Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Australia
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Box Hill Institute62 works
30.44
2Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists120 works
24.00
3Chiropractic Australia3 works
16.00
4Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society607 works
13.75
5Australian College of Optometry251 works
10.31
6Torrens University Australia3,323 works
9.78
7Mount Stromlo Observatory3,152 works
9.75
8Carnegie Mellon University Australia102 works
7.91
9Australian Maritime College1,679 works
7.28
10Australian College of Environmental Studies1 works
7.00
11University of Southern Queensland24,938 works
6.56
12Chisholm Institute306 works
6.41
13New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry177 works
6.40
14UNSW Sydney274,994 works
6.37
15University of Technology Sydney93,625 works
6.31
16University of South Australia55,605 works
6.29
17Federation University10,719 works
6.18
18Queensland University of Technology91,950 works
6.10
19Swinburne University of Technology59,219 works
6.00
20The University of Adelaide149,346 works
5.94
21The University of Sydney337,996 works
5.93
22University of Wollongong83,199 works
5.74
23International Education Specialist College13 works
5.70
24The University of Queensland277,693 works
5.67
25The University of Melbourne347,441 works
5.66
26Deakin University93,337 works
5.62
27Monash University284,760 works
5.50
28The University of Western Australia165,079 works
5.48
29RMIT University84,993 works
5.44
30Curtin University95,735 works
5.37
31Australian Catholic University22,787 works
5.34
32Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators25 works
5.33
33Edith Cowan University32,266 works
5.33
34ACAP University College482 works
5.29
35Australasian College of Dermatologists54 works
5.29
36Australian National University191,781 works
5.24
37Griffith University96,055 works
5.21
38Victoria University25,793 works
5.17
39UCL Australia381 works
5.15
40Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists179 works
5.06
41University of Newcastle Australia84,427 works
5.02
42Flinders University67,928 works
4.93
43Avondale University975 works
4.90
44Murdoch University35,686 works
4.87
45James Cook University50,604 works
4.87
46Melbourne Bioinformatics511 works
4.78
47Australian Institute of Business397 works
4.76
48Australian College of Nursing218 works
4.71
49Charles Sturt University27,599 works
4.66
50Nursing Research Institute385 works
4.63
Highlights
Within Australia, Box Hill Institute ranks first in 2026 with 30.44, followed by Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (24.00) and Chiropractic Australia (16.00).
Across 50 entries, values run from 30.44 (Box Hill Institute) to 4.63 (Nursing Research Institute), with a median of 5.64.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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