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IREG6 Taipei, 1820 April, 2012 24 Characteristics Alden - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
IREG6 Taipei, 1820 April, 2012 24 Characteristics Alden - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
IREG6 Taipei, 1820 April, 2012 24 Characteristics Alden & Lin, 2004 12 Characteristics Levin, Jeong & Ou, 2006 10 Characteristics Niland, 2005 9 Characteristics Liu et al,
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- 24 Characteristics Alden & Lin, 2004
- 12 Characteristics Levin, Jeong & Ou, 2006
- 10 Characteristics Niland, 2005
- 9 Characteristics Liu et al, 2001
- 5 Characteristics Altbach, 2003
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- 3 Categories Salmi, 2009
– Concentration of talent – Abundant resources – Favorable governance
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- Academic Ranking of World Universities 2003‐
- THE World University Rankings 2004‐2009, 2010‐
- QS World University Rankings 2004‐
- Webmetrics Ranking 2004‐
- Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World
Universities 2007‐
- Professional Ranking of World Universities 2007‐
- University Ranking By Academic Performance 2010‐
- …
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- – Various bibliometric indicators do not give significantly
different information on research quality
- – Not always the higher, the better
– Faculty‐to‐Student ratio, % of International Students
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- Students: total N.| by level| foreign| degree
- Academic Staff: total N.| by type| Ph.D| foreign
- Finance: total income| by sources| research income
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Rank Range Number of Respondents Percentage Top 100 36 36% 101‐200 30 30% 201‐300 34 34% 301‐400 29 29% 401‐500 25 25% 501 77 12%
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- – Total Number of Students
– Number of Undergraduate Students – Number of Master’s Students – Number of Doctoral Students – Percentage of Graduate Students – Percentage of International Students – Percentage of International Doctoral‐Level Students – Number of Alumni of Nobel Laureates and Fields Medalists ARWU data
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- – Total Number of Academic Staff
– Ratio of Academic Staff to Students – Number of Academic Staff Teaching Related – Ratio of Academic Staff Teaching Related to Students – Number of Academic Staff Research Only – Percentage of Academic Staff Teaching Related with a Doctoral Degree – Percentage of International Academic Staff Teaching Related – Number of Staff of Nobel Laureates and Fields Medalists ARWU data – Number of Highly Cited Researchers ARWU raw data
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- – Total Amount of Institutional Income
– Institutional Income per Student – Institutional Income from Public Sectors – Institutional Income from Student Tuition and Fees – Institutional Income from Donations and Gifts – Institutional Income from Institution’s Investments – Percentage of Institutional Income from Public Sectors – Total Amount of Research Income – Research Income per Academic Staff – Research Income from Public Sectors – Research Income from Industry – Research Income from Industry per Academic Staff THE Score – Percentage of Research Income from Public Sectors
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- – Number of SCIE and SSCI Papers ARWU data
– SCIE and SSCI Papers per Academic Staff – Number of Nature and Science Papers ARWU data – Nature and Science Papers per Academic Staff – Normalized Average Citations per Paper THE Score
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- – Academic Ranking of World Universities ARWU
– THE World University Rankings THE
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Indicator ARWU Score THE Score Level of
Correlation
Total Number of Students .05 ‐.04 N Number of Undergraduate Students .01 ‐.06 N Number of Master’s Students .04 ‐.10 N Number of Doctoral Students .54** .40** M % of Graduate Students .11 .17* N % of International Students .19** .30** N‐W % of International Doctoral Students .17* .24** N‐W Alumni of Nobel Laureates (ARWU data ) .71** .53** M‐S
S: Strong |r|.7 M: Moderate .4|r|.7 W: Weak .2|r|.4 N: Negligible to very weak |r|.2
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Indicator ARWU Score THE Score Level of
Correlation
