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Meho LI. Highly prestigious international academic awards and their impact on university rankings. QUANTITATIVE SCIENCE STUDIES 2020. [DOI: 10.1162/qss_a_00045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
Abstract
This study uses the checklist method, survey studies, and Highly Cited Researchers to identify 100 highly prestigious international academic awards. The study then examines the impact of using these awards on the Academic Ranking of World Universities (the Shanghai Ranking), the QS World University Rankings, and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Results show that awards considerably change the rankings and scores of top universities, especially those that receive a large number of awards and those that receive few or no awards. The rankings of all other universities with relatively similar numbers of awards remain intact. If given 20% weight, as was the case in this study, awards help ranking systems set universities further apart from each other, making it easier for users to detect differences in the levels of performance. Adding awards to ranking systems benefits United States universities the most as a result of winning 58% of 1,451 awards given in 2010–2019. Developers of ranking systems should consider adding awards as a variable in assessing the performance of universities. Users of university rankings should pay attention to both ranking positions and scores.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lokman I. Meho
- American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, University Libraries, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
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Redelmeier RJ, Naylor CD. Canadian and international winners of major health research prizes, 1959-2018. CMAJ 2018; 190:E1328-E1331. [PMID: 30420388 DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.181056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Robert J Redelmeier
- Arts and Science Program (Redelmeier), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Naylor), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Arts and Science Program (Redelmeier), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Naylor), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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