The UP Also Rises? Nyet. UP, You Need An Editor in Chief's Help!

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"He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" – Abraham Lincoln. 

2019. As an alumnus, UP '65, I am ashamed that: Among Asian universities, UP is ranked by QS as #72, and that; among universities in emerging economies, UP is ranked by THE as #87. UP is not going UP; UP is going Down!

(QS is Quacquarelli Symonds; see my 13 January 2019 essay, "UP, Stop Behaving Like Tarzan And Let Me Help You!" Author's Editor, blogspot.com. THE is Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings; see ANN's 16 January 2019 article, "UP Ranks 87th Among Top Universities In Emerging Economies," Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of the Philippines, ovpaa.up.edu.ph.)

Yes, in the Philippines, UP is Number One when it comes to Instruction; and yes, it is Number Wan when it comes to Research and Extension. Personally, I'll grade my alma mater Excellent (1.0) when it comes to Instruction; I'll grade it Failed (5.0), at best Conditional (4.0) when it comes to Research & Extension!

In the above image, on that section enlarged & superimposed, you see 2 bases for THE ranking: Research (30%) and Citations (20%), which totals 50%. In my analysis, these are the 2 areas where UP Needs Improvement. Much!

Citations (research influence) –
Logic: You cannot have technical papers cited unless published! UP Diliman itself is a good example of a bad example: UP Diliman is a laggard when it comes to publishing technical journals – it publishes only 4 times a year, and even in that it lags behind its own schedule! How can Science Serve the People when it doesn't come out?

And: There are no publications from UP Diliman that are rated world-class, or included in the elite list popularly known as ISI – now ISI Web of Science/Web of Knowledge.

I know 2 from Los Baños, the Philippine Agricultural Scientist (published by UP Los Baños) and the Philippine Journal of Crop Science, PJCS (published privately and based at UPLB), both journals being ISI – I know personally because I helped both achieve that exalted world-class status. With PJCS, i was Editor in Chief and at the same time desktop publishing genius.

For Citations, UP gets 5 points only.

Research (volume, income and reputation) –
Never mind Income and Reputation, but UP can hardly be credited for Research if it is hardly publishing, right? That is why the UP System cannot rise to the top of the world in higher education.

Here, I repeat my editorial challenge to my alma mater UP:

As an Author's Editor, at 78, I want to show you that if I can do it, you can do it! With ISI journals, plural, your Citations will multiply and your Research Volume will increase. Anytime you call, I will give you a One-Man FREE Friday-Saturday Lecture-Demo on Technical Writing, Editing and Desktop Publishing – all digital. Then, you will never be Left Behind in these digital times. (Email me at frankahilario@gmail.com.)

Then, the file and the life you save will be your own!517

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