the academic strenght of reykjavik university

ACADEMIC STRENGTH OF REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY

RU RESEARCH SERVICES 2011

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Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 4

RU publications in peer-reviewed outlets ............................................................................................... 5

Research grants from national and international competetive funds ............................................... 10

Appendix I .................................................................................................................................................. 14

A: RU publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010 ................................................................ 14

B: RU School of Business publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010 ............................. 19

C: RU School of Computer Science publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010 ............ 23

D: RU School of Health and Education publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010 ....... 27

E: RU School of Law publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010 ...................................... 31

F: RU School of Science and Engineering publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010 . 35

Appendix II ................................................................................................................................................ 39

A: Research grants from national competitive funds 2008-2010 .................................................. 39

Grants 2008: ..................................................................................................................................... 39

Grants 2009: ..................................................................................................................................... 40

Grants 2010: ..................................................................................................................................... 42

Appendix III ............................................................................................................................................... 45

A: RU Annual Research Assessment – The Evaluation Panel 2008-2010 ................................. 45

B: RU Annual Research Assessment – Extraction from the Panel Report 2010 ....................... 45

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Tables and figures

Table 1: Academic employees evaluated in the RU Annual Research Assessment 2010. ........... 6

Table 2: Percentage of Academic employees evaluated in the RU Annual Research

Assessment 2010, who hold a Ph.D.-degree ........................................................................................ 6

Table 3: Gender of evaluated academic employees in the Annual Research Assessment 2010. 6

Figure 1: Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2010 ................................. 7

Figure 2: Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010 ...................... 8

Figure 3: Number of RU-affiliated articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals 2007-2010 and the

number of those publications in ISI-journals .......................................................................................... 8

Figure 4: Number of RU-affiliated articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals 2010 and the

number of those publications in ISI-journals. ......................................................................................... 9

Figure 5: Number of publications per academic employee evaluated 2007-2010 ........................... 9

Figure 6: Number of articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals per academic employee

evaluated 2007-2010 ............................................................................................................................... 10

Figure 7: Grant amount to RU from national competitive research funds 2007-2010), in

thousand ISK............................................................................................................................................. 10

Figure 8: Grant amount to RU from the Icelandic Research Fund 2005-2010, in thousand ISK 11

Figure 9: Own financing, in ISK, of research activities 2005-2009 ................................................... 12

Figure 10: Distribution of research funds to RU Schools from the government in 2008, 2009 and

2010 ............................................................................................................................................................ 12

Figure 11: Distribution of scores within RU Schools in the Annual Research Assessment 2010 13

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The Academic Strength of Reykjavik University (Report from RU Research Services, January 2011)

Introduction

The main objectives of this report are to give a comprehensive overview of the academic strength at Reykjavik University (RU) and how it has developed over the last 4-5 years. The report is first and foremost based on special research reports that academic employees deliver every year to the RU Research Services (October every year). It is also based on information from other sources, e.g. information from national and international competitive research funds. Every university is built on two main and equally important columns, i.e. research and teaching. In research, universities create new possibilities and in teaching, they shape new people. This report is, however, only an overview of research activities at RU. The overall aim of the RU Research Services is to assist the university in implementing its research starategy (http://en.ru.is/research/about/ru-research-strategy/) and to support the academic employees at the University in becoming researchers of international quality. The main three objectives of the RU Research Services are:

1. to assist with financing research at the university, e.g. by monitoring grant opportunities in Iceland and abroad and provide support in the writing of applications and management of received grants;

2. to monitor and evaluate research activities at RU, e.g. carry out the annual research assessment, collect data on research activities, do research statistics and write reports on research development and the academic strength of RU;

3. to disseminate research activities within and outside the University and build connections to the main funders of research, both national and international funding agencies.

At RU, internationally recognized research is emphasized and the University has set a clear and progressive research strategy. In the last couple of years, many important steps have been taken to enhance research and the academic strength within RU. The overall research activity is gradually rising as is the number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets. The University has achieved a recognized academic status internationally and today, RU stands first among equals in Iceland considering research in its main academic fields. RU has managed to develop a productive and appealing research environment for Icelandic and foreign scientists. These remarkable achievements can be explained by many factors in the University´s working conditions and environment. Here are just few factors worth mentioning.

1. According to the RU Research Strategy, researchers of Reykjavik University must be active participants in the international research community, and research at the University must meet the demanding requirements of the international research community. An important indicator of research success is the publishing of results in established peer-reviewed outlets and all researchers of Reykjavik University should strive to achieve international recognition for their work. The quality of the research work is best ensured via peer-review in academic forums.

2. An assessment of research activities at the RU Schools is conducted annually by a panel of international specialists (http://en.ru.is/research/about/ru-quality-assurance-system-in-research/). The panel members are asked to base their evaluation and hence their rating primarily on the quantity/quality of research output in peer-reviewed outlets. The Panel is asked to notice that all comparison to the international research community

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in each field and impact is also witnessed by citations, derived work, advising of doctoral students/post-docs, grants and status (roles as editor, PC member/organizer of conferences, examiner of Ph.D. thesis, etc.). The result of the annual assessment is the basis for allocation of research funds from the Ministry of Education and Culture between the Schools.

