The University of Queensland is one of the best places outside the US to work, according to a survey of academics in The Scientist magazine.
The University of Queensland ranked third in the survey, below Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel and INRA, Versailles, France. The Brisbane-based institution was the only Australian university to feature in the top ten.
The Scientist magazine survey included factors such as job satisfaction, peers, infrastructure and environment, research resources, pay, management and policies, teaching and mentoring, tenure and promotion.
UQ also featured in the top ten international Best Places to Work in Academia survey last year.
Readers of The Scientist magazine have ranked The University of Queensland, Australia as one of the top three international academic institutions outside the USA in the magazine's annual Best Places to Work in Academia 2010 survey.
This is the second year in a row that UQ has featured in the top 10 international Best Places to Work in Academia survey, after being a newcomer to the survey last year.
According to the university, UQ researchers published 15,457 papers in the Life Sciences, according to ISI Web of Knowledge Essential Science Indicators, during the period January 1, 2001 to February 28, 2011.
The papers received an average 15.22 citations per paper. The ranking results referred specifically to life science disciplines including Agricultural Sciences, Biology/Biochemistry, Clinical Medicine, Environment/Ecology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology/Genetics, Neuroscience/Behavior, Pharmacology/Toxicology, and Plant & Animal Science.
The Top 10 International Institutions:
1 Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
2 INRA, Versailles, France
3 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
4 Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
5 University of groningen, Netherlands
6 University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
7 hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
8 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
9 University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
10 University of Liverpool, England, UK