The University of Queensland (UQ)

Australia

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

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The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect The University of Queensland (UQ)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where The University of Queensland (UQ) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Australia
Overall 162 4
Academic 149 4

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Australia
Applied sciences 184 4
Health sciences 120 4
Natural sciences 196 3
Biological sciences 66 1
Chemistry 358 6
Earth & environmental sciences 136 5
Physical sciences 454 9
Social sciences 103 3

Research

The University of Queensland (UQ) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 695 163.69

Overall Count and Share for 'The University of Queensland (UQ)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 122 34.63
Biological sciences 135 40.33
Chemistry 76 15.69
Earth & environmental sciences 55 12.63
Health sciences 248 45.31
Physical sciences 32 6.30
Social sciences 27 8.80

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Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), The University of Queensland (UQ) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
Topics Count Share
Chemical Engineering 45 12.20
Clinical Sciences 67 9.91
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 34 8.41
Ecology 20 7.55
Physical Chemistry 40 7.52
Biochemistry and Cell Biology 17 5.96
Industrial Biotechnology 13 5.70
Oncology and Carcinogenesis 29 5.28

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 155 131 141 186 179
Applied sciences 32 23 26 37 0
Health sciences 32 37 43 55 0
Natural sciences 87 69 70 84 0
Biological sciences 51 25 40 40 0
Chemistry 20 22 13 25 21
Earth & environmental sciences 9 15 10 14 0
Physical sciences 7 8 6 6 0
Social sciences 4 2 3 9 0
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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with The University of Queensland (UQ).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (205 institutions) 36.8%
Domestic (112 institutions) 63.2%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with The University of Queensland (UQ) by Share

Collaborating institutions

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Monash University 13.39 / 14.79 28.18
University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) 15.70 / 11.56 27.26
The University of Sydney (USYD) 13.60 / 13.35 26.95
The University of Melbourne (UniMelb) 11.62 / 9.43 21.05
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) 10.52 / 9.59 20.12
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Top 5 international collaborators with The University of Queensland (UQ) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 5.97 / 6.36 12.33
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) 9.31 / 2.62 11.93
Nagoya University 2.38 / 6.89 9.27
University of Oxford 5.00 / 4.08 9.08
Harvard University 4.81 / 4.16 8.97
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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for The University of Queensland (UQ). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.