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  • NATURE INDEX

Melbourne’s science output will take time to recover from the pandemic

Stringent COVID-19 measures have damaged the talent pipeline for Australia’s leading science city.
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  1. Daniel Pejic

    1. Daniel Pejic is a research fellow in international urban migration, and a PhD researcher in the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne.

Melbourne has an international reputation for food, culture, sport and as a great place to live. The Australian city was ranked 10th in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index 2022, a list it topped between 2011 and 2017. But perhaps less recognized is its position as one of Asia-Pacific’s leading science cities. According to an analysis of author affiliations in Nature Index, which measures output in 82 high-quality natural-science journals, it has retained its spot as Australia’s highest ranked city for scientific research, ahead of Sydney and Brisbane.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02884-5

This article is part of Nature Index 2022 Science cities, an editorially independent supplement. Advertisers have no influence over the content.

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