MARTIN JUNO
QS Intelligence Unit
Febru
ary
15
Quantifying scientific
impact: networks,
measures, insights?
12-13 February 2015
Zurich
#QSWUR
CAREER
DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENT and
INTERNATIONAL
MOBILITY by fostering
MOTIVATED
PEOPLE To enable
POTENTIAL to achieve their
around the
2
OUR AUDIENCE
PROSPECTIVE
STUDENTS
ACADEMICS
PROSPECTIVE
PARTNERS
SCHOLARSHIP
PROVIDERS
CURRENT
STUDENTS EMPLOYERS
UNIVERSITY
LEADERS
GOVERNMENT
ALUMNI
3
CONTEXTS
OUR WORK
4
LEAGUE
TABLES
SUBJECTS
ASPECTS TYPES QS Global
Employability Index
QS Global 200
Business Schools
CLASSIFICATIONS
IN NUMBERS
OVER
3,500 UNIVERSITIES
CONSIDERED
COVERED IN
500+ MAJOR MEDIA
OUTLETS
OVER
30 ACADEMIC
ADVISORS
OVER
20m DIRECT WEB
VISITORS
OVER
90k SURVEY
RESPONSES
LED BY
50+ YEARS’ RANKING
EXPERIENCE
OVER
60m TOTAL WEB
VISITORS
USED BY OVER
9 NATIONAL
GOVERNMENTS
JUST
29 NEW ENTRIES IN
2014
OVER
850 UNIVERSITIES
RANKED
RUN FOR
10 YEARS IN
2014
5
OU
R A
PP
RO
AC
H
WORLD
CLASS
UNIVERSITY
6
ACADEMIC
REPUTATION
FACULTY
STUDENT
CITATIONS
PER FACULTY
EMPLOYER
REPUTATION
INT’L
STUDENTS
INT’L
FACULTY
7
WEIGHTINGS HOW DO WE SET THEM?
APPROPRIATENESS
STRENGTH
OF DATA
LIMITING RELIANCE ON SELF-
REPORTED DATA
FEEDBACK FROM THE MARKET
DATA AVAILABILITY
8
EXPERT ADVICE
IS THERE A BIAS?
YES, ALL
RANKINGS
HAVE IT
FOCUS ON ONE
AREA ONLY
(Usually research)
LANGUAGE /
CULTURE
(English /
European)
WEIGHTINGS
How are they
defined? What’s the
purpose?
RESPONSE RATE
Is it enough?
HOW MANY
INSTITUTIONS TO
EVALUATE?
TEACHING,
RESEARCH,
SOCIAL IMPACT?
OVERALL OR BY
SUBJECT?
INDICATORS
WHERE TO STOP?
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BUT WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE IT…
SUBJECT RANKINGS
STRONGER SURVEYS
WE ARE EVALUATING MORE
INSTITUTONS
FIELD STANDARDIZATION?
REGIONAL RANKINGS
10
WE SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS TO
PROVIDE ACCURATE DATA
SURVEY MEASURES
DRAMATIC
SURVEY
RESPONSE
GROWTH
2010
2011
2012
15,050
5,007
33,785
16,744
46,079
25,564
2013
62,084
27,957
2014
63,676
28,759
2015 ?
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ACADEMIC RESPONSES BY COUNTRY
12
REPUTATION SURVEYS
RISKS AND BENEFITS
SUBJECTIVE MEASURES
INADEQUATE SAMPLING
POLARISATION
LANGUAGE INDEPENDENT
POTENTIAL TO DETECT WHAT’S
HAPPENING NOW
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INDEPENDENT OF SELF-REPORTING POTENTIAL VOLATILITY
‘HALO EFFECT’
DISCIPLINE INDEPENDENT
REPUTATION MATTERS…
EVEN IF YOU DON’T AGREE
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