DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17846514
title: CoARA by numbers dataset

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_v1The 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 controlor is mostly financed by the state, 1=is privateand mostly funded by private sources


Classification - PhD status
ETER, 1=the HEI has the legal right to awardthe 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 studentsISCED5-7 divided by academic staff: 1=below 10, 2=below 25, 3=below 50, 4=50 or above