Macquarie University Tops Australian Research Rankings in Latest Analysis

The Australian’s annual Research 2025 magazine, compiled in partnership with analytics firm League of Scholars, names the best Australian researchers and research institutions across 250 research fields, based on research published in the world’s top journals and cited in the last five years.

Eight Macquarie University researchers were named as the Australian leader in their fields, with a further two early-career researchers named as national ‘Rising Stars’.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Sakkie Pretorius, said Macquarie University’s success in the ranking highlighted the breadth and strength of its research capabilities.

“Macquarie University’s collaborative and innovative research culture is consistently reflected in these international assessments of research quality. I congratulate all our dedicated academics on this well-deserved recognition of their research contributions,” he said.

The Macquarie University researchers recognised as leaders in their field were:

• Accounting and Taxation: Professor John Dumay, Macquarie Business School
• Databases and Information Systems: Dr Jia Wu, Faculty of Science and Engineering
• Child and Adolescent Psychology: Professor Ronald Rapee, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
• Otolaryngology: Professor Richard Harvey, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
• Epistemology and Scientific History: Dr Pierrick Bourrat, Faculty of Arts
• Humanities, Literature and Arts: Professor Ingrid Piller, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
• Philosophy: Professor Neil Levy, Faculty of Arts
• Animal Behaviour and Ethology: Professor Culum Brown, Faculty of Science and Engineering
• Game Theory and Decision Science: Associate Professor Jonas Fooken, Macquarie Business School

Macquarie was ranked as Australia’s top-performing research institution in:

• Accounting and Taxation
• Computational Linguistics
• Otolaryngology
• English Language and Literature
• Epistemology and Scientific History
• Humanities, Literature and Arts (general)
• Language and Linguistics
• Philosophy
• Animal Behaviour and Ethology
• Palaeontology
• Early Childhood Education

Two early-career Macquarie University researchers were named as national ‘Rising Stars’ in their disciplines. Genevieve Dammery was celebrated for work in Health and Medical Sciences, while Dr Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos was recognised for his work in Humanities, Literature and Arts.