SEMARANG – The name Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP) was back in the ranks of the best universities in Indonesia. In the University Rankings 2021 by the SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR), Undip’s name was in an honorable position both in the ranking of the institution from all sectors and by the subject areas. In the 17 subject areas that were rated, Undip’s name was in an honorable position in 9 fields of study that were ranked by SIR.

The nine subject areas where Diponegoro Campus was in an honorable position included the subject field of Veterinary (animal / animal husbandry) which ranked 2nd Nationally, the 66th in Asia and the 326th in World ranking; Chemistry was also ranked 2nd nationally, the 419th in Asia and the 681th in the world ranking; and ranked 3rd Nationally, the 31st Asia, the 522th in the World for Energy subjects.

In Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Economics and Finance) Undip was in the 5th position nationally, the 165th in Asia and the 505th in the World ranking. Meanwhile, the Agricultural and Biological Sciences group was in the 5th position nationally, 292th in Asia and 668th in the world ranking. The Earth and Planetary Sciences ranked 6th Nationally, 121st in Asia and 344th in the World ranking. As for the Environmental Science, it was ranked 7th Nationally, 344th in Asia and 510th in World ranking; then in Business, Management and Accounting, its position was in the 7th national ranking, 146th in Asia and 588th in the World.

Some other subject areas where Undip was in the top 10 nationally were Medicine; and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology). For the Medical subject area, Undip was ranked 9th Nationally, 403th in Asia and 805th in World ranking. Meanwhile, the Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology were ranked 10th Nationally, 503rd in Asia and 947th in the World.

The concern on the 2021 SIR Ranking was that in the Asian area, the Undip’s rank ranged from 66th to 499th. Only one subject area was in 503rd. While in the world ranking, the position ranged from 326th to 947th. There was no more subject that passed the World 1,000 position. There were even two subjects that had been in the best 500. The complete results could be seen in the table.

As he was asked for his response on this matter, the Undip Rector, Prof. Dr. Yos Johan Utama SH MHum hoped that this achievement was an indication that the campus he led had received recognition at the world level. “Undip’s goal of becoming an excellent research university and world class university can be realized by the increasing quality of the research, innovation and its impact on the wider community. It’s not easy to achieve, but that doesn’t mean we can’t,” said Prof. Yos Johan, Wednesday (28/4/2021).

As an overview, the Scimago Institutions Rankings (SIR) were the world ranking data that assessed the relevance of the public to the research in institutions. There were 5 groups of institutions that were assessed, namely university, government, health, company, and non-profit organization.

There were 3 indicators used to measure it, namely the research performance (weighted 50%), innovation output (weight 30%), and social impact (weight 20%). In doing the measurements, SCImago utilized the web visibility and Scopus data processing. For the research performance, the SIR assessment included the number of journals, international collaborations, open access, and the number of quality publications that had received a lot of public citation. For the assessment of the innovation, it included the number of publications cited in patents and the number of patent applications produced. Meanwhile, the social impact assessment was measured by the number of mention publications through various social media platforms as well as the number of visits to the websites or institutional sites. (PR team)

Source: undip.ac.id