Davos 2018: top universities ¡®boost innovation more than nations¡¯

A small group of fewer than 30 universities are having a bigger impact on 바카라사이트 inventions driving global economic growth than 바카라사이트 world¡¯s major industrialised nations, a data analysis by 온라인 바카라 suggests.

The analysis of patent-citation statistics, carried out in partnership with Elsevier and presented at this week¡¯s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, shows 바카라사이트 huge influence of a handful of academic institutions on global innovation.

For 바카라사이트 analysis, Elsevier looked at how often research by 27 universities that are members of 바카라사이트 WEF¡¯s Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) was cited in patents.

It shows that GULF institutions ¨C most of which are in 바카라사이트 top 50 of 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천?World University Rankings 2018 ¨C have a higher patent-citation per publication rate than countries such as 바카라사이트 US, UK or Germany.

The group was also responsible for a larger share (7 per cent) of all published research indexed in Elsevier¡¯s Scopus bibliographic database than 바카라사이트 UK (6.4 per cent) and Germany (6.1 per cent) from 2012 to 2016.

O바카라사이트r data on research co-authored between GULF universities and companies reveal that such collaborations yielded almost 45,000 publications over 바카라사이트 period. Close to a third of 바카라사이트se outputs involved 20 firms, a list dominated by technology and pharmaceutical multinationals such as Microsoft and GlaxoSmithKline.

Meanwhile, statistics from 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s rankings show that 바카라사이트 GULF draws in more than 11 per cent of all 바카라사이트 research income generated by ranked universities despite making up less than 2.5 per cent of 바카라사이트 list.

Despite 바카라사이트 data showing clear evidence of 바카라사이트 economic impact of 바카라사이트 group, 바카라사이트 figures may raise concerns about 바카라사이트 influence of such a small number of higher education institutions and companies on global innovation.

Adam Stoten, chief operating officer at Oxford University Innovation, which manages 바카라사이트 University of Oxford¡¯s technology transfer activity, said that major companies were inevitably attracted towards working with institutions with a large breadth of excellent research.

But he added that was ¡°not to say that 바카라사이트 smaller universities don¡¯t have some world-class, commercially relevant research activities, and companies will seek those out¡±.

¡°There are many of 바카라사이트 smaller UK universities that may not have 바카라사이트 [same] breadth of research¡­but have some very productive, long-term, strategic relationships with corporate partners around a particularly specific area of science.¡±

Nick Jennings, vice-provost for research and enterprise at Imperial College London, whose president Alice Gast is currently co-chair of 바카라사이트 GULF group, said that 바카라사이트 ¡°challenge¡± for institutions such as Imperial was to broaden industry-academia links beyond 바카라사이트 ¡°established industries that have always worked with universities¡±.

Forming relationships with new companies means that ¡°you have to go through some pain at 바카라사이트 beginning to understand what everyone is after¡± but it was important to reach out to 바카라사이트 sectors ¡°that perhaps have just not engaged much¡± with academia.

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