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The rigorous 2009 Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities puts Melbourne at No. 51 in the world (up from 58 in 2008 and 64 in 2007) and No. 4 in the Asia–Pacific region (No. 5 in 2008).
This ranking, by the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT), evaluates and ranks the scientific paper performance of the world’s top 500 universities.
In Australia, Melbourne again ranks significantly ahead of the Universities of Sydney (72), and Queensland (100), the Australian National University (159), the University of New South Wales (148) and Monash University (142).
The Top 100 HEEACT rankings are again led by North American universities, with mainly United Kingdom, European and Japanese universities.
Melbourne’s strong performance in the HEEACT rankings follows confirmation in June 2009 of its No 1 position for research publications in Australia by the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC). more…
see http://ranking.heeact.edu.tw/en-us/2009/… for all the details
source: MUSSE blog