Ranked 2nd in the world for partnerships for the goals (SDG 17)
Source: THE Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the Goals, 2024
Full ranking profile 36 placements
Every placement the Index records for James Cook University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2024 Headline partnerships for the goals (SDG 17) | Times Higher Education | =2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Ecology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Ecology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =10 |
| THE Impact 2024 gender equality (SDG 5) | Times Higher Education | =19 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =25 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Earth & Marine Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | =51 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =76 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =214 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =255 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =256 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =260 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =314 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =324 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =351 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =363 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =383 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =392 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =401 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =407 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =432 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =434 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =440 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =451 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =451 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =463 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =474 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =480 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =484 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =488 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =498 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =530 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =568 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =601 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =617 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =820 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =859 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.