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Friday, 31 July 2015

Uniport is No 6 on the list of top 30 African Universities

Because of this i will like officially announce that I'm a student of the University Of Port Harcourt, we don't have anything oh, but i wee claim my school. 
See the full list after the cut...


RankNameCountryAll publications (2009-13)Citation Score
1University of Cape TownSouth Africa5540.2199.90
2University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa4387.1799.76
3Makerere UniversityUganda1112.6999.72
4Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa4357.3395.48
5University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa4235.0989.41
6University of Port HarcourtNigeria573.5588.92
7University of the Western CapeSouth Africa1154.7784.61
8University of NairobiKenya671.7284.60
9University of JohannesburgSouth Africa2192.7483.64
10University of Marrakech Cadi AyyadMorocco910.8278.61
11University of PretoriaSouth Africa4544.3375.89
12University of GhanaGhana804.5373.31
13University of South AfricaSouth Africa981.6772.51
14Suez Canal UniversityEgypt998.9869.69
15University of Hassan II CasablancaMorocco960.2569.03
16Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia893.9064.84
17Rhodes UniversitySouth Africa1296.9664.54
18University of the Free StateSouth Africa1512.5662.83
19North-West UniversitySouth Africa1707.9460.75
20University of TunisTunisia879.6357.26
21Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de SfaxTunisia822.3157.24
22Université Mohammed V – AgdalMorocco1503.6956.85
23American University in CairoEgypt700.8956.40
24Nelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversitySouth Africa885.7753.29
25South Valley UniversityEgypt636.8552.49
26Alexandria UniversityEgypt2550.1552.24
27Assiut UniversityEgypt1588.6450.41
28University of SfaxTunisia2355.3049.79
29University of Yaounde ICameroon876.3349.72
30Minia UniversityEgypt694.7948.36
The Africa Universities Summit includes a consultation on proposals for a full THE ranking for the region, building on the flagship World University Rankings. This would combine the citation scores from Elsevier’s Scopus database, used for this snapshot, with a wider range of performance metrics designed to meet the region’s specific challenges.
The University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand, both in South Africa, take first and second places respectively in the preliminary top 30.
In third place, a lone Ugandan institution – Makerere University – bridges South Africa’s domination of the top five, with Stellenbosch University and the University of KwaZulu-Natal taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
Speaking to the BBC World Service, Phil Baty, editor of the THE World University Rankings, said that the plan is to “develop more metrics to capture a wider range of activities at African universities”. This top 30, he continued, is designed “to get a conversation going”.
“Naturally what you find is the richer, better-funded universities in Cape Town and Johannesburg are more likely to attract and retain the leading scholars; they can offer slightly better terms and conditions and it means they are publishing higher quality work in higher quality academic journals,” he said.
The top 30 snapshot was calculated using the ratio of the citations received by an institution’s publication output between 2009 and 2013 and the total citations that would be expected based on the average of the subject field. To be included in the table, an institution must have published a minimum of 500 research papers in the five-year period assessed, with at least 50 papers per year.
Well Although they didn't explain why 'UNIPORT' made the list, its still refreshing to know that 'UNIPORT' made the list. So where by Upee Nne's and Nna's? They just gave us major bragging rights. So next time your running from ETF to Convocation Arena in the rain just because the lecturer moved the venue and you feel the need to complain,  or somebody wants to yab UNIPORT just Show them this post and wink... No. 6 in the whole of African is huge deal... hehehe

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