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TOMSK, Jul 17 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk State University (TSU) for the first time
entered the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (ARWU) in the
direction of "Earth Sciences"; in addition, the university kept last
year's result in the field of physics, the Vice-Rector of TSU for Academic
Research reported RIA Tomsk on Tuesday.
Earlier it was reported that Tomsk
universities - Tomsk State University and Tomsk Polytechnic University -
entered the ARWU rating for the first time in 2017. TSU then got into the group
401-500 in physics and in the group 101-150 in metallurgy. In this rating,
universities are assessed on the effectiveness of scientific activity, thematic
citation index, international cooperation, number of publications in leading
journals, availability of scientific awards and awards of the international
level.
"For us, the Shanghai rating is
"examination" one, the representation in it is stated in our
development program. It "works" not with expert opinion but with
documents, it takes into account only the highest achievements of universities
represented in the best scientific journals. For the first time TSU entered the
Shanghai rating in the direction of "Earth Sciences", it entered the
group 401-500", - Ivonin said.
According to the Vice-Rector, the
success of the university is caused, in particular, due to the fact that the
university is currently implementing a megagrant under the leadership of
Richard Ernst. The research will allow to determine the age of geological
objects with high accuracy and clarify the potential of the Siberian deposits.
In addition, Ivonin added, good results
were demonstrated by the university in the field of physics - the TSU also
joined the group 401-500, having kept last year's indicators.
It was also previously reported that in
2018 the subject rating of the universities Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) was
published, in which TSU increased its indicators in the areas of "Natural
Sciences" (in 2018 - the 293th place, in 2017 - group 401-500) and
"Humanities and Art" (in 2018 - 201-250 - at the level of 2017).