3. Reykjavik University has a very effective Research Council, which is composed of one representative from each School, in addition to a Chairman appointed by the Provost of the University in consultation with the Rector and Deans. The Research Council formulates the University's research strategy and provides advice to the Rector, Provost and Deans for implementing the strategy. Further, the Council provides the Rector and Provost with advice in research matters which do not pertain to individual Schools.

4. At RU is a comprehensive Quality Assurance System for research (http://en.ru.is/research/about/ru-quality-assurance-system-in-research/) covering quality control for all research activity within the University, i.e. all research carried out by the academic employees and by doctoral or master students. The main objective of the Quality Assurance System is to develop processes and procedures conducive to strengthening academic standing and research quality and to support implementation of the University's goal to develop powerful research which will strengthen the University's international reputation. The RU Quality Assurance System is not only on research, it also cover teaching and support services.

This report is divided into two main chapters. The first chapter reports on RU publications in peer-reviewed outlets in 2007-2010 and the second reports on research grants from national and international competitive funds. There are also three appendises, one on publications in peer-reviewed outlets, one on grants from national competitive funds and the third on the RU Annual Research Assessment. RU publications in peer-reviewed outlets

As has been stated above, this report is first and foremost based on data from the research reports, academic employees at Reykjavik University deliver annually. The research report is divided into the following four main sections: 1. Research output in peer-reviewed outlets; 2. Research work; 3. Honors and awards; and 4. Non peer-reviewed output. Each report covers the academic employee’s research activity for a 5 year period, last time the period 2006-2010. The section in the research report covering research output in peer-reviewed outlets is divided into the following 5 chapters: 1. Articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals; 2. Articles, posters and abstracts in peer-reviewed conferences/ symposia/proceedings; 3. Peer-reviewed books; 4; Peer-reviewed book chapters; and 5. Other peer-reviewed publications. All academic employees evaluated are obliged to provide information on whether their publications are RU affiliated or not and whether articles published in scholarly journals are published in so called ISI journals (http://science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/). ISI is the abbreviation for Institute for Scientific Information and ISI journals are regarded as very important and influential scientific journals. The most important publishing standards and qualities of ISI journals are timeliness of publication and the peer-review process (at least two expert reviewers per article). Furthermore, the journal’s impact and the citation data associated with it are also important factors. The scientific background of the editor and editorial boards are of high importance, as well. A list of ISI journals can be seen at the web site: http://www.thomsonscientific.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=master .

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Table 1: Academic employees evaluated in the RU Annual Research Assessment 2010. Number of professors, associate professors, assistant professors and other academic employees (Source: RU Annual Research Assessment 2010).

School Number of Professors

/ Deans

Number of Associate Professors

Number of Assistant

Professors

Other Academic

Employees*

Total

School of Business 2 7 13 3 25

School of Law 5 5 2 5 17

School of Computer Science

6 4 4 7 21

School of Science and Engineering

5 8 22 11 46

School of Health and Education

5 2 3 5 15

Total 23 26 44 31 124

* Other academic employees: Adjuncts, postdocs, visiting professors and other researchers.

Table 2: Percentage of Academic employees evaluated in the RU Annual Research Assessment 2010, who hold a Ph.D.-degree (Source: RU Annual Research Assessment 2010).

School Percentage of Professors/ Deans with

Ph.D.

Percentage of

Associate Professors with Ph.D.

Percentage of

Assistant Professors with Ph.D.

Percentage of other

Academic Employees with Ph.D.*

School of Business 100% 100% 46% 33%

School of Law 60% 20% 50% 0%

School of Computer Science 100% 100% 75% 86%


100% 88% 86% 73%


100% 100% 33% 40%

* Other academic employees: Adjuncts, postdocs, visiting professors and other researchers.

Table 3: Gender of evaluated academic employees in the Annual Research Assessment 2010 (Source: RU Annual Research Assessment 2010).

School (M = males; F = females)

Professors/ Deans

Associate Professors

Assistant Professors

Other Academic

Employees* M F M F M F M F

School of Business 100% 0% 71% 29% 69% 31% 100% 0%

School of Law 60% 40% 20% 80% 50% 50% 40% 60%

School of Computer Science 83% 17% 75% 25% 75% 25% 86% 14%


100% 0% 100% 0% 95% 5% 82% 18%


60% 40% 100% 0% 33% 67% 60% 40%

* Other academic employees: Adjuncts, postdocs, visiting professors and other researchers

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In this report, publications are counted according to the following method: If an article has two or more authors employed at RU, the article is counted as one RU publication. The same applies for abstracts, books and book chapters. All books and book chapters are only counted as one publication. Publication traditions are very different from one scientific field to another. Although all statistical data in this report are presented here in the same way for all Schools, it is not done with the aim to enable comparison between the Schools. The data are first and foremost presented here to give a comprehensive view of the academic strength of the University and its Schools and how it has increased last couple of years. In this report, the data on publications in peer-reviewed outlets is presented in two ways, e.g. RU affiliated publications and publications not RU affiliated. It is a clear and self-evident policy within RU that publications of academic employees should all be RU affiliated. However, many academic positions are occupied by foreign academic employees, who also have positions at foreign universities or research institution. These employees do not always (cannot always) publish their results in the name of RU. However, they are academically important for the University. According to the RU Annual Research Reports 2010, about half of RU publications in peer-reviewed outlets are now in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, see figure 1, and the total number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets has markedly increased in the last couple of years, i.e. increased fourfold (see figure 2).

