National Taiwan University has released its 2023 ranking of institutions by scientific papers in specific disciplines – performance is assessed by number of articles, citations and excellence defined by authors’ H-index, high-cited papers and publication in high-impact journals.
All the usual caveats apply, but as research metrics g,o at least the NTU is not skewed by surveys based on the opinions of self-selecting academics and employers.
As Angel Calderon wrote last year in Campus Morning Mail, “despite the criticisms that global rankings are irrelevant, pointless, and out of depth, these results reinforce subject areas of strength (and areas of relative weakness) across institutions.
As usual in rankings, Group of Eight institutions predominate but perhaps the stand-out results is five are in the world top 30 for social sciences.
Australian performance by discipline (with apologies for any e&o) are:
Agriculture: Uni Queensland (4), Uni Melbourne (22), UWA (23), (UNSW 39), Uni Sydney (42), ANU (50), Uni Adelaide (61), Uni Tasmania (63), James Cook U (83), Monash U (89), UTS (93), Macquarie U (129), Western Sydney U (132), Deakin U (168), Uni Newcastle (176),
Griffith U (183), Curtin U (204), QUT (216), Uni Wollongong (234), Murdoch U (242), RMIT (268), La Trobe U (351-400), Uni New England (351-400), Uni South Australia (351-400)
Engineering: UNSW (65) UTS (70) Monash U (=101) Uni Queensland (=101), Uni Sydney (135), Uni Wollongong (141), Uni Adelaide (142), RMIT (153) Swinburne U (205), Deakin U (217), Curtin U (220), Uni Melbourne (227), QUT (245), Griffith U (273), ANU (301-350), Uni Southern Queensland (301-350), UWA (351-400), Macquarie U (401-450), Uni Newcastle (401-450), Uni SA (401-450), Victoria U (401-450), Edith Cowan U (451-500)
Life Sciences: Uni Melbourne (26), Uni Queensland (34), Monash U (49), Uni Sydney (59), UNSW (79), UWA (166), Uni Adelaide (249), ANU (275), La Trobe U (300), Uni Newcastle (301-350), UTS (301-350), Deakin U (351-400), Macquarie U (351-400), QUT (351-400), Griffith U (401-450), U Tasmania (401-450), Curtin U (451-500), Flinders U (451-500), Murdoch U (451-500), Uni SA (451-500)
Medicine: Uni Melbourne (22), Uni Sydney (24), Monash U (35), Uni Queensland (67), UNSW (72), UWA (153), Uni Adelaide (170), Deakin U (244), Flinders U (246), Uni Newcastle (256), ANU 301-350), Curtin U (301-350), Griffith U (301-350), La Trobe U (301-350), QUT (301-350), UWA (301-350), Macquarie U (351-400), Uni SA (401-450), UTS (401-450), Australian Catholic U (451-500), James Cook U (451-500), Uni Canberra (451-500)
Natural Sciences: Monash U (60), UNSW (64), Uni Melbourne (77), ANU (81), Uni Queensland (92), Uni Sydney (93), Uni Adelaide (109), UWA (=193), Swinburne U (205), Curtin U (207) Uni Wollongong (=210), QUT (288), RMIT (301-350), UTS (301-350) Griffith U (351-400) Macquarie U (351-400), Deakin U (401-450) U Tasmania (451-500)
Social Sciences: Uni Melbourne (11), Monash U (12), Uni Sydney (13) Uni Queensland (20), UNSW (29), Deakin U (57), Griffith U (77), ANU (80), QUT (90), UTS (96), Uni Newcastle (124), Macquarie U (127), UWA (139), Curtin U (150), RMIT (161), La Trobe U (173), Uni SA (193), Uni Wollongong (199), Swinburne U (238), Uni Adelaide (246), Australian Catholic U (294), Edith Cowan U (301-350), James Cook U (301-350), Uni Tasmania 301-350, Western Sydney U (301-350), Flinders U (351-400), Victoria U (401-450), Uni Canberra (451-500)
