Universities by Research i10-index in Australia
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. 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 Melbourne347,441 works
421,401
2The University of Adelaide149,346 works
408,147
3The University of Sydney337,996 works
385,433
4The University of Queensland277,693 works
326,763
5Monash University284,760 works
306,517
6UNSW Sydney274,994 works
296,483
7The University of Western Australia165,079 works
181,487
8Australian National University191,781 works
174,428
9Queensland University of Technology91,950 works
93,602
10Deakin University93,337 works
91,814
11Curtin University95,735 works
89,823
12University of Newcastle Australia84,427 works
88,024
13Griffith University96,055 works
87,722
14University of Technology Sydney93,625 works
81,175
15Macquarie University98,304 works
79,750
16University of Wollongong83,199 works
79,030
17RMIT University84,993 works
72,869
18University of Tasmania73,163 works
70,055
19La Trobe University83,547 works
66,537
20Flinders University67,928 works
63,355
21University of South Australia55,605 works
56,083
22James Cook University50,604 works
49,262
23Western Sydney University62,637 works
46,238
24Swinburne University of Technology59,219 works
42,819
25Murdoch University35,686 works
34,604
26Edith Cowan University32,266 works
25,773
27University of New England32,482 works
24,507
28Charles Sturt University27,599 works
18,968
29Victoria University25,793 works
18,847
30University of Southern Queensland24,938 works
18,525
31Australian Catholic University22,787 works
15,925
32University of Canberra27,918 works
15,253
33Charles Darwin University17,441 works
14,614
34Central Queensland University20,146 works
14,493
35University of the Sunshine Coast17,171 works
13,220
36Southern Cross University16,176 works
12,799
37Bond University14,369 works
8,313
38Federation University10,719 works
6,363
39Australian Defence Force Academy6,989 works
5,440
40The University of Notre Dame Australia10,239 works
5,324
41Adelaide University7,592 works
3,079
42Mount Stromlo Observatory3,152 works
2,621
43Australian Maritime College1,679 works
1,979
44Torrens University Australia3,323 works
1,411
45Nursing Research Institute385 works
1,316
46Royal Australasian College of Surgeons1,011 works
1,028
47Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society607 works
846
48Australian Council for Educational Research1,530 works
730
49Melbourne Bioinformatics511 works
455
50Avondale University975 works
450
Highlights
Within Australia, The University of Melbourne ranks first in 2026 with 421,401, followed by The University of Adelaide (408,147) and The University of Sydney (385,433).
Across 50 entries, values run from 421,401 (The University of Melbourne) to 450 (Avondale University), with a median of 30,189.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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