ShanghaiRanking - GRAS (Global Ranking of Academic Subjects)
Current position of MU in Global Rankings of Academic Subject by ShanghaiRankings:
151–200 – Environmental Science & Engineering
151–200 – Geography
201–300 – Ecology
201–300 – Law
301–400 – Agricultural Sciences
301–400 – Earth Sciences
301–400 – Medical Technology
301–400 – Political Sciences
401–500 – Biological Sciences
401–500 – Biotechnology
401–500 – Clinical Medicine
401–500 – Psychology
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 2023 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 104 countries, with over 5,000 institutions assessed.
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 11 Czech universities in the subject rankings: CU in 20 subjects, MU in 13, CZU in 7, USB and UP in 5, BUT in 4, CTU in 3, MENDELU in 2, TUL, VETUNI and UCT Prague in 1 ranking 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. These include Number of Journal Articles in Q1 by JIF (Q1), Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCl), International Collaboration (IC), Number of Articles in Top Journals as per AES (Top) and Number of Awarded Staff (Award). Like ARWU, GRAS considers only Article publication types and draws bibliometric data from Web of Science / InCites.
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 2023, 1,447 academics from 122 universities and 21 countries or regions have participated in the survey, covering 64 different disciplines in the composition of their specializations. The result is a selection of 121 top journals in 43 fields, 36 prestigious awards in 29 different fields, and 31 top conferences for the field of Computer Science & Engineering. Based on this defined selection, data on publications in Top Periodicals, Top Conferences and major international awards received enter the calculation of the scores in the Top and Award 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
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.
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Top - 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).
Indicator weights in the individual subjects as used in GRAS
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Subjects |
Fields |
Q1 |
CNCI |
IC |
Top |
Award |
|
Mathematics |
Natural sciences |
100 |
20 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Physics |
Natural sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Chemistry |
Natural sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Earth Sciences |
Natural sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Geography |
Natural sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Ecology |
Natural sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Oceanography |
Natural sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Atmospheric Science |
Natural sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Automation & Control |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Telecommunication Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Instruments Science & Technology |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Biomedical Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Computer Science & Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Civil Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Chemical Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Materials Science & Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Energy Science & Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
20 |
|
Environmental Science & Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Water Resources |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
20 |
|
Food Science & Technology |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Biotechnology |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Aerospace Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Marine/Ocean Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
20 |
|
Transportation Science & Technology |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Remote Sensing |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Mining & Mineral Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Metallurgical Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Textile Science & Engineering |
Engineering |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Biological Sciences |
Life Sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Human Biological Sciences |
Life Sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Agricultural Sciences |
Life Sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Veterinary Sciences |
Life Sciences |
100 |
50 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Clinical Medicine |
Medical Sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Public Health |
Medical Sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
0 |
|
Dentistry & Oral Sciences |
Medical Sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
|
Nursing |
Medical Sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
20 |
|
Medical Technology |
Medical Sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
20 |
|
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Medical Sciences |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
20 |
|
Economics |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
100 |
|
Statistics |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
100 |
|
Law |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
|
Political Sciences |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
20 |
|
Sociology |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
|
Education |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
|
Communication |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
|
Psychology |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
|
Business Administration |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
|
Finance |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
|
Management |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
|
Public administration |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
|
Hospitality & Tourism Management |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
20 |
|
Library & Information Sciences |
Social Sciences |
150 |
50 |
10 |
100 |
20 |