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History research in Australia

The University of Sydney ranks first in Australia for History research in 2022–2025 (#84 worldwide), followed by The University of Melbourne and Sax Institute.

Australia's world rank
#12
of 38 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
1.1k
Top-10% rate
13.8%
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 SydneySydney #8416.713.0%81
2The University of MelbourneMelbourne #9314.812.6%99
3Sax InstituteSydney #1832.011.7%62

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

Who are the top History researchers in Australia?

David Hume, Peter McDonald and Geoffrey D. Dunn rank highest among researchers based in Australia.

  1. 1David Hume#1,397 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 25 works
  2. 2Peter McDonald#23,823 worldwide overall378 citations · 9 works
  3. 3Geoffrey D. Dunn#84,873 worldwide overall66 citations · 21 works
  4. 4Peter Marshall#89,237 worldwide overall308 citations · 10 works
  5. 5Paul Giles#106,076 worldwide overall207 citations · 9 works
  6. 6R. J. B. Bosworth#126,147 worldwide overall52 citations · 11 works
  7. 7Danilo Zardin#140,858 worldwide overall28 citations · 12 works
  8. 8David Garrioch#150,524 worldwide overall54 citations · 10 works
  9. 9Martyn Lyons#153,869 worldwide overall25 citations · 12 works
  10. 10Trevor Wilson#173,952 worldwide overall44 citations · 12 works
  11. 11Margaret Clunies Ross#208,156 worldwide overall33 citations · 19 works
  12. 12Stephan Borgehammar#229,627 worldwide overall5 citations · 15 works
  13. 13Kari Ellen Gade#235,630 worldwide overall5 citations · 9 works
  14. 14John O. Ward#246,895 worldwide overall30 citations · 11 works
  15. 15Colin Jones#249,118 worldwide overall220 citations · 17 works

How Australia compares with other countries in History