Penn State Ranked #5 Worldwide in Elsevier Alternative Energy Research Leadership Study
Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, recently analyzed the scholarly output in alternative energy research from more than 3,000 research institutions.
Penn State ranked 5th worldwide and was the top ranked university, following research laboratories: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the U.S .Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and two research laboratories in Germany. The United States also led all countries in Solar/Photovoltaic Research, Fuel Cell Research (where Penn State ranked first), and Environmentally-Related Energy Research.
“In this complex world, there is a need to understand the way science is done not just within disciplines, but between and among disciplines,” explains Tom Richard, PSIEE director. “Elsevier developed a new approach to evaluating multidisciplinary research capabilities in a wide range of distinctive competencies.” Distinctive competencies represent expertise in specific research areas, and reveal the degree to which institutions have constructed multidisciplinary networks within their organization focused on achieving specific breakthroughs. Solutions to society’s most pressing challenges will not be found in isolated silos, so examining output in distinctive competencies offers a more accurate way of determining leadership in a given area than traditional measurement methods.
For more information on the study or a copy of the findings report, which will be available in August, please contact Amanda Sham (asham@psbpr.com).
Click here for the Elsevier press release.
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