SFU scientists truly are engaging the world.

 The university ranks second among 19 Canadian universities for its international collaboration, and fourth for its inter-institutional collaboration, according to Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies.

The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2013 reports on the scientific performance of 500 universities worldwide, including 19 in Canada, based on Web of Science publications between 2008-2011.

About 73 per cent of SFU’s total publications have been co-authored with other organizations, and about 51 per cent were co-authored by scientists in other countries. The university also ranks second in Canada for the greatest geographical distance (4,871 kilometres) between SFU scientists and their collaborators.

The rankings also reveal that SFU ranks 8^th in Canada for its scientific impact, as measured by the proportion of its publications that belong to the top 10 most frequently cited in all fields. SFU’s publications are cited above the world average in two fields: life and earth sciences, and social sciences and humanities.

“While all ranking systems are highly dependent on the data, analysis and indicators that are used,” says Vice-President, Research Mario Pinto, “this ranking can be seen as a favourable reflection of SFU’s research performance and its highly collaborative researchers.”