A first approach to the classification of the top 500 world universities by their disciplinary characteristics using scientometrics

被引：22

作者：

Cheng, Ying ^{[1
]}

Liu, Nian Cai ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Inst Higher Educ, Shanghai, Peoples R China

来源：

SCIENTOMETRICS | 2006年 / 68卷 / 01期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

High Education Institution; Academic Ranking; Institution Type; Cluster Step; Disciplinary Group;

D O I：

10.1007/s11192-006-0087-z

中图分类号：

TP39 [计算机的应用];

学科分类号：

081203 ; 0835 ;

摘要：

In this study, the top 500 world universities are classified into 21 types according to their disciplinary characteristics using clustering method. The indicators used to represent the disciplinary characteristics of an institution are the proportion of publications in six broader disciplinary areas: Arts/Humanities & Social Sciences, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Engineering/Technology & Computer Sciences, Life Sciences, Clinical Medicine, and Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Sciences. Institutions have been classified into types of having focus in a disciplinary group, having priority in a disciplinary group, having orientation in a disciplinary group, and balanced. The distribution of different types of institutions with respect to countries and ranks are analyzed.

引用

页码：135 / 150

页数：16