Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST, Acting President Park Rae-gil) ranked first in Korea and fifth on the planet within the category of ‘thesis citations per professor’ within the 2024 QS World University Rankings announced by QS (Quakerelli Simmons), a worldwide university evaluation agency within the UK. It was evaluated on the twenty eighth.

GIST explained that it has ranked first on this category for 16 consecutive years since 2008. It’s the aim of being recognized for its world-class research capabilities by consistently rating between the 2nd and sixth places amongst world universities and maintaining the highest of the world’s top 10.

‘The variety of paper citations per professor’ is an index that indicates what number of papers of a university researcher are cited by other researchers, and is an item that may evaluate each the amount and quality of a university’s research capability.

On this 12 months’s ‘variety of paper citations per professor’, the variety of citations cited by the university for the 5 years from 2017 to 2021 for the 2017 to 2022 (6 years) divided by the full number of college relies on the worth ranked by

This indicator is taken into account essentially the most reliable evaluation item in that it shows objective data, similar to research performance and influence on other studies, unlike indicators similar to ‘popularity in the tutorial world’ or ‘popularity of graduates’, that are conducted through surveys.

GIST has been capable of have world-class research capabilities for 16 years since it has taken internationalization and convergence as its operating philosophy from the start of its establishment and has created an optimal environment for immersing itself in research.

Amongst domestic universities, DGIST ranked seventh on the planet following GIST, and UNIST, POSTECH, and KAIST ranked twenty fifth, twenty ninth, and thirty fifth on the planet. Harvard University took the highest spot on the planet, and Princeton University, Caltech, and MIT ranked second to fourth.

Acting President Park Rae-gil said, “GIST has once more proved that GIST is a university with the very best research capabilities in Korea by achieving the highest spot within the variety of citations per professor for 16 consecutive years.” We’ll change into an establishment that grows along with the region and the country through appropriate education and research.”

Reporter Hojeong Na hojeong9983@aitimes.com