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Subject Area Risk Assessment of Four Hungarian Universities with a View to the QS University Rankings by Subject

Péter Sasvári
Péter Sasvári
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Anna Urbanovics
Anna Urbanovics
   | Nov 13, 2022
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Article Category: Research Paper
Published Online: Nov 13, 2022
Page range: 61 - 80
Received: Jun 21, 2022
Accepted: Oct 24, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2022-0023
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Figure 1

Age distribution of mentors by age in the most popular topic clusters in the universities surveyed.Source: Scival
Age distribution of mentors by age in the most popular topic clusters in the universities surveyed.Source: Scival

Figure 2

The levels of risk measured at the four surveyed universities in the identified topic clusters expressed in percentage.Source: Scival, MTMT
The levels of risk measured at the four surveyed universities in the identified topic clusters expressed in percentage.Source: Scival, MTMT

Key science metrics for the universities surveyed between 2016 and 2021.

Name of university Discipline Number of publications (pcs) Number of authors (persons) Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) Number of references (pcs) Number of citations per communication (number per communication) h5 index
SE Total (T) 8,470 5,127 1.72 136,413 16.1 95
Anatomy and Physiology 425 672 1.60 7,618 17.9 31
Medicine 6,206 4,304 1.84 102,555 16.5 89
Pharmacy and Pharmacology 791 993 1.19 8,066 10.2 28
SZTE Total (T) 8,471 4,590 1.53 130,640 15.4 78
Computer and Information Systems 913 805 0.77 3,975 4.4 15
Agriculture and Forestry 532 614 1.20 4,873 9.2 22
Biological Sciences 1,695 1,784 1.25 23,281 13.7 39
Medicine 2,945 2,516 1.49 37,714 12.8 49
Pharmacy and Pharmacology 763 935 1.14 7,691 10.1 26
Chemistry 1,294 1,186 0.93 14,106 10.9 35
Mathematics 657 350 0.70 2,026 3.1 13
Physics and Astronomy 813 645 4.88 52,418 64.5 58
DE Total (T) 8,309 4,635 1.27 98,670 11.9 77
Agriculture and Forestry 1,087 1,013 1.19 10,386 9.6 30
Biological Sciences 1,730 1,888 1.26 27,813 16.1 46
Medicine 2,652 2,495 1.34 33,880 12.8 57
Mathematics 694 351 0.71 2,107 3.0 12
Physics and Astronomy 1,144 446 2.28 24,823 21.7 59
PTE Total (T) 5,273 3,411 1.25 58,622 11.1 61
Medicine 2,512 2,197 1.67 39,377 15.7 52

Results of the risk analysis of the universities surveyed between 2016 and 2021.

Name of university Discipline Mentor
25 to 50 years of age 50 to 65 years of age 65 years old and over
0–50% I. Above 50% II. 0–50% III. Above 50% IV. 0–50% V. Above 50% VI.
SE Total 21 4 29 5 11 1
Anatomy and Physiology 1 0 0 0 1 0
Medicine 19 4 26 5 11 0
Pharmacy and Pharmacology 0 1 2 0 1 1
SZTE Total 30 11 23 18 17 7
Computer and Information Systems 3 3 1 2 2 1
Agriculture and Forestry 3 3 1 1 2 2
Biological Sciences 11 3 6 4 6 2
Medicine 11 4 12 10 9 4
Pharmacy and Pharmacology 5 1 1 0 3 2
Chemistry 4 1 6 3 4 0
Mathematics 0 2 1 2 1 3
Physics and Astronomy 2 1 6 1 1 0
DE Total 26 10 20 13 14 11
Agriculture and Forestry 8 2 2 1 3 1
Biological Sciences 6 4 11 5 5 4
Medicine 11 3 12 8 6 4
Mathematics 1 0 3 0 1 1
Physics and Astronomy 1 4 1 1 1 1
PTE Total 20 13 26 14 17 13
Medicine 13 7 22 7 10 5
SE Total 30% 6% 41% 7% 15% 1%
Anatomy and Physiology 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% 0%
Medicine 29% 6% 40% 8% 17% 0%
Pharmacy and Pharmacology 0% 20% 40% 0% 20% 20%
SZTE Total 28% 10% 22% 17% 16% 7%
Computer and Information 25% 25% 8% 17% 17% 8%
Systems
Agriculture and Forestry 25% 25% 8% 8% 17% 17%
Biological Sciences 34% 9% 19% 13% 19% 6%
Medicine 22% 8% 24% 20% 18% 8%
Pharmacy and Pharmacology 42% 8% 8% 0% 25% 17%
Chemistry 22% 6% 33% 17% 22% 0%
Mathematics 0% 22% 11% 22% 11% 33%
Physics and Astronomy 18% 9% 55% 9% 9% 0%
DE Total 28% 11% 21% 14% 15% 12%
Agriculture and Forestry 47% 12% 12% 6% 18% 6%
Biological Sciences 17% 11% 31% 14% 14% 11%
Medicine 25% 7% 27% 18% 14% 9%
Mathematics 17% 0% 50% 0% 17% 17%
Physics and Astronomy 11% 44% 11% 11% 11% 11%
PTE Total 19% 13% 25% 14% 17% 13%
Medicine 20% 11% 34% 11% 16% 8%

Data on the topic cluster of the universities surveyed between 2016 and 2021.

Name of university Discipline Number of topic clusters (pcs) Number of topics (pcs) Number of topic clusters included in the study (pcs) (including 50% of the communications)
SE Total 708 3,709 71
Anatomy and Physiology 28 189 2
Medicine 458 3,138 65
Pharmacy and Pharmacology 95 509 5
SZTE Total 990 3,828 106
Computer and Information Systems 98 346 12
Agriculture and Forestry 136 439 10
Biological Sciences 277 1,163 32
Medicine 418 1,857 50
Pharmacy and Pharmacology 91 461 12
Chemistry 169 659 18
Mathematics 58 233 9
Physics and Astronomy 131 446 11
DE Total 986 3,672 94
Agriculture and Forestry 159 675 17
Biological Sciences 277 1,161 35
Medicine 393 1,643 44
Mathematics 55 194 6
Physics and Astronomy 121 316 9
PTE Total 815 2,743 104
Medicine 384 1,605 65

Change in the QS rankings by subject of the four universities studied between 2019 and 2022.

Name of university Discipline (ranking) 2019 2020 2021 2022
SE Anatomy and Physiology (Ana) N.A. 51–100 N.A. 101–140
Medicine (Med) 201–250 201–250 201–250 201–250
Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Phar) 151–200 151–200 201–250 201–250
SZTE Computer and Information Systems (Com) 501–550 501–550 551–600 651–670
Agriculture and Forestry (Agr) N.A. 301–350 N.A. 351–400
Biological Sciences (Bio) 451–500 501–550 501–550 451–500
Medicine (Med) 301–350 301–350 351–400 351–400
Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Phar) N.A. N.A. N.A. 301–350
Chemistry (Che) N.A. 501–550 551–600 501–550
Mathematics (Mat) N.A. N.A. N.A. 401–450
Physics and Astronomy (Phy) N.A. N.A. 551–600 501–550
DE Agriculture and Forestry (Agr) 251–300 151–200 N.A. 201–250
Biological Sciences (Bio) 401–450 401–450 451–500 451–500
Medicine (Med) 301–350 301–350 351–400 351–400
Mathematics (Mat) N.A. N.A. N.A. 501–520
Physics and Astronomy (Phy) N.A. 551–600 501–550 451–500
PTE Medicine (Med) 351–400 351–400 351–400 351–400
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