ShanghaiRanking - GRAS (Global Ranking of Academic Subjects)
Current position of MU in Global Rankings of Academic Subject by ShanghaiRanking:
151–200 – Geography
201–300 – Law
201–300 – Biological Sciences
201–300 – Veterinary Sciences
201–300 – Ecology
301–400 – Environmental Science & Engineering
301–400 – Biotechnology
301–400 – Political Sciences
301–400 – Psychology
301–400 – Agricultural Sciences
301–400 – Mathematics
301–400 – Medical Technology
301–400 – Clinical Medicine
401–500 – Earth Sciences
401–500 – Public Health
Besides the main rankings, ShanghaiRanking also compiles the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. The company first started publishing the results of the subject rankings in 2009, and with the introduction of a refined methodology, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was subsequently published for the first time in 2017. The GRAS for 2024 contains separate rankings in 55 subjects in the Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences. The rankings collectively list more than 1,900 universities from 96 countries.
There was a significant change in the ranking methodology in 2024, with the addition of four new indicators and the allocation of all 9 indicators into 5 categories. The newly tracked indicators reward institutions for the quality of their staff portfolio, whether in terms of major awards received by these employees, their citation impact or representation on governing bodies of international academic institutions and the editorial boards of professional journals.
MU was ranked in 13 out of 55 subject rankings in 2023, which is an increase of 2 from the previous year. It improved or newly ranked in 8 rankings, while in 6 rankings it fell or dropped out of the ranking altogether. Its best rankings are in Environmental Science & Engineering and Geography, in both of which it is ranked first in the Czech Republic and 151st-200th worldwide.
There are 14 Czech universities in the subject rankings: CU in 20 subjects, MU in 15, CZU in 8, BUT in 7, UCT and UP in 5, USB in 4, CTU, MENDELU and PUEB in 2, TUL, UHK, TBU in Zlín and VETUNI in 1 subject each.
Methodology:
The GRAS ranking uses a different set of objective indicators to measure university performance in their respective fields when compared to the ARWU ranking. It has expanded the original set of five quantitative indicators to nine in 2024 including categories such as World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration. Just like ARWU, GRAS only considers Article publication types and draws bibliometric data from Web of Science / InCites.
The World-Class Faculty category introduces four new indicators: International Academic Award Laureates (Laureate), Highly Cited Researchers (HCR), Chief Editors of International Academic Journals (Editor), and International Academic Organization Leadership (Leadership). The World-Class Output category encompasses Top Journal Papers (TJ) and International Academic Awards (Award). Follow Q1 Journal Papers (Q1) under the High-Quality Research category, Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCI) under Research Impact category, and International Collaborated Papers (IC) under International Collaboration category.
A complementary source of information for the industry rankings is the Academic Excellence Survey (AES), which has been conducted by ShanghaiRanking since 2017. As of April 2024, 1,551 academics from 121 universities and 21 countries or regions have participated in the survey, covering 64 different disciplines in the composition of their specializations.
The survey includes three questions, answers are to be relevant for the primary subject of the respondent. These ask to list the top-tier journals, the most influential and credible international awards, and key international organizations. Researchers from Computer Science & Engineering are also asked to name the top-tier conferences in this subject. The outcome of AES is a selection of 170 top journals, 46 prestigious awards, 22 key academic organizations, and 31 top conferences for the field of Computer Science & Engineering, that create a base source of information feeding majority of GRAS indicators.
Performance in each of the indicators within a specific subject ranking is converted to a 0-100 scale, with a score of 100 going to the highest ranked institution. The final score of an institution in a given subject ranking is the sum of the weighted scores for each indicator. Each of the subject rankings weights the same indicators by a different proportion to take account of the specificities of the field and to make the results as objective as possible.
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Indicators in GRAS
Laureate - International Academic Award Laureates
The number of full-time faculty members employed by an institution as of April 2024 who have received significant international academic awards within an Academic Subject.
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HCR - Highly Cited Researchers
Faculty members at an institution who have demonstrated significant influence in their Academic Subjects, as selected by Clarivate via the Highly Cited Researchers list.
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Editor - Chief Editors of International Academic Journals
The number of faculty members employed by an institution who currently serve as chief editors of international journals indexed by SCIE, SSCI and AHCI from the most current Journal Citation Report (JCR) by Clarivate.
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Leadership - International Academic Organization Leadership
The number of faculty members employed by an institution who currently hold leadership and senior executive positions in key international academic organizations. These positions include President, Vice President, Secretary General, Associate General Secretary, and leadership roles within governing bodies such as executive committees, boards, or councils.
