How Do The Scores of World University Rankings Distribute? MASAO MORI (TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)

Masao Mori- is IR practitioner and

researcher.- Kyushu Univ. & Tokyo Tech.- has over 10 years experience.

In this talk,I would like you to consider the world university rankings critically.

I will ask you a poll about World University Rankings (WUR).

Please participate in the polling with your smart devises and laptops

WIFICSTokyo-3, CSTokyo-4

PW (not necessary)

http://www.wooclaps.com/DSIR

Times Higher Education (THE): 5 criteria• Teaching Reputation(30%)• Research Reputation(30%)• Citation (30%)• International Outlook (7.5%)• Industry Income (2.5%)

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS): 5 criteria• Academic Reputation (40%)• Employer Reputation (10%)• Faculty Student (20%)• Citation per Faculty (20%)• Intenational Faculty (5%)• International Students (5%)

The scores of WURs are all relative scores based on absolute scores.

Top university : 100 ptsAverage : 50 pts

It is possible to say being log-normal distributed.

THE Research Reputation

It is possible to say beinglog-normally distributed.

THE Teaching Reputation

It is difficult to regard this distribution as ‘natural’.

THE Citations

It is difficult to regard this distribution as ‘natural’.

QS Citation per faculty

ConclusionSome indicators of WUR seem to be

artificially manipulated.Reputation surveys seems to be

‘natural’.Indicators related to citation cannot be

‘natural’.However, we believe that citation

indicators are statistical and scientific.Nevertheless, research IR practitioners

analyze WUR statistically, don’t they?