Figure 1: Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2010 (Source: RU Research Reports 2010).

145

163

314

3

Articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals

Articles, posters and abstracts in peer-reviewed conferences/ symposia/ proceedings

Peer-reviewed books

Peer-reviewed book chapters

Other peer-reviewed publications

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Figure 2: Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010 (Source: RU Research Reports 2007-2010).

Not only has the number of articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals been increasing gradually last couple of years, but the proportion of articles published in ISI journals has also increased markedly, i.e. from 55% in the year 2007 to 78% in 2010, see figure 3. Today, the proportion of articles published in ISI journals at all the Schools is acceptable or high, except for the School of Law. Traditionally, academic employees at law schools do not publish their research results in ISI journals. RU School of Law publishes proportionally more in domestic peer-reviewed outlets than other schools at RU (the same applies to other national and foreign law schools). It is important to bear in mind, that in some cases it is not relevant to publish the results in other than peer-reviewed domestic outlets. However, these publications may well provide evidence of international excellence if they can be compared favorably with similar studies in other countries.

Figure 3: Number of RU-affiliated articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals 2007-2010 and the number of those publications in ISI-journals (Source: RU Research Reports 2007-2010).

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62

97

145

53

88

140

163

6 5 6 39

17 18 146 4 3 3

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2007 2008 2009 2010


Articles, posters and abstracts in peer-reviewed conferences/ symposia/ proceedingsPeer-reviewed books



40

62

97

145

22

41

73

113

0

20

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60

80

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120

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2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed scholarly

Thereof number in ISI journals

55%66%

78%

75%

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Figure 4: Number of RU-affiliated articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals 2010 and the number of those publications in ISI-journals (Source: RU Research Reports 2010).

The number of annual RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets per academic employee has increased over the period 2007-2010, from 1,1 in 2007 to 3,0 in 2010, see figure 5. If publications not RU affiliated are included, the number has increased from 2,2 to 3,5 in the same period. The number of RU affiliated articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals per academic employee has also increased, i.e. from 0,4 in 2007 to 1,5 in 2010 (see figure 6).

Figure 5: Number of publications per academic employee evaluated 2007-2010 (Source: RU Research Reports 2007-2010).

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64

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School of Business School of Computer Science



Number of publications in peer-reviewed scholarly journals


50%

77%78%

90%

2,2

2,52,7

3,1

1,1

1,5

2,0

2,7

0,0

0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

3,0

3,5

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of public. per academic employee evaluated

Number of RU affiliated public. per academic employee evaluated

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Figure 6: Number of articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals per academic employee evaluated 2007-2010 (Source: RU Research Reports 2007-2010).

Research grants from national and international competitive funds

The external financing of research at Reykjavik University has systematically been strengthened by significantly increasing efforts to obtain research support from domestic and foreign sources. Success rate in competitive research funds, where grants proposals of academics are peer-reviewed, is an important criterion of academic strength. Therefore, it is important that the University has efficient Research Services to monitor opportunities for obtaining external research funds and to provide assistance in applying for research funds, developing budgets, and lending other administrative support. In four years, i.e. 2007-2010, the total grant amount from national competitive funds has tripled, from around 70 MISK in 2007 to around 221 MISK in 2010, see figure 7. In the same period the average grant per project has increased in size from 2,6 MISK to 6,1 MISK.

Figure 7: Grant amount to RU from national competitive research funds 2007-2010), in thousand ISK (Source: The Icelandic Centre for Research – RANNÍS and Icelandic competitive funds – see Appendix II for more detail).

0,9

1,01,1

1,5

0,4

0,5

0,7

1,2

0,0

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0,6

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1,6

2007 2008 2009 2010



69.506

99.228

203.304221.117

0

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80.000

120.000

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200.000

240.000

2007 2008 2009 2010

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Figure 8: Grant amount to RU from the Icelandic Research Fund 2005-2010, in thousand ISK (Source: The Icelandic Centre for Research – RANNÍS (August 2010) – see Appendix II for more detail).

