竞争与卓越——2009年世界一流大学与科研机构学科排行榜出炉

Competition and Excellence:Release of Subjects Rankings of World-class Universities and Research Institutions 2009

从美国汤姆森科技集团出版的《基本科学指标》(ESI)数据库获取原始数据,对世界一流大学与科研机构的学科竞争力进行科学合理、客观公正地评价研究和综合分析,最终得到3类共30个2009年有关学科竞争力排行榜。2009年评价结果显示,我国大学整体排名比较靠后,说明我国大学离世界一流大学还有相当差距,建设世界一流大学的任务仍很艰巨,特别是建设世界高水平的一流大学和科研机构以及创新型成果方面差距还很大。

Original data are obtained from Essential Scientific Index(ESI) Thomson Reuters.Subject competitiveness of world-class universities and research institutions is evaluated and analyzed scientifically,subjectively and comprehensively.As a result,three categories and thirty pieces of rankings are obtained,which are Ranking of Research Competitiveness of World-class Universities 2009,Rankings of Subject Competitiveness(22 subjects) of World-class Universities and Institutions 2009,and Rankings of Research Competitiveness of World-class Universities(in 7 indicators).The result shows that China ranked No.12 in the global world,climbing 8 ranks.There are 70 Chinese universities indexed by ESI,accounting for 4.7%,21 more than those of 2007.This is a great success for China.But after careful analysis and study,the authors find out that the ranks of most of Chinese universities are rather behind the average,which shows that there is still a long distance from the world-class universities,and the task is still heavy.However,compared with that of 2007,Chinese universities have advanced either on quality or quantity of research papers.