This ranking focuses on universities’ research on the key conditions and diseases that have a disproportionate impact on health outcomes across the world, their support for healthcare professions, and the health of students and staff. It is not a general measure of a university’s medical teaching and research.
Please view the methodology for the University Impact Rankings 2019 to find out how these data are used in the overall ranking.
Metrics
Research on health and well-being (27%)
- Proportion of research papers that are viewed or downloaded (10%)
- Proportion of research papers that are cited in clinical guidance (10%)
- Number of publications (7%)
This focuses on research that is relevant to key diseases and conditions, measuring paper views, clinical citations and the volume of research produced.
The data are provided by Elsevier’s Scopus dataset, based on a query of keywords associated with SDG 3 (good health and well-being). The data include all indexed publications between 2013 and 2017 and are normalised across the range using z-scoring.
Proportion of health graduates (34.6%)
In order to understand how a university is supporting health professions we measure the proportion of graduates who receive a degree associated with a health-related profession out of the institution’s total number of graduates.
The data relate to the number of graduates in the 2017 academic year. The degree does not necessarily give them the ability to practice directly; additional qualifications may be required.
These data and evidence were provided directly by universities. The data were normalised across the range using z-scoring.
Collaborations and health services (38.4%)
- Collaborations with local or global health institutions to improve health and wellbeing outcomes (8.6%)
- Outreach programmes in the local community to improve health and wellbeing (8.6%)
- Free sexual and reproductive health services for students (8.6%)
- Free mental health support for students and staff (8.6%)
- Community access to university sports facilities (4%)
We asked universities for evidence of local health collaborations and community outreach programmes.
We also asked for evidence that local residents could access university sports facilities and that the university provided free sexual health support to students and mental health support for staff and students.
The data and evidence for these metrics were provided directly by universities. The evidence was evaluated and scored by Times Higher Education and is not normalised.
Evidence
When we ask about policies and initiatives, our metrics require universities to provide the evidence to support their claims. Evidence is evaluated against a set of criteria and decisions are cross validated where there is uncertainty. Evidence is not required to be exhaustive – we are looking for examples that demonstrate best practice at the institutions concerned.
Timeframe
Unless otherwise stated, the data used refer to the closest academic year to January to December 2017.
Exclusions
Universities must teach undergraduates and be validated by a recognised accreditation body to be included in the ranking.
Data collection
Institutions provide and sign off their institutional data for use in the rankings. On the rare occasions when a particular data point is not provided, we enter a value of zero.
The methodology was developed in conjunction with our partners Vertigo Ventures and Elsevier, and after consultation and input from individual universities, academics, and sector groups.
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