Question 1

What is UNSW Sydney known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, UNSW Sydney stands highest in Physical Sciences (#42 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#50 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#44 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Algebra and Number Theory, Behavioral Neuroscience and Applied Psychology (Algebra and Number Theory is 3.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does UNSW Sydney rank in research?

Accepted Answer

UNSW Sydney ranks #41 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#64 all time), and #2 of 270 in Australia.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at UNSW Sydney?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Cyrille Andre Boyer, Rebecca J. Collie and Xuesong Andy Gao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UNSW Sydney.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from UNSW Sydney?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from UNSW Sydney is "Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2" (Evan K Bolyen et al., 2019), with 25,165 citations. Next come "The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction" (19,372) and "Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae" (18,225).

Question 5

Which research topics does UNSW Sydney publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Digital Mental Health Interventions and Microgrid Control and Optimization.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at UNSW Sydney?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Mental Health, Public Health, Depression and Sustainability.

Question 7

Which fields of science does UNSW Sydney work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 42% of research at UNSW Sydney is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (11%).

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like UNSW Sydney's?

Accepted Answer

Queen's University has the research profile closest to UNSW Sydney's (similarity 0.84 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Psychology, followed by Norwegian University of Science and Technology and University of Waterloo.

Question 9

Is UNSW Sydney's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.