Figure 8 shows the allocation to RU affiliated scientists of grants from the Icelandic Research Fund of the Science and Technology Policy Council. The allocation has more than fivefold increased in the period from 2005-2010, i.e. from 18,6 MISK in 2005 to around 111 MISK in 2010. Besides receiving grants from national research funds, the University has received many grants from international research funds, e.g. three large grants from the EU 7th Framework Program. Þórdís Ingadóttir, at the School of Law, received a three year grant of 1,4 million Euros in 2008 for the project “Impact of International Criminal Procedures on Domestic Criminal Procedures in Mass Atrocity Cases (DOMAC)“, dr. Kristinn R. Þórisson, at the School of Computer Science, received a three year grant of 2,0 million Euros in 2009 for the project “Humanoids that Learn Socio-Communicative Skills by Observation (HUMANOBS)“ and dr. Marina Candi, at the School of Business, received a three year grant of 0,7 million Euros in 2010 for the project “Transforming SMEs into successful experience stagers (STAGELT)“. The above mentioned academic employees are all Principal Investigators on their projects. Reykjavik University also participates in several other EU funded projects, such as the projects “RICHE – a platform and inventory for child health research in Europe (RICHE)“ and “Web Application Security Policies and Enforcement (WebAppSec)“. Academic employees at RU have been very effective in getting external financial support for their research activities, both from national and international competitive research funds, particularly in the last three years. Figure 9 shows the development in the amount of external funding for research activities in the period 2005-2009. Note, that figure 9 only shows the external funding, which the academic employees have achieved by themselves. The research funds the Ministry of Education and Culture allocates annually to RU as an institution are not included in figure 9.

18.650

37.980

51.440

68.365

80.229

111.044

0

20.000

40.000

60.000

80.000

100.000

120.000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Þús.kr.

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Figure 9: Own financing, in ISK, of research activities 2005-2009 (Source: RU Finance Department 2010).

Figure 10 shows how the research funds allocated annually to RU from the Ministry of Education and Culture are divided between the Schools in 2008-2010. The University divides these funds on the basis of the Annual Research Assessment. The total academic strength of each School (aggregated), measured in certain scores (see below), decides the proportion of the governmental funds allocated to each RU School. The international Panel, that evaluates the research reports annually, grades each academic employee from 0 to 4 using the following scale:

0) None or insignificant research activity 1) Little but nontrivial research activity 2) Contributes to the research community but little impact 3) Considerable and active participant in the research community, with a clear

contribution and impact 4) Significant and active participant in the research community, with a substantial

contribution and impact The amount of research funds allocated to RU from the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2008 was in total 365 MISK, in the year 2009 it was 382 MISK and in 2010 it was 369 MISK.

Figure 10: Distribution of research funds to RU Schools from the government in 2008, 2009 and 2010 (Source: RU Annual Research Assessment 2007, 2008 and 2009).

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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16,1%

14,1%

27,1%

15,7%

2008

32,2%

12,4%

9,6%

28,6%

17,3%

2009

34,9%

9,8%11,9%

28,9%

14,5%

School of Science & Engineering

School of Law

School of Health & Education


School of Business

2010

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Figure 11 shows the number of academic employees in each score group in the research assessment 2010. The external evaluation panel does not only give scores to each academic employee, they also submit to RU an evaluation report with comments on the result and the evaluation process. Selected chapters from the report 2010 can be read in appendix III.

Figure 11: Distribution of scores within RU Schools in RU Annual Research Assessment 2010 (Source:

RU Annual Research Assessment 2010).

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Reykjavik University 2010

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Appendix I

A: RU publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010

90

122

149

178

105

131

164172

9 7 7 616

24 22 1812 9

4 3

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets





40

62

97

145

53

88

140

163

6 5 6 39

17 1814

6 4 3 3

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets



Peer-reviewed books



15

90

122

149

178

63

90

116

141

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

2007 2008 2009 2010




70%

74%

79%

78%

40

62

97

145

22

41

73

113

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

2007 2008 2009 2010

RU affiliated articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals



55%

66%

75%

78%

16

17

113

9

96

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

School of Business School of Science and Engineering + School of Computer Science

Articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals 2010



85%

53%

16

101

8

87

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

School of Business School of Science and Engineering + School of Computer Science

RU affiliated articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals 2010



86%

50%

17

17

34

43

5

79

9

27

36

0

69

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

School of Business



School of Law School of Science and Engineering

Articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals 2010



53%

79%

84%

87%

16

30

23

5

71

8

23

18

0

64

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

School of Business



School of Law School of Science and Engineering

RU affiliated articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals 2010



50%

77%

78%

90%

18

1.034

796

Publications per language 2007-2010

Number of publications in English

Number of publications in Icelandic

Number of publications in other languages

694

632

RU affiliated publications per language 2007-2010




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B: RU School of Business publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010

1514

1617

26 2627

22

12

1 11

9

6

4

21 1

2

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Business



Peer-reviewed books



910

11

16

7

13

2322

01 1

01

4

6

4

0 01

2

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Business



Peer-reviewed books



20

62

101

520

6

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Business 2007-2010



Peer-reviewed books



46

65

215

3

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Business 2007-2010



Peer-reviewed books



21

171

23

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Business 2007-2010




108

23

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Business 2007-2010




2,0

1,51,7

1,9

0,7 0,8

1,4

1,8

0,0

0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets per academic employee at School of Business



