Bangkok--22 Mar--AIT
Five of the 12 participating clusters from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have received a top ranking of ‘5’ in the research output rating of the Thailand Research Fund (TRF). AIT participated in 12 clusters, out of which five clusters received a top rating of‘5’, six clusters received a rating of ‘4’, while one received a rating of ‘3’.
The five clusters that received the rating of ‘5’ include Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, Environment Engineering and Management, and Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP). RRDP topped among the six participating institutes of Thailand.
Following AIT’s performance, TRF has also agreed to award five Golden Jubilee Royal Scholarships for doctoral studies at AIT for the five clusters that received the top rating of ‘5’.
The TRF Rating is based on the weighted average of 5 to 1, and is based on four factors — namely equivalent international journal papers per faculty member (30%); journal impact factor per faculty member (20%); total equivalent international journal papers for the entire subject cluster (30%); and total journal impact factors for the entire subject cluster (20%).
AIT stands out in all "per-head" categories, namely the equivalent international journal papers per faculty member, and journal impact factor per faculty member, implying a high order of research efficiency and quality of individual faculty members. This is despite disadvantages of scale as compared to larger universities, which would have more equivalent international journal papers and total journal impact factor.
For more information please contact:
Shawn Kelly
[email protected] Tel: (+66-2) 524-6065
Bajinder Pal Singh
[email protected] Tel: (+66-2) 524-5877
Natnipha Vimuktanon
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