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Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism

Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 6.7k research works in it since 1950. 14.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of collaborative federalism, intergovernmental relations, and governance in Commonwealth nations, with a focus on Australia. It delves into topics such as constitutional reform, monarchy, economic reforms, public opinion, and the role of the High Court in shaping federal systems. The papers also analyze the challenges and opportunities associated with federal diversity and the implications of federalism in the regulation of various issues.

  • Federalism
  • Collaborative Governance
  • Commonwealth Nations
  • Intergovernmental Relations
  • Constitutional Reform
  • Australian Politics
  • Monarchy
  • Economic Reform
  • Public Opinion
  • High Court
Research works
6.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
960
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-13%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism research?

By volume, Australia and the United Kingdom publish the most (321 and 64 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Australia 321 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 64 works
  3. 3 United States 57 works
  4. 4 New Zealand 18 works
  5. 5 Canada 13 works
  6. 6 Germany 10 works
  7. 7 Italy 9 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 8 works
  9. 9 China 8 works
  10. 10 Philippines 7 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Australia: 62.5%United Kingdom: 12.4%United States: 11.1%New Zealand: 3.4%6 others listed: 10.5%62%largest
Australia321 · 62.5%United Kingdom64 · 12.4%United States57 · 11.1%New Zealand18 · 3.4%6 others listed54 · 10.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Australian National University publishes the most Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism research, followed by The University of Melbourne and Monash University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Australian National UniversityAustralia 35 works
  2. 2 The University of MelbourneAustralia 31 works
  3. 3 Monash UniversityAustralia 26 works
  4. 4 The University of SydneyAustralia 23 works
  5. 5 University of CanberraAustralia 22 works
  6. 6 The University of QueenslandAustralia 19 works
  7. 7 Griffith UniversityAustralia 14 works
  8. 8 UNSW SydneyAustralia 13 works
  9. 9 Deakin UniversityAustralia 10 works
  10. 10 University of Technology SydneyAustralia 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism include I. M. Ward and Brian W. Matthews.

  1. 1 I. M. Ward United Kingdom 1.8k citations
  2. 2 Brian W. Matthews United States 1.5k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism research done?

The largest centres of Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism research in 2022–2025 are Melbourne (Australia), Canberra (Australia), Sydney (Australia) and Brisbane (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Melbourne Australia 73 works
  2. 2 Canberra Australia 60 works
  3. 3 Sydney Australia 58 works
  4. 4 Brisbane Australia 43 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 23 works
  6. 6 Adelaide Australia 14 works
  7. 7 Perth Australia 13 works
  8. 8 Burwood Australia 10 works
  9. 9 Los Angeles United States 8 works
  10. 10 Hobart Australia 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CanberraAU · 60.0 works72×
  2. BrisbaneAU · 43.1 works36×
  3. MelbourneAU · 72.8 works33×
  4. SydneyAU · 58.2 works29×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism?

Among universities, judged by research, Griffith University, University of Canberra and Australian National University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 10.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Griffith University: 14, 17.0%University of Canberra: 22, 9.7%Australian National University: 35, 9.4%Flinders University: 9, 16.0%UNSW Sydney: 13, 11.3%Macquarie University: 8, 16.6%The University of Sydney: 24, 7.2%University of Technology Sydney: 9, 11.5%Monash University: 26, 3.7%The University of Melbourne: 31, 4.1%Griffith UniversityFlinders UniversityUniversity of CanberraAustralian National …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Griffith UniversityAustralia 46.817.0%61.6×14 +55.5%
2 University of CanberraAustralia 44.49.7%231.2×22 +367.9%
3 Australian National UniversityAustralia 41.79.4%121.7×35 +1.4%
4 Flinders UniversityAustralia 37.916.0%67.7×9 +60.2%
5 UNSW SydneyAustralia 34.011.3%27.1×13 -13.3%
6 Macquarie UniversityAustralia 34.016.6%39.7×8 -53.6%
7 The University of SydneyAustralia 32.77.2%40.7×24 +9.3%
8 University of Technology SydneyAustralia 32.511.5%34.4×9 -23.1%
9 Monash UniversityAustralia 31.13.7%54.2×26 +13.1%
10 The University of MelbourneAustralia 30.94.1%54.0×31 +11.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.