UQ ‘fast mover’ for research impact

The University of Queensland has been recognised as one of Australia’s leading research institutions with the fastest growing influence in The Australian’s 2025 Research magazine.

19 UQ researchers were named leaders of their field, and the University was recognised as the top research institution across Australia in 27 fields, and around the world in 2.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry AC said the annual publication recognised and celebrated the valuable contribution Australian researchers make.

“This list provides a comprehensive picture of Australian research capability and highlights the impact of our researchers who are helping to solve complex global challenges,” Professor Terry said.

“Our investment in cutting-edge research infrastructure and strong focus on industry and government collaboration enables our researchers to undertake quality high-impact research, and this is reflected by UQ’s ‘fast mover’ status this year.”

UQ’s leaders in their field

• Dr Jonas Fooken - Game Theory and Decision Science
• Professor Brent Ritchie - Tourism & Hospitality        
• Professor Timothy McIntyre - Aviation & Aerospace Engineering     
• Professor Bhesh Bhandari - Food Science & Technology    
• Professor Anthony Smith - Medical Informatics
• Professor Ove Peters - Dentistry      
• Associate Professor Benn Sartorius - Health & Medical Sciences (general)           
• Associate Professor Martin Batstone - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• Professor Gregory Scalia - Radiology & Medical Imaging
• Professor Jolanda Jetten - Social Psychology
• Professor Bryan Fry - Toxicology      
• Professor Daniel Chambers - Transplantation          
• Dr Anthony Romilio - Paleontology
• Professor Amin Abbosh - Electromagnetism 
• Professor Fred Roosta - Mathematical Optimization
• Dr Nathan Evans - Cognitive Science
• Associate Professor Alina Morawska - Family Studies
• Dr Ruvini Hettiarachchi - Health Policy & Medical Law
• Professor Brian Head - Public Policy & Administration         

UQ named top research institute in Australia:

• Tourism & Hospitality
• Dispersion Chemistry (number 1 in the world)
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
• Biomedical Technology
• Biotechnology
• Food Science & Technology
• Medical Informatics
• Metallurgy
• Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (number 1 in the world)
• Dentistry
• Genetics & Genomics
• Molecular Biology
• Natural Medicines & Medicinal Plants
• Social Psychology
• Agronomy & Crop Science
• Biodiversity & Conservation Biology
• Cell Biology
• Developmental Biology & Embryology
• Ecology
• Environmental Sciences
• Microbiology
• Sustainable Development
• Family Studies
• Social Sciences (general)

The Australian’s Research magazine uses publicly available data to assess Australia’s top research performers across 250 fields of research in 8 major disciplines.