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Mobility patterns of scientists and their influence on
research performance and institutional prestige: the
University Excellence Care Project (UECP)
Prof Dr PE Seeram Ramakrishna, FREng
National University of Singapore
Co-Founder, University Excellence Care Project (www.uecare.org)
Prof Dr PE Seeram Ramakrishna, FREng
 Vice-President Research Strategy; Dean, Faculty of Engineering; Director, Center for
Nanofibers & Nanotechnology @ National University of Singapore (NUS)
 Founder, Global Engineering Deans Council; and University Excellence Care Project
 Highly cited researcher in Materials Science (highlycited.com). 700 ISI papers; 40,000
citations and 93 H-index. Thomson Reuter identified him among the World’s Most
Influential Scientific Minds
 PhD, University of Cambridge; The General Management Program, Harvard University
 Fellow, professional societies & academies of Singapore, UK, India, ASEAN & USA
Monday, January 19th, 2015
12:15-13:00 Session: Expressing and Measuring of Academic Performance
[in relation to research]
Chair: Lucija Čok, Member of the Council, Slovenian Quality Assurance
Agency for Higher Education (NAKVIS), Slovenia
Speaker:
- Seeram Ramakrishna, Professor, the National University of Singapore, and
Chair of the University Excellence Care Project (UECP):
Mobility patterns of scientists and their influence on research performance and
institutional prestige: the University Excellence Care Project (UECP)
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~ 5m to 10m in diverse graduate
programs (masters and PhD)
~ Hundreds of disciplinary areas
and specializations
http://www.nature.com/news/the-top-100-papers-1.16224
THE WORLD’S
MOST INFLUENTIAL
SCIENTIFIC MINDS 2014
highlycited.com
Woei Fuh Wong
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Research Organizations
•Identify and manage research activities and their impact
•Benchmark and compare performance to peers
•Promote internal and external partnerships and collaborations
•Identify experts both inside and outside the organization
•Promote areas of strength and specializations
Funding and Policy Organizations
•Identify emerging subject areas, researchers and experts
•Manage funding activity from submission to progress reports through
outcomes
•Demonstrate results and impact of funding policy
•Identify new trends and key indicators to enable policy development
•Increase visibility of successes
Publishers
•Uncover new or emerging areas in which to publish
•Monitor trends within a field or geographic region
•Identify the best authors and reviewers
•Maintain competitive advantage by monitoring the competition
Typical Aspects of University Generated Research
* International awards & prizes
* Election to prestigious academies
and professional societies
* Plenary/keynote lectures
* Global foot print
* Relative standing as per the
international databases
* Thought leadership to the
discipline
* Transformative effect on the
discipline and wider
community
* Innovative solutions to the
societal challenges
* Journal papers
* Conference papers
* Research income
* Conference organization
* Consultancy
* Research students
* Books
* High impact factor journal papers
* Innovations- designs and solutions
* Citations, citations per paper, highly cited
papers, h-index, g-index, etc
* Editorial boards, patents, copy rights,
licenses, start-ups, spin-offs, industry income
* Advisory boards, high level committees
The Changing Face of Innovation, Seeram Ramakrishna, 2011, World Scientific Publishers
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What is international mobility of researchers?
What are the trends?
Why is it important?
What are the motives of researchers?
What are the constraints?
What more can be done?
International mobility of researchers include researchers going abroad for
employment opportunities, research experience and collaborative research
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Yukiko Shimmi, Hitotsubachi University, yshhimmi@gmail.com
Philip G Altbach
Yukiko Shimmi, Hitotsubachi University, yshhimmi@gmail.com
www.britishcouncil.org/higher-education
Figure 2 is an international collaboration map for the UK in the period 2006-2010. (A)
World (excl Europe); (B) Europe only. Mapped countries include only those with at least
1,000 publications in this period (i.e. 109 countries, representing 99.8% of the UK's
internationally co-authored articles). Bubble sizes (within each map only) represent the
relative volume of collaboration between the two countries
www.britishcouncil.org/higher-education
http://academicexecutives.elsevier.com/graphical
http://academicexecutives.elsevier.com/graphical
Harbin Institute of Technology’s internationally generated papers over the past 10 years
http://academicexecutives.elsevier.com/graphical
Yana Kozmina,Center of Leadership Development in Education,Higher School of Economics, ikozmina@hse.ru
Scientific Research Publications
1600-1900s
100 pages per year in
1880s
20th Century
5000 pages per year by
end of the century
21st Century
A new paper is
published in every 20
seconds
500 pages per year by
1920s
Co-authors from diverse
disciplines and countries
1 author per paper
2 to 3 authors per paper
~ several authors per
paper
© Seeram Ramakrishna, Global Observatory for Learning
Increase in the
proportion of world’s
papers produced with
more than one
international author
http://academicexecutives.elsevier.com/graphical
http://archive.sciencewatch.com/newsletter/2012/201207/multiauthor_papers/
www.britishcouncil.org/higher-education
http://www.worldtimezones.com/content/worldmap
Seeram Ramakrishna, The Changing Face of Innovation
http://www.majestymaps.com/items/1863-world-map/
Seeram Ramakrishna, The Changing Face of Innovation
http://www.mapsnworld.com/worldmap-bigger-size.html
Seeram Ramakrishna, The Changing Face of Innovation
http://m360.sim.edu.sg/article/Pages/Business-in-Asia.aspx
Seeram Ramakrishna, The Changing Face of Innovation
Ranking indicator
Weight
Global research reputation
12.5%
Regional research reputation
12.5%
Publications
12.5%
Normalized citation impact
10%
Total citations
10%
Number of highly cited papers
12.5%
Percentage of highly cited papers
10%
International collaboration
10%
Number of Ph.D.s awarded
5%
Number of Ph.D.s awarded per academic staff member
5%
 To broaden professional and personal perspectives
 To share and gain advanced skills and knowledge
 To build trust for collaborations
 To embrace new areas
 To be efficient and effective
China Daily
Public scholarship
abilities
Via communicating to the lay persons; society relevance; visibility
Mentoring skills
Via guiding junior students and researchers
Team, multicultural,
collaborative skills
Via multi/interdisciplinary research; international collaborations
Articulation skills
Via international conferences; interactions with funders
Scientific
fundamentals &
knowledge via
course work
Scientific skills via
usage of advanced
scientific tools &
methods
Ethics to avoid
plagiarism;
fraud; Safety
practices
Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Volume XXVII, No. 4, July-2014, ISSN 2349-2473
Journal papers &
book writing
skills; Grant
writing skills; IPR
protection &
transfer skills
Interdisciplinary approach
International collaboration
Enterprising mindset
Mono-disciplinary
 Depth focused
Localized
http://www.uecare.org/ue/
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140924081517506
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http://www.uecare.org/ue/
Reporting
Institutions
Agencies
Organizations
Individuals
UECP IAB
“Advising”
Feed Back
Support
Funds
UECP
“Acting Committees”
Exchange
Sharing
Internationalization
http://www.uecare.org/ue/
Promotion
Services
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Mega Trend
Impact on academics
Population
Research active
Urbanization
Research productivity
Fast paced Innovations
Sub Trend
Impact on graduates
Mass higher education
International mobility
Globally Distributed innovation
International collaborations
IMPACT
Quality and relevant higher education
University generated research and innovation
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