IREG6 Taipei, 1820 April, 2012 24 Characteristics Alden - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

IREG‐6 Taipei, 18‐20 April, 2012

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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� • • … • 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‐� • …

• – 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 • •

• • 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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Number of Rank Range Percentage Respondents Top 100 36 36% 101‐200 30 30% 201‐300 34 34% 301‐400 29 29% 401‐500 25 25% 501� 77 12%

• – 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�

• – 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�

• – 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

• – 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�

• • – Academic Ranking of World Universities �ARWU� – THE World University Rankings �THE� • • •

ARWU THE Level of Indicator Score Score 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�

ARWU THE Level of Indicator Score Score 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 .31** .27** W % of Academic Staff (Teaching) with a Doctorate % 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�

ARWU THE Level of Indicator Score Score 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�

ARWU THE Level of Indicator Score Score 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 .08 .19* N Academic Staff (THE Score) .16* .14 N % of Research Income from Public Sectors S: Strong �|r|�.7� M: Moderate �.4�|r|�.7� W: Weak �.2�|r|�.4� N: Negligible to very weak �|r|�.2�

ARWU THE Level of Indicator Score Score 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�

Top 100 as the  standard ARWU & THE  76 appeared in  Top 100 of both ARWU and THE 28 in GRUP 

Level of Coefficient N Mean Min Max Correlation of variation Total Number of N 28 26097 7623 61710 0.43 Students Number of Doctoral M 28 3433 780 8389 0.53 Students % of Graduate N 28 .31 .14 .54 0.34 Students % of International W 25 .17 .04 .32 0.54 Students % of International N ‐ W 0.43 27 .30 .10 .61 Doctoral Students Nobel Alumni M ‐ S 28 3.0 .20 21.9 1.55 (ARWU data)

Level of Coefficient N Mean Min Max Correlation of variation Total Number of AS M 26 3669 1497 6958 0.37 AS (Teaching) : N ‐ W 28 .09 .04 .25 0.49 Students Number of AS M 26 1438 365 3465 0.54 (Research Only) % of AS(Teaching) W 22 .83 .48 1.00 0.17 with a Doctorate % of International N ‐ W 24 .18 .03 .34 0.62 AS (Teaching) Nobel Staff M ‐ S 28 1.7 .00 11.8 1.66 (ARWU data) HiCi Researchers S 28 32 5 150 0.97 (ARWU data)

Level of Coefficient N Mean Min Max Correlation of variation Total Income MS 28 1758 601 6059 0.71 (Millions of USD) Income per Student M 28 80 19 294 0.93 (Thousands of USD) Income from Public Sectors M 27 636 221 1341 0.47 (Millions of USD) Income from Student Tuition M 27 331 0 1004 0.78 (Millions of USD) % of Income from NW 27 .44 .12 .92 0.45 Public Sectors

Level of Coefficient N Mean Min Max Correlation of variation Total Research Income MS 28 485 154 1150 0.51 (Millions of USD) Research Income per Academic Staff M 26 140 60 425 0.59 (Thousands of USD) Research Income from Public Sectors MS 27 400 144 961 0.54 (Millions of USD) % of Research Income N 27 .82 .62 .96 0.13 from Public Sectors

Level of Coefficient N Mean Min Max Correlation of variation SCIE and SSCI Papers S 28 4339 2090 8200 0.35 (ARWU data) SCIE and SSCI Papers M 26 1.28 .59 2.38 0.33 per Academic Staff Nature & Science S 28 55 12 215 1.00 Papers (ARWU data) Nature & Science per M ‐ S 26 .02 .00 .08 1.06 Academic Staff Normalized Citations M ‐ S 28 84 57 100 0.14 per Paper (THE Score)

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• 231 institutions • 21 indicators including ARWU indicators • Indicators and weights are decided by users

• – 2012: 400� – 2013: 600� – 2/3 of ARWU Top 500 – 80% of ARWU Top 100 • – International comparability – Institution’s burden •

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