CoARA by numbers dataset
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Description
This dataset has been created for the study Pölönen, J. & Rushforth, A. (2025) "CoARA by numbers: Research assessment reform uptake in European higher education", available as preprint here: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/69vjr_v1
The dataset consists of information about 3439 European Higher Education Institutions with reference year 2022 from 1) the European Tertiary Education Register (ETER), enriched with data on 2) universities included in Leiden Ranking Open Edition, 3) partners of the European Universities Alliances, 4) CoARA signatories, members, and action plans, and 5) organisations awarded the HR Excellence in Research label, and 6) signatories of the DORA declaration.
The information sources and their integration into ETER dataset is described in the preprint. Comprehensive description of the ETER data can be found in European Tertiary Education Register (ETER) Handbook for Data Collection: https://national-policies.eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2025-01/ETERIV_Handbook_Complete_2023updated.pdf
| Field | Description |
| ETER ID | ETER, unique HEI identifier |
| Institution Name | ETER, legal name of the institution |
| English Institution Name | ETER, official English translation |
| Reference year | ETER, the year to which the data in ETER refer |
| Founding year | ETER, year when the institution was established |
| Country | ETER, the country where the institution is established |
| CoARAsign2025 | 1=institution is signatory of the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA) |
| COARAmemb2025 | 1=institution is member of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) |
| CoARAactionplan | 1=institution has published an Action plan on CoARA Zenodo community |
| DORA2025 | 1=institution has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Resaerch Assessment (DORA) |
| HR2025 | 1=institution has the HR Excellence in Research Label |
| Leiden Ranking | 1=institution is included in the Leiden Ranking Open Edition 2024 |
| EQAR Number of valid quality assurance reports | ETER, 1=institution has at least 1 valid QA report |
| EU-FP projects (number) | ETER, Number of EU-FP projects (m = data not available) |
| Alliance member | 1=institution is member of European Universities Alliances |
| Alliance name | Name of the European Universities Alliance |
| Networks member | 1=institution is member of European university networks |
| CESAER | 1=institution is member of CESAER network |
| Coimbra Group | 1=institution is member of Coimbra Group network |
| LERU - League of European Research Universities | 1=institution is member of LERU - League of European Research Universities network |
| The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities | 1=institution is member of The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities network |
| UNICA - Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe | 1=institution is member of UNICA - Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe network |
| YERUN - Young European Research Universities | 1=institution is member of YERUN - Young European Research Universities network |
| Total academic personnel (HC) | ETER, numbers of personnel in headcounts |
| Classification - Institutional control | ETER, 0=institution is under public control or is mostly financed by the state, 1=is private and mostly funded by private sources |
| Classification - PhD status | ETER, 1=the HEI has the legal right to award the PhD, 0=otherwise |
| Classification - HEI size | ETER, mumber of academic personnel FTE: 1=below 100 FTEs, 2=below 500 FTEs, 3=below 1,500 FTEs, 4=more or equal 1,500 FTEs |
| Classification - Education intensity | ETER, number of diploma, bachelor and master students ISCED5-7 divided by academic staff: 1=below 10, 2=below 25, 3=below 50, 4=50 or above |
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