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The University of Victoria continues to lead all other comprehensive universities west of Ontario in terms of research effort, according to the 2008 ranking of the country’s top research universities by RE$EARCH Infosource.
In the Research Universities of the Year ranking, among full-service comprehensive universities, UVic placed third behind Ontario universities Waterloo and Guelph. Comprehensive universities are those with a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
The three top universities “demonstrated superior achievement both in earning research income and in publishing research in leading scientific journals,” says RE$EARCH Infosource.
“These data, once again, confirm the excellence of the research conducted at UVic,” says Dr. Howard Brunt, UVic’s vice-president research. “However, the value our research has for the people of the province, Canada and the world goes well beyond these rankings. The contribution of our researchers to the social, cultural, economic and intellectual health of society is the real measure of what makes UVic such a valuable institution.”
The rankings are based on the 2007 fiscal year and reflect sponsored research income and research output indicators such as number of publications per full-time faculty member and publication impact.
On the blended list of Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities, UVic placed 17th, showing a sponsored research income total of $89.3 million. This total is a drop from 2006, but it has already rebounded—UVic figures for the 2007/08 fiscal year show research income at an all-time high of more than $106 million.
For the first time, RE$EARCH Infosource reported this year on income growth over the previous six years (2002–07). UVic placed second in the comprehensive category, with a growth rate of 84.7 per cent, far above the national average of 46.5 per cent for comprehensive universities and 49.9 per cent for all universities.
The data to determine Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities and Research Universities of the Year drew on Statistics Canada and the RE$EARCH Infosource Canadian university R&D database.
RE$EARCH Infosource Inc, a division of The Impact Group, produces specialized reports from its extensive database. To view the entire rankings and analysis visit www.researchinfosource.com.
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