1. www.che-ranking.de The CHE Research Ranking of German Universities Sonja Berghoff International Colloquium “Ranking and Research Assessment in Higher Education” 12 & 13 December 2007, Bruxelles

2. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 2 CHE ranking data target groups: prospective students target groups: HE sector CHE-UniversityRankingCHE-ResearchRanking Indicators on:  teaching  resources  research Detailed analysis of data/ indicators on  research CHE rankings

3. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 3 ResearchRanking: Top group in physics

4. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 4 CHE-UniversityRanking Research indicators

5. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 5 departments professors patent analysis / universities bibliometric analysis third party funding, number of Ph.D.‘s number of students, professors reputation publications citations patents / inventions Methods – sources of data

6. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 6 Quality assurance Comparison to other data sources (e.g. German research council) Data checks, control for outliers Detailed categories for funding sources Control by representatives of the ranked subjects feedback loop of the controlled and commented questionnaires with departments and universities before publication, additionally a lot of one-on-one discussions

7. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 7 Third party funding physics CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 7

8. 8 Third party funding physics CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 8

9. 9 Third party funding medicine CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 9

10. 10 Third party funding medicine CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 10

11. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 11 Third party funding mathematics CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 11

12. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 12 Third party funding mathematics CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 12

13. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 13 Bibliometric analysis international perception activity number of citations

14. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 14 Publications: Economics CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 14

15. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 15 Bibliometric analysis Not all publications but samples based on data banks professors and researchers with a Ph.D. Adjustment number of pages/authors type of publication core journals

16. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 16 Databases

17. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 17 History – Historische Bibliographie  Authors: 182 % 213 % 33 % 4 and 2 % more  Pages

18. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 18 Education Science – FIS Bildung  Authors: 159 % 225 % 311 % 4 and more 6 %  Pages

19. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 19 CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 19 Third party funding and publications: Medicine

20. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 20 CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 20 Third party funding and publications: Medicine

21. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 21 CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 21 Third party funding and publications: Psychology

22. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 22 CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 22 Third party funding and publications: Economics

23. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 23 CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 23 Third party funding and publications: Economics

24. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 24 data relative (per-capita) absolute are counted twice: third party funding publications/citations number of Ph.D.‘s CHE-ResearchRanking

25. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 25 top groups relative indicators absolute indicators: the top group consists of the best universities which cover in sum at least 50% of the quantity regarded upper quartile CHE-ResearchRanking

26. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 26 Grouping of absolute indicators 50% of funding 20-25% of universities 10% of funding 20-25% of universities CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 26

27. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 27 Department level indicator top group indicator top group indicator top group indicator top group … subject‘s top group summarised presentation at university level …… …… 50%

28. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 28 at least 50% top research active CHE-ResearchRanking

29. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 29 ResearchRanking: Top group in physics

30. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 30 ResearchRanking: Top group in medicine

31. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 31 ResearchRanking: Top group in mathematics

32. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 32 Subject level indicator top group indicator top group indicator top group indicator top group … subject‘s top group summarised presentation at university level …… …… 50%

33. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 33 Subjects Psychology Electrical engineering Education Science SociologyEnglish studies History Economics Business administration Dentistry Mechanical engineering Pharmacy Physics Biology Chemistry Medicine Mathematics

34. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 34 University level indicator top group indicator top group indicator top group indicator top group … subject‘s top group summarised presentation at university level …… …… 50%

35. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 35 Summarised presentation at university level CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 35

36. CHE Research Ranking - Brussels, 13th of Dec 2007 36 Zum Schluss Thank you. Sonja Berghoff sonja.berghoff@che-ranking.de