Wageningen UR in the international university rankings Wouter Gerritsma, Information specialist, Wageningen UR Library

From: Strategic Plan Wageningen UR 2007-2010

Essential Science indicators 16324 188 Overall 2536 4 Agriculatural Sciences 2424 5 Environment/Ecology 4259 6 Plant & Animal Science Publications Rank Research field

Some other rankings Sjanghai ARWU http://www.arwu.org/ THES rankings http://www.topuniversities.com/ Leiden ranking http://www.cwts.nl/ranking/LeidenRankingWebsite.html

Sjanghai ARWU http://www.arwu.org/

THES rankings http://www.topuniversities.com/

Leiden ranking http://www.cwts.nl/ranking/LeidenRankingWebsite.html

Sjanghai ARWU rankings Weight 10% 20% 20% 20% 20% 10% Parameters Quality of Education Quality of Faculty No. Nobel Prize/Field Medal No. HiCi Researchers Research Output No. Articles in Nature/Science (5 yr) No. Articles in Citation Index (1yr) Size of Institution (FTE)

Parameters

Quality of Education

Quality of Faculty

No. Nobel Prize/Field Medal

No. HiCi Researchers

Research Output

No. Articles in Nature/Science (5 yr)

No. Articles in Citation Index (1yr)

Size of Institution (FTE)

Thes rankings Weight 40% 10% 20% 5% 5% 20% Parameter Peer Review Score Recruiter Review Faculty/Student Ratio International Students International Faculty Citations per Faculty

Parameter

Peer Review Score

Recruiter Review

Faculty/Student Ratio

International Students

International Faculty

Citations per Faculty

Leiden ranking Publications in Web of Science Citations Baselines for 16 different research fields Ranking on ‘Crown Indicator’

Publications in Web of Science

Citations

Baselines for 16 different research fields

Ranking on ‘Crown Indicator’

Results for Wageningen 123 Leiden 142 THES 152-200 Sjanghai Result Ranking

Simple measures to increase rank Ensure ‘best’ data presentation Publish in English language highly cited/international journals Uniform institutional affiliation on all publications Encourage colleagues to cite each other Make publications OA

Ensure ‘best’ data presentation

Publish in English language highly cited/international journals

Uniform institutional affiliation on all publications

Encourage colleagues to cite each other

Make publications OA

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