Total Number of Academic Staff .46** .46** M Academic Staff : Students .36** .51** W‐M Number of Academic Staff (Teaching) .24** .25** W Academic Staff (Teaching) : Students .18** .28** N‐W Number of Academic Staff (Research Only) .64** .57** M
% of Academic Staff (Teaching) with a Doctorate
.31** .27** W % of Intl Academic Staff (Teaching) .10 .20* N‐W Staff of Nobel Laureates (ARWU Data) .73** .56** M‐S Number of HiCi Researchers (ARWU Data) .85** .70** S
S: Strong |r|.7 M: Moderate .4|r|.7 W: Weak .2|r|.4 N: Negligible to very weak |r|.2
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Indicator ARWU Score THE Score Level of Correlation Total Institutional Income .72** .64** M‐S Income per Student .53** .56** M Income from Public Sectors .62** .56** M Income from Student Tuition and Fees .49** .47** M Income from Donations and Gifts .59** .55** M Income from Institution’s Investments .62** .55** M % of Income from Public Sectors ‐.13 ‐.23** N‐W
S: Strong |r|.7 M: Moderate .4|r|.7 W: Weak .2|r|.4 N: Negligible to very weak |r|.2
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Indicator ARWU Score THE Score Level of Correlation Total Research Income .77** .67** M‐S Research Income per Academic Staff .50** .57** M Research Income from Public Sectors .75** .63** M‐S Research Income from Industry .50** .40** M Research Income from Industry per Academic Staff (THE Score) .08 .19* N
% of Research Income from Public Sectors
.16* .14 N
S: Strong |r|.7 M: Moderate .4|r|.7 W: Weak .2|r|.4 N: Negligible to very weak |r|.2
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Indicator ARWU Score THE Score Level of Correlation SCIE and SSCI Papers (ARWU Data) .85** .76** S SCIE and SSCI Papers per Academic Staff .50** .58** M Nature and Science Papers (ARWU Data) .88** .72** S Nature & Science Papers per Academic Staff .76** .67** M‐S Normalized Citations per Paper (THE Score) .66** .83** M‐S
S: Strong |r|.7 M: Moderate .4|r|.7 W: Weak .2|r|.4 N: Negligible to very weak |r|.2
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Top 100 as the standard
ARWU & THE
76 appeared in Top 100 of both ARWU and THE
28 in GRUP
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Level of Correlation N Mean Min Max Coefficient
- f variation
Total Number of Students N 28 26097 7623 61710 0.43 Number of Doctoral Students M 28 3433 780 8389 0.53 % of Graduate Students N 28 .31 .14 .54 0.34 % of International Students W 25 .17 .04 .32 0.54 % of International Doctoral Students N‐W 27 .30 .10 .61 0.43 Nobel Alumni (ARWU data) M‐S 28 3.0 .20 21.9 1.55
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Level of Correlation N Mean Min Max Coefficient
- f variation
Total Number of AS M 26 3669 1497 6958 0.37 AS (Teaching) : Students N‐W 28 .09 .04 .25 0.49 Number of AS (Research Only) M 26 1438 365 3465 0.54 % of AS(Teaching) with a Doctorate W 22 .83 .48 1.00 0.17 % of International AS (Teaching) N‐W 24 .18 .03 .34 0.62 Nobel Staff (ARWU data) M‐S 28 1.7 .00 11.8 1.66 HiCi Researchers (ARWU data) S 28 32 5 150 0.97
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Level of Correlation N Mean Min Max Coefficient
- f variation
Total Income (Millions of USD) MS 28 1758 601 6059 0.71 Income per Student (Thousands of USD) M 28 80 19 294 0.93 Income from Public Sectors (Millions of USD) M 27 636 221 1341 0.47 Income from Student Tuition (Millions of USD) M 27 331 1004 0.78 % of Income from Public Sectors NW 27 .44 .12 .92 0.45
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Level of Correlation N Mean Min Max Coefficient
- f variation
Total Research Income (Millions of USD) MS 28 485 154 1150 0.51 Research Income per Academic Staff (Thousands of USD) M 26 140 60 425 0.59 Research Income from Public Sectors (Millions of USD) MS 27 400 144 961 0.54 % of Research Income from Public Sectors N 27 .82 .62 .96 0.13
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Level of Correlation N Mean Min Max Coefficient
- f variation
SCIE and SSCI Papers (ARWU data) S 28 4339 2090 8200 0.35 SCIE and SSCI Papers per Academic Staff M 26 1.28 .59 2.38 0.33 Nature & Science Papers (ARWU data) S 28 55 12 215 1.00 Nature & Science per Academic Staff M‐S 26 .02 .00 .08 1.06 Normalized Citations per Paper (THE Score) M‐S 28 84 57 100 0.14
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- 231 institutions
- 21 indicators including
ARWU indicators
- Indicators and weights
are decided by users
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- – 2012: 400
– 2013: 600 – 2/3 of ARWU Top 500 – 80% of ARWU Top 100
- – International comparability
– Institution’s burden
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