Simon Marginson reported in The Australian this week, "We're fighting above our weight when it comes to uni ranking". The article examines how Australian Universities compare within the global rankings.

Based on the usage of millions of researchers from many different institutions around the world, the bX Journal Popularity Report provides a list of the most used 50,000 journals in a quarter.

QS has released their 2011 Top Universities ranking, and overall UQ is ranked 48th - in the top 50 worldwide.

A journal's impact factor is a tool many researchers use to measure their research impact.

Group of Eight institutions contributed more articles, letters and reviews to Nature and Nature monthly research journals in the last 12 months than other Australian research bodies.

Senator Kim Carr has released a ministerial statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee regarding improvements to Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA).

The senator has approved a set of enhancements recommended by the ARC while maintaining the rigour and comparability of the ERA exercise. These improvements are: