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    The measurement of scientific excellence around the world

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    This paper reviews scientific excellence in 38 countries and eight geographical areas using two sets of novel indicators of citation impact: a family of high-impact indicators imported from the poverty literature in Economics, and a set of indicators within the percentile rank approach. Among the main findings with a dataset of about 4.4 million from Thomson Scientific we emphasize the following three. (i) The proportion of articles of a research unit in the set formed by the 10% of the most cited papers in the world, and two important percentile rank indicators bring no novelty relative to a traditional average-based indicator. (ii) A high-impact indicator very sensitive to citation inequality is seen to be useful to detect success at a local level, but not for a global ranking that includes small research units. (iii) A monotonic high-impact indicator sensitive to any increase in citations is used to rank the partition of the world into 46 units in the 22 broad fields distinguished by Thomson Scientific, as well as the all-sciences case.The authors acknowledge financial support by Santander Universities Global Division of Banco Santander. Albarrán acknowledges additional financial support from the Spanish MEC through grants ECO2009-11165 y ECO2011-29751, and Ruiz-Castillo through grant SEJ2007-67436. This paper is produced as part of the project Science, Innovation, Firms and markets in a Globalised World (SCIFIGLOW), a Collaborative Project funded by the European Commission's Seventh Research Framework Programme, Contract number SSH7-CT-2008-217436

    Which cities produce excellent papers worldwide more than can be expected? A new mapping approach--using Google Maps--based on statistical significance testing

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    The methods presented in this paper allow for a statistical analysis revealing centers of excellence around the world using programs that are freely available. Based on Web of Science data, field-specific excellence can be identified in cities where highly-cited papers were published significantly. Compared to the mapping approaches published hitherto, our approach is more analytically oriented by allowing the assessment of an observed number of excellent papers for a city (in the sample) against the expected number. Using this test, the approach cannot only identify the top performers in output but the "true jewels." These are cities locating authors who publish significantly more top cited papers than can be expected. As the examples in this paper show for physics, chemistry, and psychology, these cities do not necessarily have a high output of excellent papers

    INSPIRE : Vol 5, Issue 11

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    Message from the Chair Medicine at National and International Forums Magnificent Launch | Centre for Impact Diabetes Technology for Improved Outcomes Women in Medicine (WIM) Lunch N Learn Team building lunch with Nursing team | a group photo In-depth- featuring Prof. Hasnain Ali Shah |Gastroenterology section Featured Faculty | Dr Nida Saddaf Khan | Senior Instructor | Data Science Project “…Your interest and hard work will earn you excellence… and then you don’t need to worry about money as money follows excellence…” What are Academics Around the World Reading This Month? Upcoming Events What are Academics Around the World Reading This Month?https://ecommons.aku.edu/inspire/1068/thumbnail.jp

    The Concept of Teaching Excellence in Higher Education

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    The institutions of higher education are in a period of substantial change. They are under constant pressure to reveal their accomplishments while facing cumulative levels of economic limitations, modified responsibility structures, and demands to promoting excellence in teaching and learning capabilities. The issue of excellence in teaching and learning has become a significant topic for higher education strategies around the world. This chapter reports on the challenges faced by higher education institutions in advancing the excellence of teaching and learning through educational development programs. It explores how academics adopt and promote excellence in their teaching and how they react to university quality programs

    Mind the implementation gap: how child care can be improved globally

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    Guest blogger, Dr Chrissie Gale, international lead for CELCIS (the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland), tells us about her latest work which has the potential to shape the drive for better alternative care for children in countries around the world

    Fall 2018

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    Meditations on an orange; The blue demon and the Laker; The Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence honors Pauley, Pistone; Alumni and friends shine at awards reception; On the move; The superhero the world needs; Around the college; Taking fligh

    Fall 2019

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    The Ethical Pursuit of Excellence: The Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence prepares students for the real world of journalism; The Talking Cure: A conversation with Elissa Foster about improving communication in health care settings; Captivated Audience: The Media Engagement Research Lab investigates the science of messaging; Communicating Climate Change; Around the College; Accolades; A Great Start in Life: College of Communication alumnus John Ybarra finds a solid foundation in communication; Evolution of a Journalist: Jesus Monter

    The Insistence of Inclusion: The Black Excellence Project

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    During the spring semester of 2020, COVID-19 did not stop this group of determined 9th graders at Bard Early College D.C. Together, they embarked on the Black Excellence Project (“BEP @ Bard”) with the partnership of Amateka College Prep. BEP @ Bard provided literacy-instruction while simultaneously teaching Black Excellence: the teaching of historical and contemporary exemplary Black figures who have impacted Washington, D.C. and raised awareness around topics like racism, social justice, and countering anti-Blackness. Throughout instruction, the students learned about multiple Black professionals from a variety of career pathways as they reflected on questions like, “what does Black Excellence mean to you?,” “who is an example of Black Excellence?,” and “are you for Black Excellence?” The culmination of the project was a published book of students’ essays, which centered their voices, their exciting ideas of professional goals and role models, and their critical thoughts about a world that could be if we all celebrated Black Excellence. Abstract authored by Whitney Banyai-Becker, Scholar Activist

    Findings from the First Global Assessment on the current state of organizational excellence

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    Over 20 years, global research has validated the positive relationship between implementing the best management practices found in Excellence models and improving organizational performance. However, the global panorama of the engagement of organizations with excellence at a global scale lacked a definite analysis and comprehension. At the same time, much of the research on the field of excellence has focused on the organizations that have applied to the major excellence awards such as the Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award (US) or the European Excellence Award promoted by the European Foundation for Quality Management. In face of a growing number of excellence models and awards, the objective of this research is also to gather data from a more varied population. In order to do this, the Organizational Excellence Technical Committee (QMD, ASQ) launched in 2015 the 'First Global Assessment on the Current State of Organizational Excellence'. This research intendeds to provide data on the extent to which organizations have a culture committed to excellence and have deployed best management practices common to high performing organizations. Findings provide a snapshot of the current state of excellence around the world, and allow a more comprehensive view of the strengths and opportunities for improvement by organization size, industry sector and geographical region.- (undefined
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