The universities of Queensland  and NSW are both on 50 plus  of the 54 subject lists in the new Shanghai Ranking (formerly known as the Academic Ranking of World Universities)

The ranking uses a range of bibliometric measure of research publication to score performance in science and social science disciplines.

The two also lead for Australian universities listed in top 100s by discipline.

UNSW is on 38 and Uni Queensland  on 36. Uni Melbourne and Monash U are also on 36 top 100s, followed by the other Group of Eight members, Uni Sydney 28, ANU 19, Uni Adelaide 15 and UWA 14.

Maths is the only discipline where Australia is not represented on the global top 100.

Australia repeats its extraordinary performance last year in nursing research with five universities in the global top ten, Griffith U second, Monash U fifth, Uni Sydney seventh UTS eighth and Uni Queensland ninth.

In Features this morning Angel Calderon from RMIT presents the numbers HERE