Subjects with excellent results in the international CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024
The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University in the Netherlands has once again recognised the publication achievements of researchers at Paderborn University this year. Once again, the subjects of mathematics and computer science performed particularly well. The international university ranking, which has been carried out annually since 2007, compares universities and certain subject classifications on the basis of publications.
In the latest edition of the ranking, the 1,506 universities from 72 countries with the most publications were analysed, including 57 from Germany. How often publications are cited is an indication of the quality of the scientists' work.
1st place in Germany
In the current comparison period (2019 to 2022), 18 per cent of Paderborn's publications in the subject category "Mathematics and Computer Science" are among the most cited 10 per cent worldwide. In terms of scientific impact, Paderborn University ranks 30th among all ranked universities worldwide and 1st in Germany.
In the overall ranking of universities in terms of the proportion of all 10 per cent of the most-cited publications, Paderborn University is currently ranked 621st internationally and 25th in Germany. To put this into perspective, there are more than 20,000 universities worldwide.
Prof Dr Johannes Blömer, Vice President for Research and Young Academics at Paderborn University, states: "I would like to congratulate the researchers on this renewed success. The ranking emphasises the outstanding achievements of our researchers and contributes significantly to the international visibility of the university."
The detailed results can be found at https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/.
