The global cities ranking published annually by strategy and business consultant, A.T. Nagrika had done an analysis ( Knowledge on Small Cities: What are we missing) of research and knowledge coming out of India's small cities and found that both academic and common knowledge coming from small cities was limited. Makes sense looking at the profile of larger cities in global rankings.In a period where the world has had to contend with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, its impact has been particularly severe in the largest urban centers.
I believe that those who actively contribute to these Journal's may know the import of these numbers and contribution. The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology.Reminds of some sort of Olympics analogy.įor India, more than 100 articles in the following Journals India is at #13 with a count of 1658 articles. US and China are at the top in terms of the absolute number of authors producing research with counts of 2884. Had a quick look at the shares at a country level. With almost 10,000 global cities, 200 is indeed top 2%.Īs per the Nature's report -What makes a science city?- “Many factors come to mind, such as a high R&D spend, a concentration of research institutions and specialist science facilities, and an ability to attract global science talent." This ranking itself is based on about 82 'high quality' science journals part of Nature Index and recognises a city/region's contribution in terms of the authors and publications from a given city. 4 Indian cities figure in this-in the 'top 200'. A summary chart of what these rankings measure is in the image above.Īnd today came across another ranking which ranks global Science Cities. Nagrika analysed twenty-one global city indices to understand their origin, their focus, how Indian cities fare and which Indian cities appear in these indices. In the past decades, various indices have emerged examining multiple dimensions of city living such as the real estate, mobility, sustainability among others.
0 kommentar(er)