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TJ - Number of articles published in Top Journals or Top Conferences
Number of articles in a given subject published in top journals or at top conferences over a five-year reference period. Top journals or Top conferences are nominated by eminent scholars through the ShanghaiRanking Academic Excellence Survey (AES).
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Award - Number of the staff of an institution winning a significant award
Number of employees of the institution who have received major awards since 1991. Employees are defined as those working full-time at the institution at the time of the award. If the researcher was retired at the time of the award, we count the institution where the researcher held his or her last full-time academic position. Major awards in individual fields are nominated through the ShanghaiRanking Academic Excellence Survey (AES).
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Q1 - Publishing in Q1 journals according to JIF
The number of papers (Article only) published by an institution in an Academic Subject in journals with Q1 Journal Impact Factor Quartile during the period of passed 5 years.
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CNCI (Category Normalized Citation Impact)
Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCI) is the ratio of citations of papers published to the average citations of papers in the same category, the same year and same type of journal publication, by an institution in an Academic Subject during the period of passed 5 years. A CNCI value of 1 represents world-average performance. CNCI less than 1 indicates that the citation times of this group publications are lower than the average level, while CNCI greater than 1 indicates that the paper’s citation performance is above the average level.
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IC (International collaboration)
The ratio of the number of articles that have been found in at least two different countries in addresses of the authors to the total number of articles in the respective subject for an institution during the reference period of passed 5 years.
Indicator weights in the individual subjects as used in GRAS
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Fields |
Subjects |
World-Class Faculty |
World-Class Output |
High Quality Research |
Research Impact |
International Collaboration |
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Laureate |
HCR |
Editor |
Leadership |
TJ |
Award |
Q1 |
CNCI |
IC |
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Natural Sciences |
Mathematics |
40 |
0 |
60 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
Physics |
60 |
60 |
60 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Chemistry |
60 |
60 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Earth Sciences |
40 |
40 |
60 |
10 |
100 |
80 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Geography |
0 |
20 |
60 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Ecology |
0 |
40 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Oceanography |
40 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
80 |
40 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Atmospheric Science |
60 |
40 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Engineering |
Mechanical Engineering |
40 |
20 |
60 |
0 |
60 |
60 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
40 |
20 |
40 |
10 |
40 |
80 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Automation & Control |
40 |
40 |
60 |
0 |
80 |
60 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Telecommunication Engineering |
40 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
100 |
60 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Instruments Science & Technology |
0 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Biomedical Engineering |
0 |
20 |
60 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Computer Science & Engineering |
60 |
40 |
40 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Civil Engineering |
0 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Chemical Engineering |
40 |
20 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Materials Science & Engineering |
60 |
60 |
60 |
10 |
80 |
100 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
0 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Energy Science & Engineering |
20 |
20 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Environmental Science & Engineering |
20 |
60 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
40 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Water Resources |
20 |
20 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
40 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Food Science & Technology |
0 |
20 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Biotechnology |
0 |
20 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Aerospace Engineering |
0 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
80 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
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Marine/Ocean Engineering |
20 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
40 |
20 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Transportation Science & Technology |
0 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Remote Sensing |
0 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
80 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Mining & Mineral Engineering |
0 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Metallurgical Engineering |
20 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Textile Science & Engineering |
0 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Life Sciences |
Biological Sciences |
20 |
60 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
80 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
Human Biological Sciences |
20 |
40 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
40 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Agricultural Sciences |
0 |
40 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Veterinary Sciences |
0 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Medical Sciences |
Clinical Medicine |
60 |
60 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
Public Health |
0 |
60 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Dentistry & Oral Sciences |
40 |
0 |
40 |
10 |
60 |
80 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
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Nursing |
40 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
80 |
60 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Medical Technology |
40 |
20 |
60 |
0 |
60 |
80 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences |
0 |
40 |
60 |
0 |
40 |
20 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Social Sciences |
Economics |
40 |
20 |
60 |
10 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
Statistics |
40 |
20 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
80 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Law |
0 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Political Sciences |
60 |
20 |
60 |
20 |
80 |
100 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Sociology |
0 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
80 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Education |
0 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Communication |
0 |
0 |
60 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Psychology |
40 |
60 |
60 |
0 |
80 |
40 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Business Administration |
0 |
20 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
|
|
Finance |
0 |
20 |
40 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Management |
0 |
20 |
60 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Public Administration |
40 |
20 |
40 |
0 |
80 |
20 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Hospitality & Tourism Management |
40 |
40 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
60 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
|
|
Library & Information Science |
20 |
20 |
40 |
0 |
80 |
20 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
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