RANKINGS some comments from Charles University Jan Skrha Vice-Rector, Charles University in Prague Dubrovnik, July 3, 2009
RANKINGS Important tasks: 1) Goals of evaluation - science, incoming students (education) 2)Weight of indices - publications 3)Collection of correct data - quality and quantity 4)Presentation of the results Differences: large vs. small institutions pure science vs. science-learing peer-review vs. data based on IF publications differences of IF between specialties (weighted mean) etc.
RANKINGS THES, Academic Ranking of World Universities Problems: - bibliometry - reduction of university tasks only to research publications - reduction to quantitative measures - results related to the whole institution and not to one academician - standardization of different faculties within university (medicine, natural sciences, humanities)
Charles University today 17 Faculties Employees (4.300 Academic) 143 Bc and Masters Programmes 119 PhD Programmes Students ( Bachelors, Magisters, PhD Students, Foreign Students, 1780 in the whole English Curriculum)
Priorities of the University PGS (1-2 Semesters abroad) Research (Charles University as a research university) Exchange of Academicians between countries
CU for rankings THES: 246. position Shanghai: position PhD stud./acad.position: 2004 – – 1.6 Number of publications in IF journals