ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments 2018
ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments is published today. University of Copenhagen in Denmark becomes No. 1 in the world for the first time, followed by Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and Deakin University in Australia.
In 2016, ShanghaiRanking published this ranking for the first time, adopting a unique methodology highlighting the performance of more than 300 universities with sport-related units. This ranking allows sport-related institutions and units to compare with similar peers other than with multi-disciplinary universities in a certain subject. Top 300 universities are published in this ranking based on the measurement of publication, citation, citations per publication, top 25% journals publications, and internationally collaborated publications. Among the top 300 universities of this year, 17 units are sport universities and 283 are universities with sport-related units. 41 universities have more than 1 sport-related institutions or units. The bibliometric data is collected from Web of Science database with a time window of five years. For more information about the methodology and indicators of the ranking, please visit www.shanghairanking.com.
The Top 10 Sport Science Schools and Departments include:
| 2018 Rank | Country | Unit Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark |
University of Copenhagen
Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
Institute of Sports Medicine |
| 2 | Norway |
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
|
| 3 | Australia |
Deakin University
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Department of Physical Activity and Health |
| 4 | UK |
Loughborough University
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
|
| 5 | Australia |
The University of Queensland
School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
|
| 6 | Denmark |
University of Southern Denmark
Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics
|
| 7 | Canada |
The University of Calgary
Faculty of Kinesiology
Sciences
|
| 8 | Italy |
Verona University
Faculty of Exercise and Sport Science
Sport, Mountains, and Health Research Center |
| 9 | UK |
Liverpool John Moores University
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
|
| 10 | Belgium |
Ghent University
Department of Movement and Sport Science
|
For full result of the ranking, please visit www.shanghairanking.com.
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