Ranking Research Productivity of the Arts and Science Colleges in Kerala
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2017-08
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
Rankings have become a powerful phenomenon in higher education and in spite of
several criticisms, they are to stay. Policy makers can make use of rankings to assess
the performance of institutions or individuals. This study attempts to analyze the research
productivity of the Arts and Science colleges in the State of Kerala which has
not been attempted so far. The study also identifies the colleges in Kerala which have
collaborated with the institutions ranked in Times Higher Education Rankings (THE)
2016 and the two regional league tables -Asian University Rankings 2016 and BRICS
& Emerging Economies Rankings. This study can provide the policy makers understand
the role of rankings, assess the performance of the higher education institutions in the
State of Kerala and reinforce higher education and research output.
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Research Productivity, Scientometrics, Higher Education, Kerala, Rankings