Research Power Rankings
Overview
Measuring research as the engine of academic excellence; Benchmark universities’ research strength, innovation capacity, and scholarly impact.
Framework
Based on global standards of research productivity, visibility, and funding ecosystems; benchmarks of productivity, quality, and collaboration.
Criteria & Metrics
Citations, innovation, funding, societal impact; Includes publications, citations, patents, grants, collaborations, and interdisciplinarity.
Insights
Identifying institutions shaping tomorrow’s knowledge frontiers; Positions institutions as hubs of knowledge creation and innovation leadership worldwide.
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Participation Process
Breakthrough Value
Distinctive Edge
Earn a prestigious credential that amplifies your institution’s global research stature - signaling leadership in knowledge creation, innovation, and excellence. Showcase your commitment to advancing the frontiers of research worldwide.
Engage through a rigorous yet streamlined process: submit validated research data, undergo independent bibliometric checks, and be benchmarked against the world’s leading research universities.
Gain a premium diagnostic profile highlighting your strengths in productivity, quality, innovation, funding, and societal relevance - providing a roadmap for targeted improvements and global collaborations.
HERA’s Research Power Rankings integrate bibliometrics, innovation outcomes, and SDG-linked impact, all validated through dual verification. This rare balance of rigor, inclusivity, and transparency ensures that excellence in research is measured holistically and globally comparably.
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The Research Power Rankings is not a static framework; it is a living system designed to evolve with changing global realities. The rankings capture the multi-dimensional nature of research excellence, from publications and citations to patents, interdisciplinary collaboration, societal relevance, and knowledge transfer. By doing so, RPR not only measures academic outputs but also foregrounds how research shapes economies, policies, and communities. To participate or enroll your institution, please contact us at rpr@hera-global.org
