CMU Tops National SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) 2024 in 4 Subjects
8 May 2024
Corporate Communication and Alumni Relations Center (CCARC)
CMU has been ranked first in Thailand in four subjects, while placing second in two subjects and third in four subjects, making a total of 10 total first, second, or third rankings in the SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) 2024. 4,762 institutions worldwide participated.
Overall, CMU is Thailand’s third best-performing institution in the 2024 edition of the SCImago Institutions Rankings, placing in the national top three in 10 out of 19 subjects, which are as follows:
No 1 in Thailand in Dentistry; Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Mathematics; and Chemistry;
No 2 in Thailand in Environmental Science and Psychology; and
No 3 in Thailand in Veterinary Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Studies; Medicine and Biochemistry; Genetics and Molecular Biology.
The rankings’ indicators are divided into three groups:
1. SCOPUS Research (50%) based on publications, citations, authors affiliated with the publications and the institution’s research published in SCOPUS;
2. Innovation (30%) based on innovative knowledge, patents and scientific publication output from an institution cited in patents based on PATSTAT; and
3. Societal Factors (20%) based on Web Size, the number of pages associated to the institution’s URL, subnets connected to the institution’s website and the number of documents and news published on social media.