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

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OUR AUDIENCE

PROSPECTIVE

STUDENTS

ACADEMICS

PROSPECTIVE

PARTNERS

SCHOLARSHIP

PROVIDERS

CURRENT

STUDENTS EMPLOYERS

UNIVERSITY

LEADERS

GOVERNMENT

ALUMNI

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CONTEXTS

OUR WORK

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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

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PP

RO

AC

H

WORLD

CLASS

UNIVERSITY

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ACADEMIC

REPUTATION

FACULTY

STUDENT

CITATIONS

PER FACULTY

EMPLOYER

REPUTATION

INT’L

STUDENTS

INT’L

FACULTY

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WEIGHTINGS HOW DO WE SET THEM?

APPROPRIATENESS

STRENGTH

OF DATA

LIMITING RELIANCE ON SELF-

REPORTED DATA

FEEDBACK FROM THE MARKET

DATA AVAILABILITY

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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

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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

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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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