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Finance research in Australia

The University of Sydney ranks first in Australia for Finance research in 2022–2025 (#19 worldwide), followed by The University of Queensland and The University of Melbourne.

Australia's world rank
#7
of 54 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
1.8k
Top-10% rate
23.4%
Ranked institutions
9

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Finance in Australia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of SydneySydney #1940.022.3%156
2The University of QueenslandBrisbane #3726.429.8%79
3The University of MelbourneMelbourne #4223.822.7%121
4UNSW SydneySydney #4422.923.8%121
5Monash UniversityMelbourne #5119.823.7%104
6RMIT UniversityMelbourne #6614.630.7%64
7Australian National UniversityCanberra #7212.820.1%108
8Macquarie UniversitySydney #8010.722.9%85
9Department of CommerceCanberra #1350.03.7%62

Institutions in Australia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Finance, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Finance researchers in Australia?

Paresh Kumar Narayan, Ronald A. Ratti and Ronald W. Masulis rank highest among researchers based in Australia.

  1. 1Paresh Kumar Narayan#11,588 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 23 works
  2. 2Ronald A. Ratti#22,434 worldwide overall623 citations · 9 works
  3. 3Ronald W. Masulis#33,272 worldwide overall795 citations · 7 works
  4. 4Dirk G. Baur#40,545 worldwide overall573 citations · 17 works
  5. 5Hazel Easthope#54,340 worldwide overall246 citations · 10 works
  6. 6Philip Lowe#78,659 worldwide overall324 citations · 24 works
  7. 7Ross P. Buckley#79,586 worldwide overall146 citations · 15 works
  8. 8Prema‐chandra Athukorala#79,655 worldwide overall296 citations · 9 works
  9. 9Wendy Stone#82,306 worldwide overall175 citations · 10 works
  10. 10Stephen Bell#87,617 worldwide overall240 citations · 9 works
  11. 11Mardi Dungey#89,529 worldwide overall456 citations · 38 works
  12. 12Vivienne Milligan#113,470 worldwide overall151 citations · 18 works
  13. 13C. C. Heyde#121,754 worldwide overall276 citations · 9 works
  14. 14Susan Sunila Sharma#124,425 worldwide overall322 citations · 9 works
  15. 15Robert B. Johnston#126,927 worldwide overall339 citations · 8 works

How Australia compares with other countries in Finance