North Ryde. Top spot for university

The UK-based Times Higher Education web site, listing of the top-ranked institutions in Australia and New Zealand, has placed Macquarie University in the top spot for environmental sciences and ecology research. The list, which was put together using the Essential Science Indicators database, of Thomson Reuters, ranked institutions based on the citation impact of journal articles published over the last decade. Macquarie appeared on the list in the number one spot locally and ranked as number 14 in the world. “This achievement further illustrates the quality of research and teaching we are developing at Macquarie,” said Professor Stephen Thurgate executive dean, faculty of science