22

0,7

0,4

0,5

0,7

0,4

0,3

0,4

0,7

0,0

0,1

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,5

0,6

0,7

0,8

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals per academic employee at School of Business



1,1

0,8

0,9 0,9

0,30,4

0,8

0,9

0,0

0,2

0,4

0,6

0,8

1,0

1,2

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed conferences/ symposia/ proceedings per academic employee at School of

Business



23

C: RU School of Computer Science publications in peer-reviewed outlets

2007-2010

16

26 27

34

20

28

42

33

53 2 21

4 42

53 2 1

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Computer Science





9

25

21

30

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40

33

53

2 21

43

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1

0

5

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2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Computer Science



Peer-reviewed books



24

103

123

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Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Computer Science 2007-2010



Peer-reviewed books



85

115

12 10 10

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Computer Science 2007-2010



Peer-reviewed books



25

260

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Computer Science 2007-2010




232

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Computer Science 2007-2010




2,8

3,4 3,33,6

2,3

3,0 3,0

3,4

0,0

0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

3,0

3,5

4,0

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets per academic employee at School of Computer Science



26

0,9

1,4

1,2

1,7

0,5

1,3

0,9

1,5

0,0

0,2

0,4

0,6

0,8

1,0

1,2

1,4

1,6

1,8

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals per academic employee at School of Computer Science



1,2

1,5

1,8

1,7

1,2 1,2

1,71,7

0,0

0,2

0,4

0,6

0,8

1,0

1,2

1,4

1,6

1,8

2,0

2007 2008 2009 2010


Computer Science



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D: RU School of Health and Education publications in peer-reviewed

outlets 2007-2010

3132

38

43

1918

1921

10

1 1

7

2 24

23

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5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Health and Education



Peer-reviewed books



108

15

23

13

1715 16

0 0 0 00 1 0 00 0 0 00

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Health and Education



Peer-reviewed books



28

144

77

315 5

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Health and Education 2007-2010



Peer-reviewed books



56

61

1

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Health and Education 2007-2010



Peer-reviewed books



29

214

26 4

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Health and Education 2007-2010




106

12

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Health and Education 2007-2010




4,0

4,6

3,5

4,6

1,5

2,21,8

2,6

0,0

1,0

2,0

3,0

4,0

5,0

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets per academic employee at School of Health and Education



30

2,1

2,7

2,2

2,9

0,7 0,70,9

1,5

0,0

0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

3,0

3,5

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals per academic employee at School of Health and Education



79%

1,3

1,5

1,1

1,4

0,9

1,4

0,9

1,1

0,0

0,2

0,4

0,6

0,8

1,0

1,2

1,4

1,6

2007 2008 2009 2010


Health and Education



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E: RU School of law publications in peer-reviewed outlets 2007-2010

6

8

11

5

4

1

4

0

1

0

3

1

7

6

7

5

1

0 0 00

2

4

6

8

10

12

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Law



Peer-reviewed books



5

8

11

5

2

1

4

0

1

0

3

1

7

6

7

5

1

0 0 00

2

4

6

8

10

12

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Law



Peer-reviewed books



32

30

9

5

25

1

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Law 2007-2010



Peer-reviewed books



29

7

5

25

1

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Law 2007-2010



Peer-reviewed books



33

38

32

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Law 2007-2010




36

31

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Law 2007-2010




1,3

0,9

1,6

0,7

1,1

0,9

1,6

0,7

0,0

0,2

0,4

0,6

0,8

1,0

1,2

1,4

1,6

1,8

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets per academic employee at School of Law



34

0,4

0,5

0,7

0,30,3

0,5

0,7

0,3

0,0

0,1

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,5

0,6

0,7

0,8

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals per academic employee at School of Law



0,3

0,1

0,3

0,0

0,1

0,1

0,3

0,00,0

0,1

0,1

0,2

0,2

0,3

0,3

2007 2008 2009 2010


Law



35

F: RU School of Science and Engineering publications in peer-reviewed

outlets 2007-2010

22

42

57

79

36

58

72

96

1 2 0 103 3 32 2 1 0

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Science and Engineering





711

39

71

11

35

58

92

0 1 0 00 2 2 31 1 0 00

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Science and Engineering



Peer-reviewed books



36

200

262

4 9 5

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Science and Engineering 2007-2010



Peer-reviewed books



128

196

1 7 2

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Science and Engineering 2007-2010



Peer-reviewed books



37

470

8 2

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Science and Engineering 2007-2010




325

7 2

Number of RU affiliated publications in peer-reviewed outlets at School of Science and Engineering 2007-2010




1,8

3,1 3,0

4,0

0,6

1,4

2,3

3,7

0,0

0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

3,0

3,5

4,0

4,5

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of publications in peer-reviewed outlets per academic employee at School of Science and Engineering



38

0,6

1,21,3

1,8

0,20,3

0,9

1,6

0,0

0,2

0,4

0,6

0,8

1,0

1,2

1,4

1,6

1,8

2,0

2007 2008 2009 2010

Number of articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals per academic employee at School of Science and Engineering



1,1

1,7 1,6

2,1

0,3

1,0

1,3

2,0

0,0

0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

2007 2008 2009 2010


Science and Engineering



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Appendix II

A: Research grants from national competitive funds 2008-2010

Grants 2008:

Principal Investigator Project title Type of grant Allocated (Thous.

