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Positional impact of reputation in global university rankings

Positional impact of reputation in global university rankings. Philippe Vidal and Ghislaine Filliatreau Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques, Paris. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit, and lost without deserving Shakespeare, Othello, II, 3.

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Positional impact of reputation in global university rankings

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  1. Positional impact of reputationin global university rankings Philippe Vidal and Ghislaine Filliatreau Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques, Paris IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  2. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit, and lost without deserving Shakespeare, Othello, II, 3 IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  3. In Global university rankings and their impact.Report II, EUA Report on rankings 2013 • 2.3 Superficial descriptions of methodology and poor indicators • …. Use of poor indicators also persists. In spite of widespread criticisms, reliance on reputation is becoming more and more widespread….. IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  4. Facts vs reputation Rankings graphical comparison as an approach for deconvoluting ranking patterns Reputation surveys: ARWU: 0%, THE: 34.5%, QS: 40% Webometrics as a proxy for reputation IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  5. Methodology 1Ternary diagrams IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  6. Methodology 2Ranking A vs Ranking B IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  7. Methodology 3Absolute and relative differences Diagrams (ARWU-Y) vs ARWU and (ARWU-Y)/ARWU vs ARWU IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  8. Methodology 4Diagram ARWU/X vs ARWU IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  9. Methodology 5Rankings reproducibilities - years selected: 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - average deviations to the average from one year to next: ARWU: 2-3 % THE: 10-12 % QS: 6-7 % Webometrics:25-30 % IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  10. Methodology 6Filtering rules 90 % of the universities (259) selected 62 % ranked in 4 rankings 6 % in 3 rankings 22 % in 2 rankings First 250 ARWU ranks: 131 universities IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  11. Targets United States United Kingdom Northern Europe (Germany, Scandinavia, Netherlands) Southern Europe (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy) IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  12. Results 1 Ternary diagrams IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  13. Results 2 Ternary diagrams IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  14. Results 3ARWU vs THE 1 IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  15. Results 4ARWU vs THE 2 IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  16. Results 5ARWU vs QS 1 IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  17. Results 6ARWU vs QS 2 IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  18. Results 7ARWU vs Webometrics 1 IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  19. Results 8ARWU vs Webometrics 2 IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  20. Results 9US: Relative differences IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  21. Results 10Europe: Relative differencesTHE-QS: Continental Europe Webometrics=whole Europe IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  22. Summary Underestimatation of universities best ranked for research Overestimation of universities less well ranked for research Clear for THE and QS, even clearer for Webometrics And for the best research universities: US: underestimation THE/QS, overestimation Webometrics UK: overestimation THE/QS, underestimation Webometrics N + S Europe: underestimation THE/QS/Webometrics IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

  23. Conclusions Reputation concept still on its infancy Necessity to do research on the concept as well as its modalities of implementation IREG Forum University Rankings, Warsaw 16 -17 May 2013

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