Universities by Research h-index in Australia
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1The University of Queensland277,693 works
1,512
2The University of Sydney337,996 works
1,464
3The University of Melbourne347,441 works
1,344
4Monash University284,760 works
1,144
5UNSW Sydney274,994 works
1,097
6Australian National University191,781 works
1,083
7The University of Western Australia165,079 works
1,024
8The University of Adelaide149,346 works
918
9Macquarie University98,304 works
704
10University of Newcastle Australia84,427 works
673
11Deakin University93,337 works
639
12Queensland University of Technology91,950 works
617
13Curtin University95,735 works
605
14James Cook University50,604 works
593
15University of Wollongong83,199 works
593
16University of Technology Sydney93,625 works
575
17University of Tasmania73,163 works
563
18La Trobe University83,547 works
556
19Griffith University96,055 works
553
20University of South Australia55,605 works
512
21Swinburne University of Technology59,219 works
510
22Flinders University67,928 works
496
23Western Sydney University62,637 works
496
24RMIT University84,993 works
492
25Central Queensland University20,146 works
411
26Murdoch University35,686 works
410
27Edith Cowan University32,266 works
381
28University of New England32,482 works
358
29Victoria University25,793 works
331
30University of Southern Queensland24,938 works
321
31Charles Sturt University27,599 works
318
32Australian Catholic University22,787 works
306
33Charles Darwin University17,441 works
292
34University of Canberra27,918 works
285
35Bond University14,369 works
278
36Southern Cross University16,176 works
269
37University of the Sunshine Coast17,171 works
255
38Mount Stromlo Observatory3,152 works
216
39Australian Defence Force Academy6,989 works
197
40Adelaide University7,592 works
195
41Federation University10,719 works
190
42The University of Notre Dame Australia10,239 works
188
43Torrens University Australia3,323 works
137
44Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society607 works
136
45Australian Maritime College1,679 works
112
46Royal Australasian College of Surgeons1,011 works
106
47Australian Council for Educational Research1,530 works
103
48Melbourne Bioinformatics511 works
95
49UCL Australia381 works
93
50Melbourne Institute of Technology733 works
67
Highlights
Within Australia, The University of Queensland ranks first in 2026 with 1,512, followed by The University of Sydney (1,464) and The University of Melbourne (1,344).
Across 50 entries, values run from 1,512 (The University of Queensland) to 67 (Melbourne Institute of Technology), with a median of 411.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.
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