tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post8594026953079764573..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Ranking of Indian universities based on their research performanceAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-20704828195255419172009-06-29T15:42:40.518+05:302009-06-29T15:42:40.518+05:303-3.5 paper per faculty is a stretch. This is due ...3-3.5 paper per faculty is a stretch. This is due to science faculty. Less than 10% of engineering faculty publish more than 2 papers a year. Yes, less than 10%. See the other blog, Life of IISc, which gives all kinds of statistics.<br /><br />KumarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-71132298676204431352009-06-29T13:36:48.654+05:302009-06-29T13:36:48.654+05:30@Anon above:
I totally agree with you. I am not ...@Anon above: <br /><br />I totally agree with you. I am not sure whether the figure of 3-3.5 papers per faculty per year at IISc is true or not, but if it is, then its even more ridiculous given how profs at IISc don't even have to teach undergraduate courses (unlike most top-100 universities in the world).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-42057036363504984362009-06-28T22:49:22.777+05:302009-06-28T22:49:22.777+05:30IISc can not be included in the list of top univs ...IISc can not be included in the list of top univs in the world - by any stretch of imagination. Let us face it - though IISc might be the best in India. An institute averaging roughly 3-3.5 papers per faculty per year in the last several years, <i>world class?</i> only our govt. bureaucrats seem to think that way<br /><br />-AKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-18078804143607848332009-06-28T15:04:11.205+05:302009-06-28T15:04:11.205+05:30Bwaaa Haaa haaaa ! Keep dreaming. IISc and IITs ar...Bwaaa Haaa haaaa ! Keep dreaming. IISc and IITs are not part of any top-100 list complied on the basis of any metric.<br />Besides, my comments were not about IISc/IITs, but rather the Indian universities discussed in the post above. <br />Sure IISc/IITs are better than other Indian universities, but it would be a huge stretch to call them world-class.<br />Just ask your self one question: Out of the 20 universities listed above which one would you be really really desperate to attend? See my point? It doesn't matter if you arrange all gutters on a list from 1 to 20; you're never going to jump into any.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-74064876983493588032009-06-28T09:21:38.334+05:302009-06-28T09:21:38.334+05:30@Last Anony
Man, WTF if you were unable to grab k...@Last Anony<br /><br />Man, WTF if you were unable to grab knowledge from Profs in your university. IISc and some of the universities mentioned in the list are doing much better work and a number of publications are in highly revered journals. <br /><br />IISc is counted among top 100 universities of world in R&D contribution (and those rankings are from western agencies).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-28903585712370937692009-06-27T15:27:34.068+05:302009-06-27T15:27:34.068+05:30As a product of an Indian university, I have to sa...As a product of an Indian university, I have to say this whole ranking of Indian universities, as fun as it might be, is also a bit unsavory. A bit like the Top Ten list of all gutters in town! <br />...based on publications !! are you kidding me??? publications in which journals --- the Journal of no-one's-ever-going-to-read-me???<br />This kind of an exercise in nonsense serves only to obscure the one overarching fact of higher education in India - The WHOLE thing is rotten, without exception (ok well maybe not NCBS).<br />I mean profs hired at IISc who sit and blog all day - on taxpayer's money - WTF ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-62102047226733551332009-06-27T03:28:53.293+05:302009-06-27T03:28:53.293+05:30AIIMS is not on the list, and is ahead of CMC in t...AIIMS is not on the list, and is ahead of CMC in terms of PubMed, Cochrane, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycInfo et al, as far as I know. However, CMC publishes papers under various banners e.g. CMC, BV Moses and ICMR Centre, as South Asia Cochrane Collaboration etc. And AIIMS has an in-house indexed journal, the NMJI, which significantly swells our tally, though this, of course biases the data. But I agree with my colleague, this survey is crude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-21351227061331342812009-06-26T20:48:00.357+05:302009-06-26T20:48:00.357+05:30Megha,
CMC is on the top of med list - but when ...Megha,<br /><br /> CMC is on the top of med list - but when you compare with other big universities like Delhi & Jadhavpur, CMC occupies a lower place - because of the criterion employed, i.e, total NO. of papers. Obviously the big univs have far more disciplines and departments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-29933056180674728832009-06-26T19:00:38.787+05:302009-06-26T19:00:38.787+05:30Megha,
Note that CMC Vellore is top of the medica...Megha,<br /><br />Note that CMC Vellore is top of the medical list. Needless to say, none of the others have even made it to the list. A quick and dirty Pubmed and Cochrane search will reveal that citations from CMC significantly outweigh (and I mean that in statistical terms) those from other top Indian medical schools. A key issue this survey misses altogether is that of the citation index, where I think CMC scores again, albeit anecedotally. Publication is a complex business, merely publishing a paper in a web of science listed journal is the proverbial tip of the iceberg. Impact factors and citation indices are key markers of academic credibility. So, the methodology of this study is crude. The study itself is a great initiative nonetheless. More power to Gangan Prathap. India really needs more studies like this and with far far better methodology. <br /><br />And thanks for posting, Abinandan. <br /><br />A doctor and epidemiologistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-29412651106435484112009-06-26T15:34:00.110+05:302009-06-26T15:34:00.110+05:30pradeepkumar,
They are correct. Hyderabad is rank...pradeepkumar,<br /><br />They are correct. Hyderabad is ranked 2 in terms of h-index but 8th in terms of publications alone. Look at my rankings, which is more detailed.<br /><br />GiridharGiri@iischttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11819278945207995261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-31628870283506535102009-06-26T15:23:42.007+05:302009-06-26T15:23:42.007+05:30I wonder why University of Hyderabd, one of the fi...I wonder why University of Hyderabd, one of the finest Universities in India in terms of research, is at the bottom of the list? There is something seriously wrong with this analysis.pradeepkumar pihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00288528678251357568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-39256476463155885882009-06-26T02:44:59.594+05:302009-06-26T02:44:59.594+05:30I am quite shocked that CMC Vellore is so low in r...I am quite shocked that CMC Vellore is so low in ranking when publications are taken into consideration. This is because CMC is one of the few institutes to get strategic funding awards from various organization such as the Wellcome Trust, to improve its capacity and research output. in fact, in terms of clinical and public health research it's a top institute in India. So, I am sad that in spite of availability of resources and academic freedom that most national universities may not have, CMC is still mid order in this ranking.Meghanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-89860048994702602092009-06-25T22:10:49.531+05:302009-06-25T22:10:49.531+05:30Isnt AIIMS an 'Institute of National Importanc...Isnt AIIMS an 'Institute of National Importance"? I think that's one reason why AIIMS doesnt find its way to the top 20 list.Pratik Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991612512085384857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-34738530499977403742009-06-25T20:20:45.442+05:302009-06-25T20:20:45.442+05:30In my blog, I have also compared various indian un...In my blog, I have also compared various indian universities based on publications, citations etc.<br /><br />http://giridharmadras.blogspot.com/2009/06/attracting-talent.html<br /><br />GiridharGiri@iischttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11819278945207995261noreply@blogger.com