ISK)

THE ICELANDIC RESEARCH FUND 2008

Ármann Gylfason Scale Interaction in Turbulence Project grant 6.080

Björn Þór Jónsson Efficient and Effective Copyright Protection for

Videos

Patent grant 500

Björn Þór Jónsson Integrated Browsing and Searching of Personal

Digital Image Collections

Project grant 3.500

Brynjar Karlsson Investigation of the propagation of electric

activity of the uterus for the prediction of preterm

labour

Project grant 4.400

Einar Steingrímsson Permutations, Patterns and Algebras Project grant 2.000

Einar Steingrímsson Permutation Patterns Grant of excellence

8.886

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Threats to Iceland’s internal security, 1945-1991 Project grant 575

Halldór G. Svavarsson Crystal growth of p-n silicon junctions for solar

cells applications

Project grant 2.000

Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson

Humanoid Agents in Social Game Environments Grant of excellence

13.450

Hrafn Loftsson Improved tagging accuracy of Icelandic text Project grant 1.550

Karl Ægir Karlsson Zebrafish as a model system for sleep research Project grant 4.425

Karl Ægir Karlsson Emotional modulation of hypothalamic activity Project grant 734

Leifur Geir Hafsteinsson Icelandic job applicants: Faking and reaction to

selection methods

Project grant 975

Luca Aceto New Developments in Operational Semantics Project grant 5.000

Luca Aceto The Equational Logic of Parallel Processes Project grant 3.800

Magnús Már Halldórsson Parameterized algorithms on hypergraphs Project grant 2.700

Margrét Vala Kristjansdóttir

Procedure and assessment of Cumulative

Environmental Effects

Preparatory grant 500

Yngvi Björnsson Development of a General Game-Playing Agent Project grant 5.000

Þorlákur Karlsson/Páll Ríkharðsson

Icelandic management accounting:

Characteristics, development and future

directions

Project grant 3.290

Total: 69.365

THE EQUIPMENT FUND 2008

Kristinn R. Thórisson Research Platform for Interactive Intelligences and Agent-Based Simulation

Equipment grant 1.938

Total: 1.938

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THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FUND 2008

Halldór G. Svavarsson Eco-silica for skincare product Project grant 4.500

Hlynur Stefánsson Nostradamus Project grant 8.000

Total: 8.000

ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY RESEARCH FUND 2008

Ari Kristinn Jónsson Climate Changes and Utility Operations Project grant 1.125

Ágúst Valfells Possible regulations for greenhouse gas

emissions and their effects

Project grant 3.000

Chien Tai Shill Math Olympiad for Icelandic elementary schools,

an evaluation

Project grant 1.500

Haraldur Sigþórsson Environmental impacts of lighting in rural areas Project grant 2.000

Þórður Víkingur Friðgeirsson

Evaluation of risk in high temperature

geothermal drilling

Project grant 750

Total: 8.375

THE ICELANDIC RESEARCH FUND FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS 2008

Arnar Birgisson (Luca Aceta)

Compositionality for logics of security Study grant 800

Kristján Valur Jónsson (Úlfar Erlingsson)

Scalable, distributed security policy enforcement

for Web applications

Study grant 7.250

Total: 8.050

BJARNI BENEDIKTSSON FUND 2008

Margrét Vala Kristjánsdóttir/ Ragnhildur Helgadóttir

The substance and application of the

Constitution‘s Article 15

Project grant 500

Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir The regulation of medical research - public

administration and the rights of participants

Project grant 500

Total: 1.000

ICELANDIC PENSION FUNDS ASSOCIATION 2008

Ólafur Ísleifsson Pension funds in the general labour market Project grant 1.000

Total: 1.000

JULES VERNE FUND 2008

Björn Þór Jónsson BrowSearch – Integrating Image Browsing and Searching

Collaboration grant

500

Brynjar Karlsson Analysis of the propagation of electric activity of the uterus for the prediction of preterm labour

Collaboration grant

500

Total: 1.000

ICELANDIC ROAD ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH FUND 2008

Haraldur Sigþórsson Road building profitability analysis of cost factors, distance and time values

Project grant 500

Total: 500

TOTAL: 99.228

Grants 2009:


ISK)

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Björn Þór Jónsson Integrated Browsing and Searching of Personal

Digital Image Collections

Project grant 3.500

Brynjar Karlsson Investigation of the propagation of electric

activity of the uterus for the prediction of preterm

labour

Project grant 4.400

Einar Steingrímsson Combinatorics on Permutations and Words Grant of excellence

24.600


Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Threats to Iceland’s internal security, 1945-1991 Project grant 1.659

