University Ranking and benchmarking:

How can we get in to the league table?

Dr Muhammad SohailMicrobiology

Are our Universities meant to be ranked?• Ranking systems are designed by developed countries for developed

countries • It may lead to behaviors and redesign of strategy to improve in the

rankings rather than to do what's right for the local setting• It is designed to say who is better than who, rather than how good

you are and whether you have improved or regressed• Without adequate funding we should not think of ranking

But it…

• Provides a baseline and helps with goal/target setting• Enhances productivity • Streamlines processes and procedures• Improves information sharing• Helps to better understand stakeholder (students, staff, external

parties) needs• Ensures continuous organisational improvement/development within

the context of strategic planning

Ranking agencies

Global Ranking agencies• Times Higher Education World University Rankings• QS Ranking

Regional Agencies:• European Union• China• India• Philippines• Pakistan

HEC Methodology at a glance

S No

Components Assigned Scores

For 2013 For 2010

1 Implementation of QA and QEC

24 18

2 Teaching Quality 40 42

3 Research Output 36 40

Total 100

Research components Score for ranking 2013

HEC approved PhD supervisors per total full time faculty 4Indigenous scholars studying in the university per total full time PhD faculty 2

HEC Research grants approved per faculty 2HEC Travel Grants approved per full time faculty 3Publications in Impact Factor Journals[2011] per faculty 5Total Number of papers published in impact factor journals by the university 3

University H Index 2Number of W, X, Y , Z Journals Published by the University • W =2 max score• X=1.5 • Y=1 • Z=0.5

4W=1.5X=1.25Y=0.75Z=0.5

Internet Bandwidth (PERN) utilization per Student 4Number of Conferences Organized per faculty 3Total PhD output for 2011 4

Total 36

Additional components for the current ranking (2014)

• Total Research grant proposal, travel grants and awards won (from agencies other than HEC)• Number of Registered Patents/Varieties/Technologies and their

commercialization• Number of University Industrial Linkage through (ORICs)• Number of International Collaboration /exchange programs Number of Full time

faculty members recruited by the University including IPFP • Availability of Internet Bandwidth and Utilization• Number of Trainings received by Full Time Faculty members (Minimum 30

Contact Hours and above Training)• Number of Conferences organized by university (2-day or more duration)

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Additional components… contd

• Number of Research Papers published in HEC recognized X and Y category journals • HEC Recognized Journals Published by the university during 2013

and 2014.• Number of Research Papers published in Impact Factor journals

(Only ISI Web of Science/Knowledge

Impact Factor

• A quantitative measurement of journals’ reputation• In any given year, the impact factor of a journal is the average number

of citations received per paper published in that journal during the two preceding years.• Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) releases Journal Citation Report

(JCR) for indexed journals

International Impact Factor Services(Other than ISI)

• Global Information of Scientific Information (GISI)• Real Time Impact Factor• Index Cupernicus

International Impact Factor Services

• Evaluation Method• Journal that have a valid ISSN No. (Online / Print) & published Minimum two Issues can

apply for IIFS and be eligible for it. The IIFS is calculated per year based on several criteria.

• The IIFS is calculated per year on the basis of a points contribution scale on number of articles published during a year. Articles are selected from each issue and their quality is judged.

• Original Articles/Papers: 100• Citation: 300• Editorial Quality: 30• Regularity & International Presence: 70

JIF by GISI

• Journal Impact factors are calculated in yearly/half- yearly/ Quarterly/Monthly for those journals that are indexed in Journal Reference Reports (JRR)

• At least 1 or 2 article must have been published in the first issue before you submit the journal in online or print

• Total 25 journals are listed

h-Index

• The Hirsch index is a combination of productivity with impact. • A scientist has index h if h of [his/her] Np papers have at least h

citations each, and the other (Np − h) papers have at most h citations each.• The h-index provides a combination of both quantity (number of

papers) and quality (impact, or citations to these papers)

h index calculation

h index calculation

Using • Google scholar• Scopus• ISI Web of Science

How scholarly is a university?No of scholars

Cita

tions

Oxford, Cambridge

AngliaRuskin

10000

1000

Source: Iles, RK.

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