Published December 7, 2025 | Version v1
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CoARA by numbers dataset

  • 1. ROR icon Federation of Finnish Learned Societies
  • 2. Universiteit Leiden Centre for Science and Technology Studies

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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