University of Melbourne academics named among Australia's top 250 researchers

University of Melbourne experts have been named among the country's top researchers in The Australian newspaper's 2021 Research Magazine.

The Research Magazine revealed both the country’s top researchers and top research institutions, based on the number of citations for papers published in the top 20 journals in each field of research over the past five years.

The University was well represented across many areas, with the following academics named as the top researcher in their field:

Professor Ian Gow – accounting and taxation
Professor Timothy Baldwin – computational linguistics
Professor Rajkumar Buyya – computing systems, software systems
Professor Constantine Tam – hematology
Dr Nicholas Van Dam – psychology
Associate Professor Luke Smillie – social psychology
Professor Vedi Hadiz – Asian studies and history
Professor Katrina McFerran – music and musicology
Dr José Lahoz-Monfort – ecology
Professor Ivan Marusic – fluid mechanics
Dr Matthew Tam – mathematical optimization
Professor Simine Vazire – social sciences (general)
Associate Professor Paul McCrory – physical education and sports management
Professor Rod Hicks – nuclear medicine, radiotherapy and molecular imaging
Professor Declan Murphy – urology and nephrology
Professor Yves d’Udekem – heart and thoracic surgery
Professor Nigel Curtis – paediatric medicine
Dr Craig French – critical care
Professor Christopher Cleon Rowe – gerontology and geriatric medicine

The University was also named top research institution in the fields of:

Economic history
Computational linguistics
Computing systems
Software systems
Human computer interaction
Social psychology
Tropical medicine and parasitology
Music and musicology
Gender studies
Ecology
Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
Biophysics, Forests and Forestry
Fluid Mechanics
Social Sciences (General)
Geography and Cartography
Public Policy and Administration
Urban Studies and Planning.