2006/05/30 by J. E. Steiner, Joao E. Steiner, Steiner, Joao E.
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Data Analysis #FOS: Physical sciences #Higher Education Governance and Development #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an) #physics.data-an #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0605252
15 pages, 1 figure, 6 tables
arxiv created 2006/05/30 · openalex publication_date 2006/05/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In order to establish which parameters and corresponding weights are more appropriate for the assessment of academic excellence in the context of university rankings, I have made a multivariate data analysis on a set of 13 parameters for 178 institutions. I found that the three more relevant components are academic excellence (48%), internationalism (14%) and faculty/student ratio (8%). It is shown that these components are not correlated.