COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF UNIVERSITIES IN TOP1 OF GLOBAL RANKING OF ACADEMIC SUBJECTS 2020
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Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) is an annual classification of worldwide universities, grouped by subject, according to five indicators: Q1, CNCI, IC, Top and Award, evaluating, in particular, the quality of research activities. This paper aims to perform a comparative study, through a descriptive analysis, of universities in Top1 of GRAS 2020, to relate and compare their indicators. This report first presents information about ranking indicators and, then, shows the results of them: Q1, CNCI, IC, Top and Award. The best performing institution is Harvard University (HARVARD), achieved the best Total Score values in two subjects: Biological Sciences (BS) of Life Sciences field and Statistic of Social Sciences field. However, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) achieves placing with the highest Total Score values in two subjects: Physics of Natural Sciences field and Materials Science & Engineering of Engineering field. Also, Michigan University (UMICH) obtains the highest Total Score value in Dentistry & Oral Sciences subject of Medical Sciences field.
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