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RESEARCH ON THE RISE
4-star and 3-star outputs together put Lingnan in some top positions
Excellence in Research Assessment
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Lingnan proved its world-class research capabilities in the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) conducted by the University Grants Committee (UGC). 124 academic staff members in 13 cost centres submitted 481 items of research output for assessment under the RAE panels of Business & Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences. The results, announced in 2015, show that Lingnan more than held its own against the seven other UGC-funded institutions. Lingnan had among its cost centres a percentage as high as 15% of its output rated as 4-star (“world-leading”), which compared well with the sector-wide attainment. Several disciplines of the University had performed particularly well -
a) In Economics, Lingnan ranked 3rd among the eight UGC-funded institutions in its 4-star rating at 13%, which was above the sector-wide 11%. Lingnan was also the only institution without any research output in the “Unclassi ed” category.
b) In terms of the aggregate percentage of our 4-star and 3-star (“internationally excellent”) outputs together:
• History’s 47% was on a par with the sector-wide percentage, while its 4-star rating at 15% put Lingnan in the 4th position among all institutions;
• Philosophy’s 45% was just 3 points below the top institution and above the sector-wide 40%;
• Translation’s 15% was the best among all institutions and above the sector-wide 11%;
• Visual Studies’ 28% ranked second among the institutions and was above the sector-wide 19% (in
the “Other Arts/Humanities” cost centre); and
• Other Social Studies’ 25% ranked second among the institutions and was above the sector-wide
19%.
c) Accountancy and Finance were to be applauded for proving their strengths among the very strong
competitors in their areas.
Research outputs and scholarly activities of our faculty members in the past few years have put Lingnan University rmly on the global academic map. From 2008 to 2014, Lingnan scholars published 566 papers indexed in Scopus. The SCImago Journal Rankings, drawing on the Scopus database, re ect the enhanced quality of our research outputs, with the percentage of papers indexed in the upper ranking quartile of journals increasing from 28.5% in 2009/10 to 45.5% in 2013/14.
In terms of subject area, Philosophy built on its impressive showing in the RAE by moving up the university rankings, placing between 9th and 16th in Asia in the 2015 QS World University Rankings by Subject, with its 2014 score of 41.9 increasing to 54.1 in 2015.
These remarkable results demonstrate Lingnan’s deep commitment to research and scholarship while remaining true to its liberal arts mission of providing quality teaching and mentorship to our students.
C LU papers being indexed in the rst Quartile (Q1) of journals according to SCImago Journal Ranking based on Scopus
2009/10
2013/14
In other C 45.5% Quartiles/ in Q1 not indexed
In other Quartiles/ not indexed
C 28.5% in Q1