Definition

Reference rankings (Ref. Rank) takes the full-time equivalent academic staff into consideration to show the research performance in a different perspective. Four indicators, number of papers published over 11 years, number of papers published in the current year, number of citations gained over 11 years, and number of citations gained in the past 2 years are divided by the number of full-time equivalent academic staff to re-generate the performance values. Convert these values into T-scores for all eight indicators, then calculate the weights to determine the final score. Use this score to rank and obtain the reference ranking.

Number of full-time equivalent academic staff (FTE)

The methodology for determining the number of full-time equivalent academic staff used in the Ref. Rank primarily incorporating data provided by QS. In cases where QS does not provide specific data on the number of full-time equivalent academic staff, the estimated figure is produced by using the available QS data on FTE and the current year's publication count.