仔細看看清華工程的第一根據的是什麽:
Engineering global research reputation #16
Engineering regional research reputation #2
Engineering publications #1
Engineering normalized citation impact #186
Engineering total citations #1
Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #1
Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #167
Engineering international collaboration #49
顯然,就是根據論文的總數和論文被引用的總數。這是靠的單一因素的數量取勝。如果把論文和被引用的這數量因素去掉,對應的質量指標,normalized citation impact 隻排186位,percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited 隻排167位。
從中也可見清華工程的論文是靠相互大量引用來爭名次的。其實引用不見得是正麵的,也包括有負麵的引用。
清華工程的第一是名不副實的。