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Health research in Australia

The University of Melbourne ranks first in Australia for Health research in 2022–2025 (#7 worldwide), followed by The University of Sydney and The University of Queensland.

Australia's world rank
#4
of 50 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
2.6k
Top-10% rate
26.3%
Ranked institutions
10

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

What is the best university for Health in Australia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of MelbourneMelbourne #758.429.4%158
2The University of SydneySydney #1246.826.7%147
3The University of QueenslandBrisbane #1542.029.5%116
4Deakin UniversityBurwood #1937.032.2%85
5Monash UniversityMelbourne #2035.929.4%113
6UNSW SydneySydney #2828.728.2%108
7Australian National UniversityCanberra #4618.125.7%91
8The University of Western AustraliaPerth #5613.925.0%68
9La Trobe UniversityMelbourne #5813.126.5%68
10Griffith UniversityBrisbane #6211.723.3%74

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

Who are the top Health researchers in Australia?

Graeme J. Hankey, John J. McGrath and Philip B. Mitchell rank highest among researchers based in Australia.

  1. 1Graeme J. Hankey#15 worldwide overall7.2k citations · 3 works
  2. 2John J. McGrath#105 worldwide overall5.3k citations · 6 works
  3. 3Philip B. Mitchell#134 worldwide overall3.7k citations · 3 works
  4. 4Amanda G. Thrift#1,203 worldwide overall4.4k citations · 5 works
  5. 5Harvey Whiteford#1,554 worldwide overall4.7k citations · 6 works
  6. 6Michael Phillips#2,483 worldwide overall5.1k citations · 3 works
  7. 7Alan D López#2,681 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 9 works
  8. 8Fiona Blyth#5,470 worldwide overall2.8k citations · 5 works
  9. 9Anthony F. Jorm#6,890 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 5 works
  10. 10Paul Ward#7,588 worldwide overall772 citations · 5 works
  11. 11John McCallum#8,677 worldwide overall529 citations · 3 works
  12. 12Bright Opoku Ahinkorah#8,930 worldwide overall958 citations · 4 works
  13. 13Helen Christensen#9,473 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 5 works
  14. 14S. Alexander Haslam#11,018 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 4 works
  15. 15Ratilal Lalloo#13,177 worldwide overall4.4k citations · 3 works

How Australia compares with other countries in Health