一流涉农高校的大学排名特征分析——基于US News、QS和软科大学排行榜的研究

The Characteristics of First Class Agricultural-Related Universities in the World University Rankings——Based on Research of US News,QS and ARWU University Rankings

[目的 /意义]探究世界一流涉农高校排名特征。[方法 /过程]以US News、QS和软科3个大学排行榜为研究对象,比较一流涉农高校2017年—2019年总排名和农业学科排名的变化情况。[结果 /结论](1)TOP10涉农高校总排名不高,2/3的总排名在100名之后;(2) TOP10涉农高校在农业领域内排名不稳定,3个排行榜同时认可的农业TOP10大学只有康奈尔大学、瓦格宁根大学、加州大学戴维斯分校和中国农业大学;(3)与TOP10大学相比,TOP10涉农高校国别分布更广,中国大学在农业领域排名更为突出;(4)进入排行榜的学科数量和位次极大地影响总排名,但师生规模和生师比对总排名影响不大。建议国内以农业为主的大学要强化农业学科、建设特色学科、提升国际影响力。

[Purpose/Significance]To understand the characteristics of the first class agricultural-related universities.[Method/Process]The changes of the overall ranking and agricultural discipline ranking of top 10 and top 50 agricultural-related universities from 2017 to 2019 in US News,QS and Academic Ranking of World Universities(ARWU)University Rankings were analyzed,respectively.[Results/Conclusions](1)most top 10 agricultural-related universities are lower-ranked,with 2/3 ranked outside of top 100,(2)top 10 agricultural-related universities’rankings are not stable,and only four universities,Cornell University,Wageningen University&Research,California University Davis and China Agricultural University are listed as top 10 agricultural universities in all three rankings,(3)top 10 agricultural-related universities come from more countries than top 10 universities do,and Chinese universities have better performance in agriculture than in other fields,and(4)numbers and position of selected fields by university rankings have more influence on overall ranking than numbers of students and teachers and their ratio.Chinese universities which take agriculture as their main field should strengthen their expertise in agricultural-related disciplines,establish new disciplines with characteristics and improve their international influence.