Ranking Iranian universities based on their scientific engineering output

Zare, Mohammad Reza; Vahdatzad, Mohammad Ali; Olia, Mohammad Saleh; Lotfi, Mohammad Mehdi

doi:10.22047/ijee.2016.31972

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

¹ PhD. Student, Faculties of Industrial Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Faculties of Industrial Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

³ Associated Professor, Faculties of Industrial Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22047/ijee.2016.31972

Abstract

Universities and higher education institutions, as knowledge-based organizations, have a critical role in the development of countries; therefore, it is essential that their performance is evaluated according to specific criteria. Among the various functions of universities, research and knowledge production is significant; so, evaluating their scientific outputs should be a substantial part of a performance evaluation system. One of the most well-known methods for a scientific production evaluation is the use of scientometrics measures. In recent years, the scientific production of Iranian universities in engineering has been favorable; hence, we selected and analyzed 85,097 scientific papers from Iranian universities under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. The universities were ranked based important measures including: cumulative number of scientific outputs, number of citations, qualitative contribution, h-index, m-parameter, and g-index. Results show that the University of Tehran in both cumulative number of scientific outputs as well as number of citations, Sharif University of Technology in both h-and g- indices, Polymer & Petrochemical Institute in qualitative contribution, and Babol Noshirvani University of Technology in m-parameter as well as portion of engineering faculties in engineering outputs are the best among the surveyed universities. Moreover, our ranking has a significant correlation with that of the ISC ranking system according to the cumulative number of scientific outputs, number of citations, h-index, and g-index.

Keywords

20.1001.1.16072316.1395.18.72.5.6

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Iranian Journal of Engineering Education

Ranking Iranian universities based on their scientific engineering output

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Volume 18, Issue 72 - Serial Number 72
February 2017
Pages 95-118

Ranking Iranian universities based on their scientific engineering output

References

References

Volume 18, Issue 72 - Serial Number 72February 2017Pages 95-118

Volume 18, Issue 72 - Serial Number 72
February 2017
Pages 95-118