TSPU IS ONE OF 20 RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES AND THE ONLY PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY IN THE RANKING OF THE BEST GLOBAL UNIVERSITIES FOR PHYSICS

The American media company U.S. News World Report has published an updated Best Global Universities ranking. The Physics section of the ranking includes 750 of the world's strongest universities and 20 Russian universities. The Tomsk State Pedagogical University is the only pedagogical university included in the top 20 Russian universities.

Such rankings are based on the assessment of academic research activities in specific subject areas. They use various indicators, including the number of publications and citations, as well as indicators of global and regional reputation in the subject area in question. In compiling this year's rankings, articles published between 2015 and 2019 were analyzed. The bibliometric indicators are based on data from the Web of Science database.

The Best Global Universities for Physics ranking includes 750 of the world's strongest universities, including 20 Russian universities. In terms of the indicator "Physics international collaboration - relative to country" the TSPU is one of the top 125 universities in the world, in terms of the indicator "Physics regional research reputation" it is one of the top 250 universities in the world (124 and 242 place respectively). Among 20 Russian universities in Physics, the TSPU is the only pedagogical university.

"Each subject ranking is compiled according to a specific methodology, but the single principle is the analysis of scientific research. A minimum threshold is established regarding the number of articles for ranking universities, as well as the number of educational institutions that will be included in the rating and its published part, — says Vadim Yurievich Zyubanov, head of the Department of International Cooperation at the TSPU. — This is not the first year when the TSPU has been included in the U.S. News Best Global Universities Subject Rankings in Physics. According to a number of indicators, our university enters the top lists of world universities. This once again confirms that the TSPU employs world-renowned scientists".

U.S. News World Report is an American media company known for its ranking system and annual reports on universities. The rankings published by U.S. News World Report are considered one of the most authoritative in the world and are characterized by strict selection criteria. In addition to the global ranking of universities, U.S. News World Report publishes subject rankings, as well as regional and country rankings. The number of universities ranked in both the global and subject rankings is constantly growing.