design and development of national research rankings of universities

Design and development of national research rankings of

Universities

Nicolás Robinson-Garcíaelrobin@ugr.es

PhD Thesis Project III Seminario EC316-17 de marzo, 2011Facultad de Comunicación y Documentación, Granada

Motivation

Rankings have become unavoidable, and they will remain part of the academic life

Anthony J. Van Raan, 2005

Motivation

Rankings have become unavoidable, and they will remain part of the academic life

Anthony J. Van Raan, 2005

Policy

Methodology

Motivation

Rankings have become unavoidable, and they will remain part of the academic life

Anthony J. Van Raan, 2005

Policy

Methodology

They attract funding and people

-There isn’t a consensus on the criteria-They don’t take into account different University system models

Aims

1.State-of-the-art1. Historic context2. Rankings limitations

2.Development of a model for National research rankings

3.Creation, analysis and evaluation of a research ranking of Spanish Universities

Ideas for discussion

Identifying variables, dimensions and indicators

Ideas for discussion

Identifying variables, dimensions and indicators

Ideas for discussion

Identifying variables, dimensions and indicators

USA ModelEuropean Model

Universities are self-governing

Competence is fierce

They belong to a High Education system

They have common aims

Ideas for discussion

Identifying variables, dimensions and indicators

Ideas for discussion

Identifying variables, dimensions and indicators

Rankings by fields

Ideas for discussion

Identifying variables, dimensions and indicators

ContextPerformance

Ideas for discussion

Identifying variables, dimensions and indicators

Quality

S&T indicators

Experts’ opinions

Bibliometric indicators

Usage indicators

Muchas gracias

Nicolás Robinson-García

elrobin@ugr.es