Page 17 - Scopus Scholarly Utilisation By Malaysian Public Tertiary Institutions 2020/21

The total number of public universities involved in the data collection exercise is 20 plus one Citation & Infometrics Center.
Two indicators are being used as measurements against these items. They are the i) Average usage per month and ii) Compounded Average Growth Rate (CAGR). The coverage period is for 18 months, i.e., from January 2020 until Jun 2021. Therefore, applying these two indicators would enable us to measure the intensity of usage of each of these four (4) items over the 18 months.
The Average usage per month is a simple monthly average calculated over 18 months. These figures provide a benchmark or reference for the number of visits for each item per month by each university. The CAGR is calculated based on the best fitted exponential growth rate that represents the trajectory growth over the 18 months. In other words, it represents the cumulative average growth rate per month of these items starting from January 2020 and how much has increased over the period ending June 2021.
The arrangement of this report will begin by providing the overall ranking for all the universities and Citation & Infometrics Center based on the four (4) items using the two (2) sets of indicators, i.e., Average monthly usage and CAGR over the 18 months. It also discusses the usage composition by the three main public university clusters, i.e., research, comprehensive, and focus. After that, a consolidated overall usage of all the universities is presented, followed by each individual university's usage, whereby a more detailed explanation is followed.
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