Monday, August 18, 2008

Top world universities in Science, Engineering, Medicine & Social Sciences

Each year the Jiao Tong University brings out their Top 100 World Universities in Broad Subjects list. (Not a single African country managed to get on the list)

The ranking list includes every institution that has any Nobel Laureates, Fields Medals, and Highly-Cited Researchers. In addition, major universities of every country with significant amount of articles indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) are also included.

Institutions are ranked by five broad subject fields, including:

  • Natural Sciences and Mathematics (SCI),
  • Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences (ENG),
  • Life and Agriculture Sciences (LIFE),
  • Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy (MED),
  • Social Sciences (SOC).

Ranking indicators include:

  • alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals,
  • Highly Cited Researchers, articles indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI).
  • percentage of articles published in the top 20% journals of each field
  • engineering research expenditure

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