Essential Science Indicators database Ranks Australian Universities in top 50 in 4 of 22 Categories. (September 3, 2008)

Xinhua-PRNewswire reports: "Universities in Australia are ranked amongst the world's top 50 most frequently cited research institutions over a period of five years from January 2003 to December 2007. According to data derived from the Essential Science Indicators(SM)(ESI) database of the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, Australian universities are ranked among the world's top 50, appearing in four of 22 categories."

    The tables below show data for subject categories in which Australian universities are placed within the top 50 most frequently cited institutions. The tables show all Australian universities which are ranked in the top 100. The analyses for this ranking looked only at the performance of universities in Australia and excluded all other Australian research institutions.

In summary, with the collating of all 22 fields, the following eight Australian universities are placed in the top 10% of research institutions worldwide.

All Fields
                                                     World
         University       Papers      Citations       Rank       Percentile
    University of
     Melbourne             14025          83522         84              2.2
    University of Sydney   14487          79069         95              2.5
    University of
     Queensland            12736          68115        119              3.2
    University of New
    South Wales            10559          55319        162              4.3
    Australian National
     University             9003          52301        176              4.7
    Monash University       9841          50908        186              4.9
    University of
     Western Australia      7957          42140        226              6.0
    University of
     Adelaide               6241          30094        315              8.4

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    Environment/ Ecology
                                                      World
          University         Papers     Citations      Rank      Percentile
    University of
     Queensland                 611          3399        41             8.7
    James Cook University,
     Queensland                 356          3303        44             9.4
    Macquarie University        195          2634        73            15.6
    Australian National
     University                 389          2323        84            17.9



    Geosciences
                                                      World
          University        Papers     Citations       Rank      Percentile
    Australian National
     University               1009          6219         25             6.3



    Psychiatry / Psychology
                                                      World
          University        Papers     Citations       Rank      Percentile
    University of
     Melbourne                 686          3615         46            13.2
    University of New
     South Wales               699          3608         47            13.5
    University of
     Queensland                730          2846         65            18.7



    Social Sciences, General
                                                      World
          University        Papers     Citations       Rank      Percentile
    University of New
     South Wales               593          2103         42             7.2
    University of Sydney       773          1976         46             7.9
    University of
     Queensland                784          1688         62            10.6
    University of
     Melbourne                 679          1163         98            16.8
    Australian National
     University                617          1159         99            16.9

The see the full list of categories and subcategories click here.

The principal categories with are:

1. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

2. BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

3. CHEMISTRY

4. CLINICAL MEDICINE
5. COMPUTER SCIENCE
6. ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
7. ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
8. ENGINEERING
9. GEOSCIENCES
10. IMMUNOLOGY
11. MATERIALS SCIENCE
12. MATHEMATICS
13. MICROBIOLOGY
14. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
15. MULTIDISCIPLINARY
16. NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
17. PHARMACOLOGY
18. PHYSICS
19. PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE
20. PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY
21. SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL
22. SPACE SCIENCES

The categories in which one or more Australian universities scored in the top 50 are marked in red.