Thomson Reuters Improves Measurement of Universities' Performance with New Data on Faculty Size, Reputation, Funding and Citation Measures
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Comprehensive data now available in Institutional Profiles for universities
such as Princeton, McGill, Nanyang Technological, University of Hong Kong and
others
Philadelphia, PA, April 12, 2012 - The Intellectual Property & Science business
of Thomson Reuters today announced the availability of 138 percent more
performance indicators and nearly 20 percent more university data within
Institutional Profiles(TM), the company's online resource covering more than
500 of the world's leading academic research institutions. This new data enables
administrators and policy makers to reliably measure their institution's
performance and make international comparisons.
Using a combination of citation metrics from Web of Knowledge(SM), biographical
information provided by institutions, and reputational data collected by Thomson
Reuters Academic Reputation Survey, Institutional Profiles provides details on
faculty size, student body, reputation, funding, and publication and citation
data.
Two new performance indicators were also added to Institutional Profiles:
International Diversity and Teaching Performance. These measure the global
composition of staff and students, international co-authorship, and education
input/output metrics, such as the ratio of students enrolled to degrees awarded
in the same area. The indicators now cover 100 different areas, ensuring faculty
and administrators have the most complete institutional data possible.
All of the data included in the tool has been vetted and normalized for
accuracy. The latest update also includes several enhancements to existing
performance indicators, such as Normalized Citation Impact. This allows for
equally weighted comparisons between subject groups that have varying levels of
citations.
"Institutional Profiles continues to provide answers to the questions that keep
administrators up at night: 'Beyond citation impact or mission statement, which
institutions are the best collaboration partners for us to pursue? How can I
understand the indicators and data that inform global rankings?'," said Keith
MacGregor, executive vice president at Thomson Reuters. "With this update, the
tool provides the resources to reliably measure and compare academic and
research performance in new and more complete ways, empowering strategic
decision-making based on each institution's unique needs."
Institutional Profiles, a module within the InCites(TM) platform, is part of the
research analytics suite of solutions provided by Thomson Reuters that supports
strategic decision making and the evaluation and management of research. In
addition to InCites, this suite of solutions includes consulting services,
custom studies and reports, and Research in View(TM).
For more information, go to
http://researchanalytics.thomsonreuters.com/institutionalprofiles/.
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