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History research in Australia

The University of Melbourne ranks first in Australia for History research in 2022-now (#55 worldwide), followed by The University of Sydney and Sax Institute.

Australia's world rank
#11
of 37 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1.1k
Top-10% rate
12.6%
Ranked institutions
3

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

What is the best university for History in Australia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of MelbourneMelbourne #5525.613.7%106
2The University of SydneySydney #12610.212.8%85
3Sax InstituteSydney #1823.31.1%62

Institutions in Australia above the floor of 40 fractional works in History, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top History researchers in Australia?

Katie Barclay, Alistair Thomson and Geoffrey D. Dunn rank highest among researchers based in Australia, on their papers in History that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Katie Barclay#516,678 worldwide overall13.4 of 30 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Alistair Thomson#858,650 worldwide overall9.0 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Geoffrey D. Dunn#430,953 worldwide overall9.3 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4A. Dirk Moses#347,217 worldwide overall6.6 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Warwick Anderson#404,840 worldwide overall5.5 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Roland Burke#527,340 worldwide overall5.3 of 8 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 6Robert D. Anderson#1,171,554 worldwide overall8.5 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Alison R. Bashford#383,473 worldwide overall5.4 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Brian Croke#129,967 worldwide overall5.2 of 10 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Haakon A. Ikonomou#725,794 worldwide overall4.7 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11John C. P. McCallum#1,222,905 worldwide overall4.5 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 11Tanya Evans#1,960,081 worldwide overall5.0 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Glenda Sluga#588,764 worldwide overall5.2 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Ben Golder#920,177 worldwide overall3.8 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Alex J. Bellamy#123,476 worldwide overall4.0 of 7 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Australia on their work in History alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Australia compares with other countries in History