What is the SIR?
Research Institution Rankings
Fully open access, this platform presents a ranked list of institutions based on a composite indicator that brings together three key dimensions: research performance, innovation outputs, and societal impact (measured through web visibility). It also features a collection of infographics that illustrate how each institution performs and how these factors have evolved over time, making comparisons easy and insightful.
Goals
the SIR is designed to provide:
- Open access to scientometric indicators of research institutions
- insights into research performance across countries and institutions.
- Ability to track the visibility and global standing of institutions
- Analytical tools to explore scientific output and communication
Features and Functionalities
of the SIR – Institutions Ranking
FEATURES
- Open access ranking
- Catalogue of the world’s leading research institutions
- Comprehensive data and information on countries and regions across the globe.
- An annual ranking calculated based on the results of a five-year period, ending two years prior to the ranking’s release
- A standarization tool that uniquely identifies institutions from Scopus affiliations, accurately assigning publications and citations to each author.
FUNCTIONALITIES
- Enables visualization of data by combining any of the three factors.
- Trends of individual indicators can be compared for up to six institutions
- For each institution, the change in its factor is tracked from the time it entered the ranking.
- Distribution charts of diverse indicators can be obtained for each major sector
- Institutions can be grouped by the countries and/or sectors to which they belong
- Offers a set of infographics to analyze the scientific performance of institutions from various perspectives
- Supplementary information is available to help less specialized users interpret the graphs and understand their values
- Supplementary information is provided to assist non-specialist users in interpreting the graphs and understanding their data
- All ranking data can be downloaded in an Excel format
Advantages of the SIR
We deliver tailored solutions and meaningful value to our users.
Governments
- Use the scientific output reports to set goals and guide public policies aimed at strengthening scientific institutions
- Monitor the country’s scientific performance
Private companies, Health organizations, and Universities
- Know the quartile ranking of their institution
- Visualize the performance of their output over the years
- Compare their indicators with those of competing institutions
- Engage directly with users through our comments section
- Being included in the ranking enhances the institution’s scientific reputation, helping attract new researchers and secure research funding.
Researchers
- Discover the top research institutions as potential academic or career destinations
- Compare the scientific performance of institutions
