February 23, 2018

The results of the 2017 annual Nature Index Ranking places Yachay Tech University second in Ecuador, despite having almost 4 years of existence and undergraduate and graduate programs in development. This ranking takes into account data from scientific publications from December 1, 2016, to November 30, 2017. The ranking is based on the number of articles published in a group of 68 scientific journals of high academic prestige and on the participation of each institution in the authorship of said article (we were in third place in 2016).

Nature Index reveals much of the value of the first-rate research work done by researchers who live in Ecuador. This is because it analyzes the number of institutions participating in each publication to come up with the final ranking, considering that taking part in an outstanding publication with many authors from different institutions does not have the same impact as making a high-impact publication with only one institution. In addition, considering the calculation indexes, Yachay Tech would be positioned as the third institution in Colombia.

This year, Yachay Tech reached the second place with publications in Physics, mainly. The University shares this mention with other important Ecuadorian universities such as Escuela Politécnica Nacional, with over 140 years, and Escuela Politécnica del Litoral, with 59 years. This is an achievement for all faculty, students and administrative staff of Yachay Tech University and for research in Ecuador. See the results here.

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Nature Index
Nature Index is an information database related to the institutions to which researchers who publish in 68 high-level scientific journals, selected by a scientific committee, are affiliated to. The database generates indexes that seek to be one of the metrics used to measure institutional quality and excellence. Each year the information gathered in this database is organized and sorted by institution, country and region, creating a research ranking based on different rating indexes.

(MFV – MFF – MCB)