{"id":18975,"date":"2018-05-18T06:14:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T22:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/curtin-rises-latest-national-global-university-rankings\/"},"modified":"2018-05-18T06:14:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T22:14:45","slug":"curtin-rises-latest-national-global-university-rankings","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/curtin-rises-latest-national-global-university-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtin rises in latest national and global university rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curtin University\u2019s national ranking has risen to ninth in Australia, according to the latest CWTS Leiden Ranking 2018, which also placed the University 316<sup>th<\/sup> in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2018 measures university performance based on scientific impact or scientific collaboration across 938 universities from 55 different countries.<\/p>\n<p>Curtin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry said she was delighted the University\u2019s global and national rankings had improved in the latest results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurtin University\u2019s national ranking has risen to ninth in Australia, up from 10<sup>th<\/sup> in 2017, for the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2018,\u201d Professor Terry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe University\u2019s global ranking also improved 39 places since last year to 316<sup>th<\/sup> in the world for impact and Curtin now ranks 272<sup>nd<\/sup> in the world for collaboration, up 31 places since 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Terry said the results indicated the University\u2019s progress in strengthening its research impact across Australia and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe latest results in the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2018 are a credit to all staff who continue to develop Curtin\u2019s research performance on the global stage,\u201d Professor Terry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank everyone who contributed to our improved performance and acknowledge your commitment to quality scientific research that has a real impact on people in their everyday lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2018 ranks impact and collaboration according to the size of research publication output of all sciences for the period of 2013 to 2016.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2018, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leidenranking.com\/\">http:\/\/www.leidenranking.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curtin University\u2019s national ranking has risen to ninth in Australia, according to the latest CWTS Leiden Ranking 2018, which also placed the University 316th in the 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