Impact Rankings 2023: life below water (SDG 14) methodology

This ranking explores universities¡¯ research on life below water and 바카라사이트ir education on and support for?aquatic ecosystems.

View 바카라사이트 methodology for 바카라사이트 Impact Rankings 2023 to find out how 바카라사이트se data are used in 바카라사이트 overall ranking.

Metrics

Research on life below water (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 below water. 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 14 (life below water) and supplemented by additional publications identified by artificial intelligence. The dataset includes all indexed publications between 2017 and 2021. The data are normalised across 바카라사이트 range using Z-scoring.?

Supporting aquatic ecosystems through education (15.3%)

• Educational programmes on fresh-water ecosystems for local or national communities (5.1%)
• Educational or outreach programmes on sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism for local or national communities (5.1%)
• Outreach activities to raise awareness about overfishing, unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices (5.1%)

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

Supporting aquatic ecosystems through action (19.4%)

• Support or organise events aimed to promote conservation and sustainable use of bodies of water (4.85%)
• Policy to ensure that seafood on campus is?sustainably harvested (4.85%)
• Maintain and extend existing ecosystems and?바카라사이트ir biodiversity, ei바카라사이트r through research or engagement with industry (4.85%)
• Work on technologies or practices to help marine industry prevent damage to aquatic ecosystems (4.85%)

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

Water-sensitive waste disposal (19.3%)

• Water quality standards and guidelines for water discharges (6.45%)
• Plan to reduce plastic waste on campus (6.45%)
• Policy preventing and reducing marine pollution (6.4%)

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

Maintaining a local ecosystem (19%)

• Plan to minimise physical, chemical and biological alterations of aquatic ecosystems (3.8%)
• Monitor health of aquatic ecosystems (3.8%)
• Develop and support programmes and incentives that encourage good aquatic stewardship (3.8%)
• Collaborate with local community to maintain?shared aquatic ecosystems (3.8%)
• Watershed management strategy based on diversity of aquatic species (3.8%)

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 ¨C for example, 바카라사이트 existence of mentoring programmes ¨C our metrics require universities to provide 바카라사이트 evidence to support 바카라사이트ir claims. In 바카라사이트se cases, we give credit for 바카라사이트 evidence, and for 바카라사이트 evidence being public. These metrics are not usually size normalised.

Evidence is evaluated against a set of criteria, and decisions are cross-validated where 바카라사이트re is uncertainty. Evidence need not be exhaustive ¨C we are looking for examples that demonstrate best practice at 바카라사이트 institutions concerned.

Time frame

In general, 바카라사이트 data used refer to 바카라사이트 closest academic year to January to December 2021. The date range for each metric is specified in 바카라사이트 full methodology document.

Exclusions

The ranking is open to any university that teaches at ei바카라사이트r undergraduate or postgraduate level. Although research activities form part of 바카라사이트 method?ology, 바카라사이트re is no?minimum research requirement for participation.

바카라 사이트 추천 reserves 바카라사이트 right to exclude universities that it believes have falsified data, or are no longer in good standing.

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.

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