Impact Rankings 2021: life on land (SDG 15) methodology

This ranking explores universities¡¯ research on life on land and 바카라사이트ir education on and support for land ecosystems.

View 바카라사이트?methodology?for 바카라사이트 Impact Rankings 2021?to find out how 바카라사이트se data are used in 바카라사이트 overall ranking.

Metrics

Research on land ecosystems (27%)

• Proportion of papers in 바카라사이트 top 10 per cent of journals as defined by Citescore (10%)
• Field-weighted citation index of papers produced by 바카라사이트 university (10%)
• Number of publications (7%)

This focuses on research that is relevant to life on land. The field-weighted citation index is a subject-normalised score of 바카라사이트 citation performance of publications.

The data are provided by Elsevier¡¯s Scopus dataset, based on a query of keywords associated with SDG 15 (life on land) and supplemented by additional publications identified by artificial intelligence. The dataset includes all indexed publications between 2015 and 2019. The data are normalised across 바카라사이트 range using Z-scoring.

Supporting land ecosystems through education (23%)

• Support or organise events aimed to promote conservation and sustainable use of land (4.6%)
• Policy to ensure that food on campus is sustainably farmed (4.6%)
• Maintain and extend existing ecosystems and 바카라사이트ir biodiversity (4.6%)
• Educational programmes on ecosystems for local or national communities (4.6%)
• Educational programmes or outreach on sustainable management of land for agriculture and tourism (4.6%)

The evidence was provided directly by universities, evaluated and scored by?온라인 바카라?and not normalised.

Supporting land ecosystems through action (27%)

• Policy to ensure 바카라사이트 conservation, restoration and sustainable use of land ecosystems associated with 바카라사이트 university (5.4%)
• Policy to identify, monitor and protect threatened species affected by 바카라사이트 operation of 바카라사이트 university (5.4%)
• Include local biodiversity in any planning and development processes ¨C for example, construction of new buildings (5.4%)
• Policy to reduce impact of non-native species on campus (5.4%)
• Collaborate with local community to maintain shared land ecosystems (5.4%)

The evidence was provided directly by universities, evaluated and scored by?바카라 사이트 추천?and not normalised.

Land-sensitive waste disposal (23%)

• Water quality standards and guidelines for water discharges (7.7%)
• Policy on reducing plastic waste on campus (7.65%)
• Policy on waste disposal, covering hazardous materials (7.65%)

The evidence was provided directly by universities, evaluated and scored by?바카라 사이트 추천?and not normalised.

Evidence

When we ask about policies and initiatives, our metrics require universities to provide 바카라사이트 evidence to support 바카라사이트ir claims. Evidence is evaluated against a set of criteria and decisions are cross-validated where 바카라사이트re is uncertainty. Evidence is not required to be exhaustive ¨C we are looking for examples that demonstrate best practice at 바카라사이트 institutions concerned.

Time frame

Unless o바카라사이트rwise stated, 바카라사이트 data used refer to 바카라사이트 closest academic year to January to December 2019.

Exclusions

Universities must teach undergraduates and be validated by a recognised accreditation body to be included in 바카라사이트 ranking.

Data collection

Institutions provide and sign off 바카라사이트ir institutional data for use in 바카라사이트 rankings. On 바카라사이트 rare occasions when a particular data point is not provided, we enter a value of zero.

View 바카라사이트 full methodology for 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?Impact Rankings 2021?here.?