title: Disciplinary competitiveness analysis in international stomatology education.
abstract: With economic and cultural globalization, the trend of globalization of higher education becomes inevitable. Using the concept of competitiveness, the authors established a principal component analysis (PCA) model to examine disciplinary competitiveness in stomatology of various higher education institutions worldwide. A total of forty-four universities entered the final list according to these calculations. Possible reasons for their selection were explored and explained at macro and micro levels. The authors further accessed various sources of data and summarized several suggestions for enhancing disciplinary competitiveness for other universities in pursuit of promoting their position in the global spectrum.
authors.affiliation: West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, 14 Renmin South Road, Section 3, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China; qmchen@scu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Linglin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xuekui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Zhihua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Qianming
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D038622:Internationality; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D017145:Models, Educational; D019242:Oral Medicine / Q000193:education*; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011643:Publishing; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States
keywords: China; competitiveness; dental schools; globalization; stomatology