The University of Queensland

Essential Science Indicators ranks worldwide Universities using number of papers published (productivity) and cites per paper (impact). It covers the latest 10 years and is updated every 2 months.

Use the Essential Science Indicators to answer these questions

• Which are the most cited institutions in field X?
• How to find institution X? / In what fields is that institution ranked?
• Where does institution X rank in field Y?
• How do the other institutions or countries/territories on a paper rank in that field?
• What highly cited papers has institution X published?
• How can I get more information on a particular paper?
• How can I determine where an institution ranks across all fields?
• Is the citation rate increasing or decreasing for an institution?

FAQ on benchmarking Universities by Thomson Reuters

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It is important to recognize that the data in Essential Science Indicators are limited to Thomson Scientific-indexed journal articles only (Web of Science). No books, book chapters, or articles published in journals not indexed by Thomson Scientific are taken into account here, either in terms of publication or citation counts. Journals included in each subject field.

Examples

University of Queensland and Stanford University have published the same number of papers in Environmental/Ecology journals (January 1, 1999-June 30, 2009) but Stanford have double the number of cites per paper.

Australian Go8 Universities ranked by broad subject fields. Of the Go8 Universities, the University of Queensland is ranked 5th in the number of papers published in Physics journals but is ranked 1st in the cites per paper.

Australian Go8 Universities ranked by broad subject fields

Cites/Paper rankings in red indicate an improvement in ranking in the last 12 months.

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