German Cities with Universities: Socioeconomic Position and University Performance
Physics and Society
2021-09-28 v1
Abstract
We investigated the role of universities in the prosperity of cities and regions. Performance characteristics of universities are derived from the Leiden Ranking 2020. The socioeconomic strength of a city is determined with the urban scaling methodology. Our study shows a significant relation between the presence of a university in a city and its socioeconomic indicators, particularly for larger cities, and that this is especially the case for universities with higher values of their output, impact and collaboration indicators.
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@article{arxiv.2109.12884,
title = {German Cities with Universities: Socioeconomic Position and University Performance},
author = {Anthony F. J. van Raan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.12884},
year = {2021}
}
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43 pages, 11 figures, 15 tables