The Australian’s 2024 Research Magazine has ranked Western Sydney University and researchers as national leaders in their field in areas of health and medical science; earth and life sciences; and humanities, literature, and the arts.
The prestigious sixth annual Research Magazine celebrates Australian research excellence, ranking the top researchers and institutions in Australia in 250 research fields.
For the second consecutive year, Associate Professor Mark Antoniou from the University’s MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development has been named as the national field leader of Language and Linguistics, with Western Sydney University ranked the leading institution in this field.
Western Sydney University congratulates the following researchers and academic program leaders on their dedication to high impact research and achieving national recognition in their fields.
Fields led nationally by Western Sydney University:
- Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Language and Linguistics
- Alternative and Traditional Medicine
Fields led nationally by Western Sydney University researchers:
- Language and Linguistics: Associate Professor Mark Antoniou, MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development
- Microbiology: Distinguished Professor Brajesh Singh, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
- Natural Medicines and Medicinal Plants: Professor Jerome Sarris, NICM Health Research Institute
Living Legends of Research:
- Professor Paul James, Institute for Culture and Society
- Adjunct Professor Alexis Wright, School of Humanities and Communication Arts; Writing and Society Research Centre
The rankings were determined by impact scores used to measure both quality and impact of research to reveal the top Australian researchers and research institutions in 250 fields.
A researcher’s field impact score is equal to the citations for papers published by that researcher in the top 20 journals in that field in the past five years. The researcher with the highest impact score is the top researcher in that field.
An institution’s field impact score is calculated by summing the individual impact scores in that field for that institution’s affiliated researchers. Similarly, the institution with the highest impact score is the top research institution in that field.
Western Sydney University was recently ranked, for the second year running, as number one in the world in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for its social, economic and environmental impact.
