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International Activities Committee – June 12, 2014
University Rankings:An overview of research indicators
used in rankings instruments
Institutional Planning and Assessment| June 12, 2014
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Institutional Rankings of Interest QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) THE (Times Higher Education) ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities) Maclean’s Research Infosource
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Institutional Rankings of Interest Each instrument has its own indicators to measure
academic performance Indicators generally fall into four categories:
1. Reputation
2. Research Performance
3. Student/Faculty Composition
4. Other/Miscellaneous
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Research Performance Research Input – income/expenditures
(Maclean’s, Research Infosource, THE) Research Output – number of papers published
(ARWU, Research Infosource, THE) Research Impact – number of citations
(ARWU, QS, Research Infosource, THE)
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Research Performance: “Input”Instrument Indicator
Placement Among U15
Research Infosource Total sponsored research income 12th
THE Research income per academic staff Not published
Maclean’s Total research spending per full-time faculty 13th
Research Infosource Total research income per full-time faculty position 13th
Maclean’sSocial sciences & humanities (SSHERC) grants per full-time faculty
14th
Maclean’sMedical/Science (NSERC & CIHR) grants per full-time faculty
13th
THE Research income from industry per academic staff 3rd
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Research Performance: “Input”Total sponsored research income
Total research spending per full-time faculty
Total research income per full-time faculty position
Social sciences & humanities (SSHERC) grants per full-time faculty
Medical/Science (NSERC & CIHR) grants per full-time faculty
Research income from industry per academic staff
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Research Performance: “Output”Instrument Indicator
Placement Among U15
Research Infosource Total number of publications 15th
ARWU Total number of papers 15th
THEAcademic papers per academic and research staff
Not published
Research InfosourceTotal number of publications per full-time faculty
15th
ARWUTotal number of papers published in Nature and Science
14th
THE International co-authorships Not published
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Research Performance: “Output”Total number of publications
Total number of papers
Publications per full-time faculty
Papers published in Nature and Science 1
8
15
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Research Performance: “Impact”Instrument Indicator
Placement Among U15
Research InfosourceProbability of being cited based on the journal which an paper is published on (Average Relative Impact Factor)
15th
THE Normalized average citations per paper 15th
QS Citations per faculty 15th
ARWUNumber of highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories
10th
ARWUAlumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes & Fields Medals
7th
ARWUStaff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes & Fields Medals
Tied for 4th
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Research Performance: “Impact”Average Relative Impact Factor (ARIF)
Normalized average citations per paper
Citations per faculty
Number of highly cited researchers
Alumni winning Nobel Prizes & Fields Medals
Staff winning Nobel Prizes & Fields Medals
1
8
15
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Data Sources Most data for research indicators are obtained
from third-party sources:Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science CAUBO
Elsevier’s Scopus Tri-Agency
Source
Rankings
QS THE ARWU Maclean’sResearch Infosource
Bibliometrics and public/third-party sources 20% 38.5% 100% 80% 100%
Reputational surveys 50% 33% 20%
Data provided by institutions 30% 28.5%
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Moving Forward… Better/easier ways to access data/results from
ranking instruments (e.g. Ranking Dashboard) Integrate Ranking Strategies into institutional
planning, decision making and communication activities where appropriate
Explore the possibility of a Rankings Task Force to increase our understanding of how rankings work and how the U of S can improve in each instrument
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For More InformationContact:
Troy Harkot
Director of Institutional Effectiveness
IPA Website: http://www.usask.ca/ipa/assessment/external_rankings.php
