Universities by Research Publications in Australia

Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (works, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

The University of Melbourne34,446,717 citations

347,441

The University of Sydney31,253,219 citations

337,996

Monash University23,510,695 citations

284,760

The University of Queensland29,151,977 citations

277,693

UNSW Sydney22,088,430 citations

274,994

Australian National University15,110,347 citations

191,781

The University of Western Australia14,210,977 citations

165,079

The University of Adelaide30,595,940 citations

149,346

Macquarie University5,778,333 citations

98,304

Griffith University5,669,966 citations

96,055

Curtin University5,704,458 citations

95,735

University of Technology Sydney5,289,434 citations

93,625

Deakin University6,048,474 citations

93,337

Queensland University of Technology5,969,728 citations

91,950

RMIT University4,336,744 citations

84,993

University of Newcastle Australia6,195,200 citations

84,427

La Trobe University4,551,773 citations

83,547

University of Wollongong5,328,580 citations

83,199

University of Tasmania4,493,844 citations

73,163

Flinders University3,859,263 citations

67,928

Western Sydney University3,037,810 citations

62,637

Swinburne University of Technology3,069,580 citations

59,219

University of South Australia3,698,117 citations

55,605

James Cook University3,857,563 citations

50,604

Murdoch University2,033,706 citations

35,686

University of New England1,468,788 citations

32,482

Edith Cowan University1,657,590 citations

32,266

University of Canberra862,879 citations

27,918

Charles Sturt University1,103,161 citations

27,599

Victoria University1,151,240 citations

25,793

University of Southern Queensland1,141,745 citations

24,938

Australian Catholic University982,532 citations

22,787

Central Queensland University1,279,981 citations

20,146

Charles Darwin University868,378 citations

17,441

University of the Sunshine Coast670,858 citations

17,171

Southern Cross University740,422 citations

16,176

Bond University751,663 citations

14,369

Federation University337,987 citations

10,719

The University of Notre Dame Australia270,271 citations

10,239

Adelaide University240,563 citations

7,592

Australian Defence Force Academy323,579 citations

6,989

Torrens University Australia117,437 citations

3,323

Mount Stromlo Observatory286,376 citations

3,152

Australian Maritime College93,667 citations

1,679

Australian Council for Educational Research51,019 citations

1,530

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons70,587 citations

1,011

Avondale University21,279 citations

975

University of Divinity1,586 citations

773

Melbourne Institute of Technology15,741 citations

733

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners15,346 citations

681

Highlights

Within Australia, The University of Melbourne ranks first in 2026 with 347,441, followed by The University of Sydney (337,996) and Monash University (284,760).

Across 50 entries, values run from 347,441 (The University of Melbourne) to 681 (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners), with a median of 34,084.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — OpenAlex indexes scholarly works and citations. Coverage and citation practices vary by institution and field; this is a research measure, not a ranking of teaching quality.

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Highlights

Within Australia, The University of Melbourne ranks first in 2026 with 347,441, followed by The University of Sydney (337,996) and Monash University (284,760).

Across 50 entries, values run from 347,441 (The University of Melbourne) to 681 (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners), with a median of 34,084.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.