UWN: New global university ranking launched – U-Multirank

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140514061139715

It takes a user-driven, multi-dimensional approach comparing different kinds of institutions across a range of activities and grading them from A for ‘very good’ to E for ‘weak’, rather than producing a global top 100 universities based on composite scores.

Users are encouraged to produce their own rankings, but U-Multirank also generated three ‘readymade’ rankings to illustrate its work in the areas of research, economic involvement and business studies programmes – one of four fields studied in the first ranking exercise.

http://www.umultirank.org/#!/home?trackType=home&section=entrance

Ranking of Malaysian universities:

Research and research linkage:
1) USM  (601-650)
2) UKM  (651-700)
3) UM    (651-700)

Economic Involvement:
1) UM   (501-550)
2) USM (601-650)
3) UKM (651-700)

UWN: Improve grades – make core texts available

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140522103554221

Does providing core texts free as e-books boost applications and could it help even the playing field among students with differing income levels? Yes, it does and it can.

University World News: The end of Academic Journal Editors

First paper publication, next electronic publication and open access, coming soon self publication

Electronic publishing and open access means the role of editors at the big journals could soon become obsolete, especially if scientists team up with computer programmers to devise an easy way to find self-published articles.

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140507084205950

Malaysian Insider: QS Asian University Rankings

MAY 13, 2014

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/in-latest-rankings-malaysian-public-varsities-lose-out-to-singapore-hong-ko

NATURE: Retractions: A clean slate

Mistakes are part of science. But setting the record straight promptly and clearly can help to avoid a career blot.

Source: COPE; Council of Science Editors

http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7492-389a
http://retractionwatch.com/ 

NATURE: Share alike

First there was open access for papers, now open data

http://www.nature.com/news/share-alike-1.14850

Nature Publishing Index 2013

http://www.natureasia.com/en/publishing-index/  

Our achievement in the recently released Nature Publishing Index 2013:

Global Top 200:

No Malaysian universities

NUS 46

Asia Pacific Institutions: 

NUS         5

UM           579

USM         644

UKM         659

UTM          666

PerdanaU  710

Asia Pacific Countries:

1) Japan

2) China

3) Australia

4) Korea

5) Singapore

6) Taiwan

7) India

8) New Zealand

9) Thailand

10) Malaysia