Halldór G. Svavarsson Crystal growth of p-n silicon junctions for solar

cells applications

Project grant 2.600



14.050

Hrafn Loftsson Improved tagging accuracy of Icelandic text Project grant 600



Magnús Már Halldórsson Algorithms for ad-hoc and sensor networks Project grant 3.110

Valdimar Sigurðsson Consumer Food Choice: An In-Store

Experimental Analysis

Postdoctoral grant

4.440


Total: 80.229

STRATEGIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME FOR CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE AND RESEARCH CLUSTERS 2009

Kristinn R. Þórisson Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines Grant of excellence

55.000

Total: 55.000


Björn Þór Jónsson og Herwig Lejsek

Research Facilities for Very Large Scale Video Retrieval


Karl Ægir Karlsson In vivo/in vitro electrophysiology set-up Equipment grant 4.493

Karl Ægir Karlsson MHW-3 Hydraulic micromanipulator; NMN25 Micromanipulator; PC-10 pipette puller; 4. MF-900 Microforge; 5.Grass Stimulus isolation unit; 6. Grass Rack; 7. SZ51 Olympus stereo microscope; 8. Epiflourescence unit; 9. Thermo Scientific Microtome


Kristinn R. Þórisson, Eric Nivel og Ari K. Jónsson

Computing Power Equipment grant 2.033

Ólafur E. Sigurjónsson og Karl Ægir Karlsson

StepOne Real Time PCR system from Applied Biosystem


Total: 16.890


Halldór Guðfinnur Svavarsson

Eco-silica for skincare product - Prototypes Project grant 3.844

Haraldur Sigþórsson Interactive road markers Preparatory grant 750

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Hjalti Harðarson Artificial Bird Pioneer grant 3.000

Þórður Helgason Finger rehabilitation system Project grant 7.900

Yngvi Björnsson Generic Casual Game-Playing Engine Prototype Pioneer grant 5.000

Total: 20.494


Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir

EIA screening - project categories and threshold

values

Project grant 700

Haraldur Sigþórsson The traffic safety effect of geothermal steam Project grant 1.000

Hlynur Stefánsson The use of electric cars in Reykjavik Project grant 4.000

Ingólfur Þorbjörnsson Materials selection for geothermal utilization Project grant 3.151

Jón Örn Jónsson Domestic Oxygen for Icelandic Markets Project grant 1.000

Kristín Haraldsdóttir EEA and EU law in the field of natural resources

and environmental law

Project grant 750

Total: 10.601


Hilmar Finnsson/Yngvi Björnsson

Dynamic Search Methods in General Game Playing

Study grant 7.950

Sandra Martha Elfride Lyngdorf / Þórdís Ingadóttir

Compensation mechanisms and the European Court

Study grant 6.890

Total: 14.840

LANDSVIRKJUN ENERGY RESEARCH FUND 2009

Halldór G. Svavarsson New methods for making silicon solar-cells Project grant 2.250

Total: 2.250

BJARNI BENEDIKTSSON FUND 2009

Gunnar Þór Pétursson Derogations from fundamental freedoms - a methodological challenge

Project grant 500

Total: 500

ICELANDIC PENSION FUNDS ASSOCIATION 2009

Guðmundur Sigurðsson How do pension funds evaluate the loss of earning capacity of their members

Project grant 1.200

Total: 1.200


Haraldur Sigþórsson Washboarding on gravel roads Project grant 300

Haraldur Sigþórsson The traffic safety effect of geothermal steam Project grant 1.000

Total: 1.300

TOTAL: 203.304

Grants 2010:


ISK)


Andrei Manolescu Coulomb interaction and current flow in quantum devices

Project grant 6.380

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Anna Ingólfsdóttir Processes and Modal Logics Project grant 4.900


Einar Steingrímsson Combinatorics on Permutations and Words Grant of excellence

24.600


Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Threats to Iceland’s internal security, 1945-1991 Project grant 1.659



12.650

Haraldur Sigþórsson An investigation into human behaviour related to

traffic culture

Preparatory grant 500

Heiðdís B. Valdimarsdóttir Developing and Testing an Interactive Decision

Aid for Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer

Patients

Project grant 5.819


Luca Aceto Meta-theory of Algebraic Process Theories Project grant 6.660


Magnús Már Halldórsson Algorithms for ad-hoc and sensor networks Project grant 6.695

Ólafur Guðmundsson Earthquake research on Reykjanes peninsula Project grant 6.655

Rögnvaldur J. Sæmundsson

The Relationship between Aesthetic Design and Innovation Performance

Project grant 7.376

Sigurður Ingi Erlingsson Coherent population trapping as a probe of non-Markovian decay

Project grant 3.480

Valdimar Sigurðsson Consumer Food Choice: An In-Store

Experimental Analysis

Postdoctoral grant

4.440


Total: 111.044

STRATEGIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME FOR CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE AND RESEARCH CLUSTERS 2010

Kristinn R. Þórisson Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines Grant of excellence

