'Open border' universities perform well in U-Multirank 2019
4 June, 2019
(EUROPE, 04. JUNE 2019) ‘Open border’ universities– according of the last U-Multirank results –are more successful than universities with low international exchange in engaging and transferring knowledge to industry (39% higher share of publications together with industrial partners), in establishing spinoff companies (80% higher) and in patenting their ideas (2.5 times more), and their research shows higher outreach (36% higher number of top cited publications). Additionally, students of open border universities are more satisfied with their overall learning experience. These results, exclusive to U-Multirank were published today during its sixth annual release (www.umultirank.org), and assesses 1,711 universities.
University rankings organization need to do more
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Proposals for Reforming Journal Metrics
27 May 2019
There has been considerable discussion of the role of bibliometrics in the assessment of research and international ranking systems. It was noted that the current impact factor is based on citations which do not reflect the various journal functions. A document by Paul Wouters, Leiden University, Cassidy R Sugimoto, Indiana University, Vincent Larivière, University of Montreal, Marie E McVeigh, Institute of Scientific Information, Bernd Pulverer, EMBO Journal, Sarah D Rijcke, Leiden University, and Ludo Waltman, Centre for Science and Technology Studies University of Leiden, has proposed the creating of a new set of journal metrics.The comment published in Nature developed from a 2017 workshop in Leiden and argued that metrics should reflect the recognised functions of journals: registration of claims to original research, curation, evaluation, dissemination and archiving.
Reuters European Rankings
The latest table from Reuters Top 100: Europe’s Most Innovative Universities shows little change from last year. The top university is the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in the Flanders region of Belgium. Overall, the most innovative European universities are found in France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Kazakhstan “Top-20”+ ranking
23 May 2019
National ranking of demand of higher educational institutions in Kazakhstan was published by the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR). The ranking is based on adherence to Berlin principles such as transparency, objectivity, verifiability and availability of information sources. It is focused on the quality of educational programs in areas of staff training. Taking into account requests from universities, Kazakhstan "TOP-20" has been carried out, based on quantitative methods of calculation, which allows universities to demonstrate the diversity of educational programs.
Closing remarks by IREG President Luiz Claudio Costa at IREG 2019 Conference in Bologna
Closing remarks by IREG President Luiz Claudio Costa at IREG 2019 Conference in Bologna
Dear Friends,
The IREG 2019 Conference, Rankings: a challenge to Higher Education? will soon conclude. It was a great honor to spend the past three days with friends from different countries, universities and organizations. With your participation the Conference successfully finished all its sessions. On behalf of IREG, I would like to extend our highest respect and most sincere gratitude to the joint efforts of all participants, panelists, rectors, rankers. Please receive our congratulations to the success of this high–level Conference.
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