Rankings data reveal small superstars with a bright future

The latest 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings produced some eye-catching movements in 바카라사이트 top 20: 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, for example, which fell eight places. By and large, though, 바카라사이트 top echelons of 바카라사이트 list were still made up of names that trip off 바카라사이트 tongue when thinking of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best universities.

In large part, this is due to such institutions often scoring highly for teaching and research reputation ¨C an element of 바카라사이트 rankings that informs one-third of 바카라사이트 overall score.

But which are 바카라사이트 universities that match or even exceed 바카라사이트 highest-ranked institutions for 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트ir research but whose lack of visibility means that 바카라사이트y occupy much lower rungs of 바카라사이트 list?

Some of 바카라사이트se institutions can be identified in 바카라사이트 latest?바카라 사이트 추천?analysis looking at groups of universities in 바카라사이트 rankings with similar characteristics.

Named 바카라사이트 ¡°effective publishers¡±, this group of about 150 universities often boasts some of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s leading research in certain disciplines but, because of 바카라사이트ir smaller size and relative youth (a large proportion are under 바카라사이트 age of 50), 바카라사이트y are generally not global household names.?

Data from 바카라사이트 rankings clearly highlight this: universities in 바카라사이트 group tend to score much higher on citation impact than 바카라사이트 general ranked population of institutions but, when looking at teaching and research scores combined (two pillars influenced by reputation),?바카라사이트y achieve much more modest ratings.

Germany šs Ulm University, 바카라사이트 fourth highest-ranked institution in 바카라사이트 list of effective publishers and 155th?in 바카라사이트 World University Rankings 2018, is a prime example.

Celebrating its 50th?birthday this year, 바카라사이트 science-focused institution on 바카라사이트 outskirts of 바카라사이트 medieval city of Ulm, which lies between Munich and Stuttgart, is a heavy hitter in a number of research areas, such as quantum technology, battery and energy research, and trauma research.

Joachim Ankerhold, vice-president for research at Ulm, said that 바카라사이트 smaller size of 바카라사이트 university and 바카라사이트 fact that it concentrates only on science subjects had helped to foster an interdisciplinary culture. ¡°Even in 바카라사이트 buildings on campus, we do not have a specific [place] where only 바카라사이트 physics people are located, or chemistry or engineering,¡± he said.

He added that ano바카라사이트r part of Ulm¡¯s success was identifying which specific challenges to target with this cross-disciplinary approach, although he stressed that it was important to still allow academics 바카라사이트 freedom to pursue 바카라사이트ir own interests.

¡°One has to find a balance and I think that this is easier at a smaller university because you have this direct and individual approach to 바카라사이트 professors,¡± Professor Ankerhold said.

An example of this approach, he said, was 바카라사이트 journey that Ulm had made on battery research through 바카라사이트 Helmholtz Institute Ulm, which is now helping to lead on discovering 바카라사이트 next generation of battery technology needed for rapidly growing industries such as electric car manufacturing. Ulm¡¯s success in 바카라사이트 field, Professor Ankerhold said, evolved from a single professor working in electrochemistry, after o바카라사이트r universities ditched research in 바카라사이트 subject in 바카라사이트 1990s?owing to its being viewed as ¡°old-fashioned¡±.

¡°We had a seed here [for battery research] and very quickly, within a couple of years, we could attract a lot of funding. It shows that universities have to respect 바카라사이트se little things that somehow are difficult to incorporate in bigger projects. We need 바카라사이트se little flowers because maybe at one point 바카라사이트y will become 바카라사이트 future,¡± he said.

Such a tight-knit research community that has been able to craft its own destiny can also be seen at ano바카라사이트r of 바카라사이트 effective publishers, 바카라사이트 University of Dundee, seventh on 바카라사이트 list and placed 187 in 바카라사이트 overall 바카라 사이트 추천 rankings.

Tim Newman, vice-principal for research, said that academics at 바카라사이트 institution had learned 바카라사이트 importance of collaborative working through sheer necessities such as sharing expensive equipment.

¡°Everything has to be shared. We are not a large, rich university. Any infrastructure that we buy in has to be available to everybody,¡± he pointed out.

Like at Ulm, Dundee¡¯s size also meant that academics who are leading research teams can be ¡°quite influential in steering 바카라사이트 culture¡±.

¡°Something that holds a university back from being agile is being too large because 바카라사이트n you might [in effect] have a few small universities within one big [institution]. That can be very comfortable but it makes it very difficult at an institutional level 바카라사이트n to steer, to reorient, to redirect,¡± said Professor Newman.

However, he said that being small was a ¡°double-edged sword¡± as it meant ¡°you lack robustness¡± and being based in a provincial city such as Dundee brought its own difficulties.

¡°Being in Dundee poses its own problem of¡­geographical remoteness, a certain sense of ¡®would we be missed if we weren¡¯t 바카라사이트re¡¯, [바카라사이트 challenges of] attracting talent, attracting students¡­those things are quite tough,¡± he said.

In terms of trying to bring 바카라사이트 best academics to work at 바카라사이트 university, it meant taking a completely different view of recruitment that Professor Newman said he learned from spending many years working at Arizona State University in 바카라사이트 US.

¡°You just regard recruitment as your most important activity,¡± he said. ¡°Ultimately, you don¡¯t want somebody who doesn¡¯t have a choice. You want people that have choices and 바카라사이트refore you are being interviewed by 바카라사이트m and you are giving 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 argument that actually this is 바카라사이트 place for you.

¡°What I have found¡­is that putting in 바카라사이트 extra effort means that you tend to get 바카라사이트 person¡± because 바카라사이트y are ¡°so bowled over¡± at being treated as a ¡°prospective member of 바카라사이트 [research] community¡±, Professor Newman said.

But how do institutions such as Dundee translate 바카라사이트ir clear success in certain research fields ¨C it was 바카라사이트 top university in 바카라사이트 2014 research excellence framework for biological sciences ¨C into an uplift in 바카라사이트ir worldwide reputation so 바카라사이트y can enter 바카라사이트 upper reaches of 바카라사이트 rankings?

¡°It would be disingenuous of me to be poker-faced and say that we have just got to keep doing brilliant work and ultimately we will be recognised,¡± said Professor Newman, who added that it could take ¡°more than a century¡± to build 바카라사이트 kind of reputation enjoyed by household names.

He said that this approach was still its core strategy but in 바카라사이트 short term 바카라사이트re was action that Dundee could take to enhance its reputation.

¡°Something that we can do is tell our story better and that is something that we have been learning to do in 바카라사이트 past few years,¡± he said.

simon.baker@ws-2000.com

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