Analysing the performance of New Zealand universities in the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities

The average performance of New Zealand universities in the six measures used in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 

The average performance of New Zealand universities in each of the six component measures of the ARWU is illustrated in Figure 6, with each score relative to the best performing university for each measure. The category titles in Figure 6 are allocated as follows: the number of highly cited researchers (HiCite), the number of alumni of the university who have received awards (Alumni), the number of faculty of the university who have received awards (Awards), the number of indexed publications in Nature and Science (N&S), the number of publications in the Thomson Reuters Science and Social Science indices (PUB) and a weighted per academic staff member score for all five measures (Per capita).

Figure 6 shows that the average performance of the New Zealand universities was stable in 2010, with little change in the average relative score in each of the six component measures.

Figure 6: Average performance of New Zealand universities in the six measures in the Academic Ranking of World Universities