55.000

Total: 55.000


RU School of Health and Education

Developing research infrastructure at School of Health and Education


Ármann Gylfason Optical detection systems for fluid dynamics research


Slawomir Koziel Computing cluster for high-performance distributed electromagnetic/aerodynamic simulation


Total: 14.848



Eco-silica for skincare product - Prototypes Project grant 3.500

Hjalti Harðarson Artificial Bird Pioneer grant 5.000

Þórður Helgason Finger rehabilitation system Project grant 6.700

Total: 15.200


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Guðrún Sævarsdóttir Potential energetic and economic advantages of lithium battery manufacturing using low grade heat and renewable energy in Iceland

Project grant 1.500

Total: 1.500


Birna Baldursdóttir / Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir

The Impact of Physical Activity on Adolescent´s Mental Health and Quality of Life

Study grant 7.950

Björg Guðjónsdóttir / Þórður Helgason

Use of ultrasound current source density imaging (UCSDI) to monitor activity and electrical stimulation of muscles

Study grant 840

Haukur Pálmason / Björn Þór Jónsson

Automatic Genre Classification of Icelandic Music

Study grant 840

Jón Ingi Sveinbjörnsson / Bjarni V. Halldórsson

Algorithms and Software for Complex Genetic Variants

Study grant 6.095

Total: 15.725

LANDSVIRKJUN ENERGY RESEARCH FUND 2010

Guðrún A. Sævarsdóttir Relative permeabilities of two phase flow in geothermal reservoirs

Project grant 1.500


New methods for making silicon solar-cells Project grant 750

Total: 2.250


Haraldur Sigþórsson The traffic safety effect of geothermal steam from Hellisheiði

Project grant 500

Total: 500

NATIONAL ENERGY AURTHORITY’S FUND 2010

Haraldur Sigþórsson The profitability of road construction in a new light

Project grant 750

Guðrún Svavarsdóttir Potential economic and environmental advantage in direct use of geothermal heat in Lithium-Ion battery production

Project grant 2.300

Total: 3.050

HOUSING FINANCING FUND 2010

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir

Planning of residential development in the Reykjavik fringe 2000-2009

Project grant 2.000

Samtals: 2.000

TOTAL: 221.117

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Appendix III

A: RU Annual Research Assessment – The Evaluation Panel 2008-2010

1. Professor Gerjo Kok, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, in the field Health and Education

2. Professor Grétar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA, in the field Science and Engineering (Chair)

3. Professor Mogens Nielsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark, in the field Computer Science

4. Professor Jacob Graff Nielsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in the field Law 5. Professor Charles M. A. Clark, St. John´s University, USA, in the field Business

B: RU Annual Research Assessment – Extraction from the Panel Report

2010

The University of Reykjavik has several World-class researchers who regularly publish well-

cited articles in peer-reviewed top-quality journals. They are active members of their

international research community, serving as editors and reviewers, successfully compete for

grants and supervise students. The University is to be congratulated for the presence of these

faculty members.

The evaluation of research productivity appears to be thorough and, in addition to providing the

university with data, should motivate faculty members to review their own research productivity.

Overall, I believe that the panel members are favorably impressed by the effort of the University

to evaluate faculty productivity.

Last year we shared a few observations that I would like to repeat here, modified slightly in view

of changes that have taken place.

A number of faculty members who have modest research output appear to be very active locally, in a variety of roles, including advising the authorities and communicating with the media. These are highly commendable activities that probably deserve to be recognized in some way. They do not, however, substitute for international recognition in ones discipline.

In most fields, peer reviewed journal publications are considered the highest achievement by an active researcher. While conference participation/publications and books are essential also for an active researcher, those generally do not substitute for peer-reviewed publications. In Law, in particular, there is an increasing move to peer reviewed journals and the university should encourage the Law faculty to increase the international research profile.

The panel attempted to assign scores with some consideration of how long it had been since each individual obtained his/her highest degree. Thus, comparable productivity sometimes resulted in higher score for a very junior person than for a more senior one.

The panel appreciates that the faculty may have different teaching loads but as nothing is included in the report about teaching, no effort was made to factor in the teaching load. For individual evaluations, the panel assumes that teaching is rewarded

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separately.

The panel noted a few aspects of the reviews forms that it felt could be improved:

Many reports are filled out without due attention to details and contain a number of errors. Citation counts are, for example, often incomplete. The importance of filling out the forms carefully needs to be emphasized.

The lack of translations of Icelandic manuscript titles and activities has the potential to lead to some difficulty. In many cases Icelandic titles were translated this year this was therefore much less of a concern this year than in previous years.

More information about the career of the faculty members prior to the five-year period under consideration would be helpful.

The permanent affiliation of visiting faculty, and the duration of their stay, should be noted.

I think I speak for the whole panel saying that we were very impressed by the effort that the

University of Reykjavik has put into the review process. The format of the report stresses the

importance of peer-reviewed publications, but allows individuals to report other

accomplishments as well. We feel that this correctly represents the importance for each

individual to anchor their activities by a reputation achieved by publishing in international

journals but to also impact their community.

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