Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 research on climate change and ecosystems has greatest impact worldwide
Utrecht 木瓜福利影视鈥檚 sustainability research in the field of climate change and ecosystems has the greatest impact worldwide. That is the conclusion of a study conducted by Times Higher Education. Utrecht鈥檚 scientific publications in the category 鈥楨nvironmental Sciences鈥 between 2011 and 2015 score higher for citation impact than publications by universities such as Stanford and Harvard.
Times Higher Education, the institute that issues the annual World 木瓜福利影视 Rankings, published an on 24 November of the top-10 universities that provided the most-cited articles in the field of climate change and ecosystems for the period from 2011 to 2015. Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 was at the top of the list.
Interdisciplinary victory
鈥淚t is a shared success by the university鈥檚 researchers, based on Utrecht鈥檚 strong position in interdisciplinary research鈥, explains , environmental scientist at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 and author of the most-cited articles. 鈥淭he list consists of publications by a number of research groups at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视; often in cooperation with outside institutes, such as the NIOZ, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and other universities.鈥
Van Vuuren was a co-author of the most-cited publications upon which the list was based His article: was cited more than 1,000 times in other scientific articles, and the publication: was cited more than 700 times. That put him head and shoulders above other publications, which were cited an average of 100-250 times.
Sustainability research
All of the research on the list falls within the research theme Sustainability, one of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视鈥檚 four research themes. 鈥淲e are extremely proud to see what an impact our sustainability research has鈥, says , Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences. 鈥淚t shows how much we can achieve through interdisciplinary cooperation.鈥
Two spots in the top-10
The United States does well in the list, with Stanford 木瓜福利影视 holding 2nd place and Harvard 木瓜福利影视 in 4th. But with Wageningen 木瓜福利影视 & Research (7th place), the Netherlands also holds two spots in the top 10.
Sustainability at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视
Sustainability research at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 is exceptionally strong, spanning many different disciplinary fields, including the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. In 2017, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 launched Pathways to Sustainability, promoting interdisciplinary research within these academic disciplines and transdisciplinary approaches with external partners to take up an active role in furthering a more sustainable society. With rigor meets relevance as a guiding principle, Pathways to Sustainability pursues novel approaches in close interaction with governance, business and the scientific community.