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Rotman
Research
Institute
25
Years
of
Impact
|
7/15/2014
2 . 1 . 9 . 7 I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o l l a b o r a t i o n ( I C )
The international collaboration metric measures the portion of an institution's scientific output
produced in collaboration with foreign institutions.
On average the RRI has an international collaboration of 50.25% and this value has been
maintained fairly constant in all SIR Global reports. This means that around 50% of the RRI's
publications have affiliations including more than one country. Figure 14 displays the RRI's
international collaboration values obtained since 2009.
Figure 14. RRI research output, scientific leadership and international collaboration
The RRI's Lead indicator has decreased from 50% in the SIR 2009 report to 38% in the SIR
2013. However, the RRI's international research collaboration (IC) indicator has not changed.
2 . 1 . 1 0 C o n t r i b u t i o n t o h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n
As an indicator of the impact of the RRI scientific activities on higher education this study uses
the number of postdoctoral trainees and the number of graduate students (master's and PhDs)
enrolled in each of the five-year period studied.
2 . 1 . 1 0 . 1 P o s t d o c t o r a l T r a i n e e s
The number of postdoctoral trainees enrolled in each of the five-year periods was obtained from
the RRI's human resources database. Figure 15 shows the number of trainees enrolled.
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472
519
584
50%
39%
38%
38%
53%
49%
50%
49%
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5%
15%
25%
35%
45%
55%
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SIR 2009
[2003-2007]
SIR 2011
[2005-2009]
SIR 2012
[2006-2010]
SIR 2013
[2007-2011]
Number
of
articles
Output (O), Lead and International Collaboration (IC)
O Lead IC
