  9. 9 James S. Wilmott Australia · #3,822 worldwide 1.5k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Dong Xu Australia · #3,860 worldwide 2k citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at The University of Sydney

Which keywords describe research at The University of Sydney?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Globalization, Public Health, Mental Health, Machine Learning, Quality of Life and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,087▲ 1.38×135 topics
  2. Deep Learning774◆ 1.14×82 topics
  3. Machine Learning616◆ 0.95×90 topics
  4. Globalization610▲ 1.56×128 topics
  5. Climate Change516◆ 0.96×111 topics
  6. Public Health505▲ 1.74×64 topics
  7. Inflammation464◆ 1.12×83 topics
  8. Mental Health448▲ 1.54×47 topics
  9. Quality of Life427▲ 1.49×55 topics
  10. Sustainability396▼ 0.81×110 topics
  11. Neural Networks338◆ 1.10×39 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease333▲ 1.50×39 topics
  13. Social Media317◆ 1.11×37 topics
  14. Depression316▲ 1.80×25 topics
  15. Risk Factors314▲ 1.43×37 topics
  16. Treatment278◆ 1.15×52 topics
  17. Physical Activity238▲ 2.4×11 topics
  18. Obesity222▲ 1.47×28 topics
  19. Identity220▲ 1.52×63 topics
  20. Neoliberalism219▲ 3.1×23 topics
  21. Clinical Trials218▲ 1.63×19 topics
  22. Resilience203▲ 2.1×17 topics
  23. Mortality201▲ 1.75×13 topics
  24. Prevalence201▲ 2.5×15 topics
  25. Anxiety197▲ 2.1×12 topics
  26. Global Burden194▲ 1.81×12 topics
  27. Ethics190▲ 1.97×49 topics
  28. Colonialism187▲ 1.98×41 topics
  29. Neurological Disorders187▲ 1.66×20 topics
  30. Gender187▲ 1.73×47 topics
  31. Social Support186▲ 1.68×19 topics
  32. Adolescents178▲ 2.4×9 topics
  33. Primary Care165▲ 2.2×15 topics
  34. Ethical Considerations164▲ 2.4×20 topics
  35. Health Equity153▲ 2.8×6 topics
  36. Vulnerability148▲ 3.3×8 topics
  37. Chronic Disease Management146▲ 3.8×7 topics
  38. Health Disparities142▲ 2.7×9 topics
  39. Behavior Change123▲ 4.2×4 topics
  40. Patient Engagement120▲ 4.7×4 topics

Which research topics does The University of Sydney publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism.

Obesity, Physical Activi…55Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 55 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…53Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 53 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 48 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 48 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 46 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 45 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 45 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…45Urban Transport and Accessibility: 45 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 44 fractional worksAustralian History and Society: 43 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEconomics and EconometricsPharmacologyFinance4 others

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

  1. 1 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 55 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 53 works
  3. 3 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 48 works
  4. 4 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 48 works
  5. 5 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 46 works
  6. 6 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 45 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 45 works
  8. 8 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 45 works
  9. 9 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 44 works
  10. 10 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 43 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The University of Sydney's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher 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.

Other research institutions in Sydney

All research institutions in Sydney

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.