The Large and Small of Australian Research

摘要

For its latest survey of university and institutional research, Science Watch returns to Australia, last covered more than a decade ago (7[4]: 1-2, July/August 1996). In this update, Australian institutions are ranked according to two main measures: impact (average citations per paper) and total citations, based on papers published and cited in Thomson Scientific-indexed journals between 2002 and 2006. The table above lists the top 3 finishers in each of 21 fields according to impact. On page 2, institutions are ranked according to total citations. A third table provides two additional measures, listing the most-prolific Australian institutions in terms of paper output during the five-year period, as wellrnas those that display the highest overall cites-per-paper scores.