UW-Madison was recently ranked 20th among more than 4,000 universities worldwide for the impact its scientists and professors have on research.
According to a statement, the report, conducted by Reuters, evaluated professors' impact on research based on their citation counts. The citations are found in other studies that mention previous research conducted by professors and scientists.
Terry Devitt, UW-Madison director of Research Communications, said the ranking is a gauge of academic institutions' research ""productivity"" and ""quality.""
""Any time your work is cited in another research paper, that's a good thing, that means it's well-recognized and it's important,"" he said. ""It's the kind of knowledge new knowledge is built on. It speaks very highly of the quality of the research done by UW-Madison faculty.""
The statement said UW-Madison scientists totaled 760,091 citations found in over 50,000 papers. Devitt said the citations were accredited to scientists in disciplines ""across the board.""
Martin Cadwallader, dean of the UW-Madison Graduate School, said the ranking confirms UW-Madison is a preeminent research institution.
""Sometimes it's hard to put numbers on influence, but among all the universities in the world, these numbers show that UW-Madison has immense impact on science and research in general,"" Cadwallader said in the statement.
