نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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1 کارشناس ارشد علم‌سنجی، دانشکده روان‌شناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه یزد، یزد، ایران
2 دانشیار گروه علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، دانشکده روان‌شناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه یزد، یزد، ایران .
3 استادیار گروه علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی، دانشگاه خلیج فارس، بوشهر، ایران.
4 دانشیار گروه علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، دانشکده روان‌شناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه یزد، یزد، ایران
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Purpose: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are presented by the United Nations as a solution to social, economic and environmental challenges. It is essential that all sectors of societies pay attention to the goals that are defined for them. As an important part of society, universities have the potential to play a significant role in this regard, so they need to dedicate some of their educational and research activities to these issues. The purpose of this research is to examine the degree of correlation between the responsiveness and contribution of the world's universities in mitigating the challenges facing humanity, based on their scientific outputs in the SDGs field and the ranks they have obtained in reputable global ranking systems. To achieve this goal, universities regarded as high-ranking in terms of their scientific productivity based on data extracted from the Web of Science database, were identified and compared according to their rankings in the global ranking systems.
Methodology: The current study is a type of quantitative research that uses the scientometric approach. The research population includes all universities that have published scientific documents for all of the 16 SDGs, equaling 3907. Following a screening process aligned with the research objectives, 1,798 of these universities were selected to be studied. The research data preparation process was conducted using Microsoft Excel and Access Software, with a significant portion of the process, including data standardization, carried out manually by the researcher. IBM SPSS Software package was used to analyze the research data. The degree of correlation was determined through the Kendall's tau-b test.
Findings: The research findings indicate that Harvard University was recognized as the most productive university in terms of scientific outputs related to goals 1 (No Poverty), 3 (Good Health and Well-being), 5 (Gender Equality), 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), 10 (Reduced Inequalities) and 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions). The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences has achieved first place on scientific outputs related to goals 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), 13 (Climate Action), and 15 (Life on Land). After that, Tsinghua University was identified as the most productive university in goals 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production). In addition, the Universities of Florida, Toronto, and Sorbonne have also achieved the first ranking in terms of the number of scientific outputs in goals 2 (Zero Hunger), 4 (Quality Education), and 14 (Life Below Water), respectively. Furthermore, this research indicate that the highest number of scientific outputs in the area of sustainable development goals has been achieved by the American and Chinese universities. So that, Chinese universities exhibit the highest level of participation in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6, 7, 11, and 12. In contrast, for Goal 9, the participation rates of universities from both the United States and China are equal. Moreover, in the remaining goals, universities in the United States have published the largest volume of scientific publications. Examining the ranking results of the universities in two global ranking systems showed that there are commonalities between the top universities in the THE and Shanghai systems. For instance, according to both THE and Shanghai rankings, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is consistently ranked in third place, while Stanford University holds the second position. Additionally, Princeton University is ranked in sixth place in both of these prestigious global university rankings. In addition to this, there are eight joint universities among the top 10 universities in the THE and Shanghai rankings. Finally, the results of the correlation analysis at 99% confidence interval indicate the existence of a significant and positive correlation between the research variables. Considering that the number of correlation coefficients between the rank in all SDGs and the rank in the ranking systems are in the range of 0.35 to 0.65; this is an acceptable correlation between them.
Conclusion: Overall, the results indicate that developed countries, which allocate a higher percentage of their GDP to research, by publishing scientific outputs in the field of sustainable development goals, pave the way for a more sustainable world. Moreover, results reveal that despite the differences between the two ranking systems in terms of their methodologies, they are correlated at an average level for all of the goals. However, some universities, such as the University of Florida, despite their strong performance in certain goals (SDG 2 and 15), have achieved lower ranks in global ranking systems. This indicates that ranking systems focus more on the overall volume of scientific outputs rather than the social impact and problem-oriented focus of research.
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