In this year's edition of the renowned "Global Ranking of Academic Subjects" (GRAS), also known as the "Shanghai Subject Ranking", Paderborn University once again achieves very good rankings. The ranking compares the research strength of universities worldwide in 57 subject areas from the natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medicine and social sciences and reflects the performance of around 2,000 universities from almost 100 countries. Only institutions that are among the world's top 500 are listed per subject area. The assessment is based primarily on bibliometric indicators, i.e. quantitative measurements such as publication and citation figures, publications in top journals, international collaborations and special research achievements of individual academics.

Mathematics: 1st place in Germany for research impact

In the latest edition of the GRAS, Paderborn University's Mathematics department is ranked between 6th and 12th nationally and is one of the 101 to 150 best-ranked universities worldwide. The "Research Impact" is particularly noteworthy: Paderborn's mathematics is ranked first in Germany in this category. This category is based on the so-called citation index ("Category Normalised Citation Impact", CNCI for short), which weights the citation frequency of publications according to subject and makes it internationally comparable.

Management celebrates comeback in the rankings

Paderborn University's Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology is ranked 12th to 13th in Germany and among the top 401 to 500 universities worldwide. In addition, Paderborn's educational sciences are ranked 18th to 22nd nationally and in the 401 to 500 ranking group worldwide. The Management subject area at Paderborn University is once again included in this edition, achieving a national ranking of 8th to 21st in this discipline and 301-400th worldwide.

"International recognition"

Prof. Dr. Heike Trautmann, Vice President for International Relations at Paderborn University, is delighted with the results: "The very good results achieved by Paderborn Mathematics in the Shanghai Subject Ranking are an expression of international recognition and the global visibility of our research. Together with the good results in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Education and Management, this underlines Paderborn University's international competitiveness as a centre of science."

The ranking can be viewed online.

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