Abstract

The Times Higher Education Rankings analysis of its own rankings have persistently pushed a “rise of Asia” narrative – by which the paper usually means East Asia. But this year, the narrative was only sustained by the surprise rise of Turkey in the rankings – a rise that was to significant extent precipitated by a single highly-cited scientific paper.

Highlights

  • The problem with making the ranking the story is that there is a need for a narrative

  • The Results for East Asia for the THE, the research-concentration policies of many East Asian governments—such as Project 985 in China, Brain 21 in Korea, and others—have resulted in ever-increasing publication and citation counts for about 20 or so universities in the region. These institutions have over the years seen a steady rise in their ranking position, which has allowed the THE to run a steady series of “The Rise of Asia” stories

  • Tokyo University and the University of Hong Kong were unchanged in their position this year from last

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Introduction

The problem with making the ranking the story is that there is a need for a narrative. The Results for East Asia for the THE, the research-concentration policies of many East Asian governments—such as Project 985 in China, Brain 21 in Korea, and others—have resulted in ever-increasing publication and citation counts for about 20 or so universities in the region. These institutions have over the years seen a steady rise in their ranking position, which has allowed the THE to run a steady series of “The Rise of Asia” stories.

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