<p> 1</p><p>Supporting Information File 3: Departmental Covariate Component Values </p><p>Rating, Rk Ph RCI ORI RS RS/TS ALL4 D Business & Management</p><p>London Business School 7 0.14 4.59 38.76 97.5 100.0% 98.0% Lancaster University 7 0.27 1.99 2.31 71.3 87.4% 97.1% University of Warwick 7 0.27 8.66 28.96 99.6 88.5% 98.5% University of Reading 6 0.28 2.43 5.41 28.4 75.1% 98.6% City University 6 0.33 3.75 16.46 29.7 59.8% 100.0% University of Oxford 6 0.17 1.24 13.42 37.0 100.0% 96.6% University of Cambridge 6 0.23 11.80 14.25 37.0 97.4% 97.7% University of Leeds 6 0.20 4.02 6.69 47.3 66.3% 95.9% University of Nottingham 6 0.16 1.70 11.73 42.4 84.1% 99.4% Imperial College 6 0.33 2.37 24.18 39.6 86.8% 95.5% UMIST 6 0.26 5.65 66.24 73.3 97.3% 100.0% Aston University 6 0.14 1.62 5.72 56.6 86.9% 99.2% University of Bath 6 0.12 10.59 11.95 52.7 98.9% 97.1% London School of Economics 6 0.21 5.81 11.77 43.8 95.6% 91.8% University of Manchester 6 0.37 10.39 25.18 42.8 64.6% 100.0% Cardiff University 6 0.24 5.20 12.86 79.9 83.3% 100.0% Brunel University 5 0.42 2.06 13.17 9.0 64.3% 100.0% University of Southampton 5 0.12 1.24 1.83 30.3 93.8% 95.8% University of Bradford 5 0.57 1.71 13.61 27.8 62.8% 99.2% University of Surrey 5 0.27 0.06 5.66 25.6 63.1% 100.0% Birkbeck College 5 0.15 3.01 6.92 19.0 81.9% 100.0% University of Strathclyde 5 0.19 0.68 8.57 76.2 73.1% 98.7% University of Portsmouth 5 0.10 0.52 16.24 37.0 58.6% 98.8% University of Birmingham 5 0.30 5.00 7.57 23.5 58.0% 98.0% University of Sheffield 5 0.12 7.85 12.88 27.0 81.3% 98.1% Queen's University Belfast 5 0.07 0.00 4.42 32.6 86.7% 98.7% University of Hull 5 0.52 0.14 1.57 17.5 71.4% 98.8% Loughborough University 5 0.24 4.19 17.39 29.3 69.3% 100.0% University of Exeter 5 0.36 0.00 0.68 10.0 66.7% 100.0% University of St Andrews 5 0.13 0.00 7.35 11.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Glasgow 5 0.20 2.46 16.80 15.2 68.5% 92.4% Cranfield University 5 0.25 2.41 43.41 40.1 48.0% 100.0% University of Stirling 5 0.22 0.69 3.00 36.6 82.1% 100.0% University of Edinburgh 5 0.10 2.77 9.38 29.0 80.3% 99.2% Keele University 5 0.09 1.39 15.50 34.2 94.5% 100.0% Royal Holloway, London 5 0.07 0.61 3.07 33.0 94.3% 100.0% King's College London 5 0.05 2.99 3.75 21.9 89.8% 96.6% Heriot-Watt University 5 0.12 1.75 7.10 23.5 52.6% 100.0% University of Luton 5 0.07 0.00 1.13 6.0 66.7% 100.0% University of Salford 4 0.11 1.21 10.60 16.0 80.0% 98.4% University of Wales, Swansea 4 0.37 0.11 2.85 17.3 59.7% 100.0% University of West of England 4 0.04 0.70 3.84 29.8 51.6% 100.0% University of Aberdeen 4 0.03 2.63 6.03 13.2 88.6% 91.4% University of Leicester 4 0.46 0.00 6.00 10.0 90.9% 100.0% University of Brighton 4 0.13 15.72 11.16 22.4 36.1% 98.0% 2</p><p>Open University 4 0.05 2.02 2.51 37.6 58.2% 98.1% University of Hertfordshire 4 0.11 0.00 3.03 22.7 64.5% 100.0% Middlesex University 4 0.11 0.66 7.49 37.7 32.1% 97.5% Glasgow Caledonian University 4 0.04 0.83 3.90 41.0 33.4% 100.0% Manchester Metropolitan 4 0.26 1.37 10.63 25.7 28.6% 100.0% University of Ulster 4 0.07 2.08 7.11 53.0 50.7% 98.6% South Bank University 4 0.03 1.50 14.71 15.5 24.9% 100.0% De Montfort University 4 0.06 0.08 0.31 35.0 63.6% 97.9% University of Luton 4 0.17 2.52 6.05 11.5 22.2% 95.7% University of Gloucestershire 4 0.07 0.00 3.19 23.0 42.8% 95.3% University of Newcastle 4 0.13 3.89 6.40 7.6 60.3% 100.0% University of Kent 4 0.27 1.30 2.61 17.0 59.2% 97.0% Kingston University 4 0.12 2.06 10.33 16.2 25.8% 100.0% University of North London 4 0.05 0.22 11.64 11.4 58.2% 97.9% Bournemouth University 4 0.13 0.00 8.95 11.0 16.7% 100.0% University of Durham 4 0.13 3.58 8.37 17.0 56.7% 97.6% University of East Anglia 4 0.10 1.10 0.66 12.0 70.6% 100.0% University of Wales, Aberystwyth 3 0.18 0.93 0.75 13.0 72.2% 98.2% Sheffield Hallam University 3 0.45 15.88 0.45 8.0 15.9% 100.0% University of North London 3 0.00 2.86 1.95 13.5 41.5% 100.0% Nottingham Trent University 3 0.08 0.22 3.80 36.5 43.5% 99.3% University of Plymouth 3 0.31 3.67 5.17 11.0 29.8% 100.0% University of Westminster 3 0.05 2.32 28.56 23.9 22.7% 98.0% University of Glamorgan 3 0.04 0.01 5.52 27.0 50.9% 98.2% University of Wolverhampton 3 0.20 0.00 5.60 9.2 16.9% 97.5% University of Huddersfield 3 0.15 0.00 3.69 17.0 30.1% 100.0% University of Northumbria 3 0.06 1.34 15.44 14.0 12.0% 93.3% University of Lincoln 3 0.05 0.01 5.50 19.5 49.4% 100.0% University of Greenwich 3 0.02 0.00 9.39 13.0 21.3% 100.0% Napier University 3 0.16 0.00 11.42 10.0 34.5% 100.0% University of Abertay Dundee 3 0.07 0.00 1.01 9.0 24.3% 94.4% Staffordshire University 3 0.03 0.00 3.42 15.2 21.7% 100.0% Liverpool John Moores 3 0.26 0.00 17.38 13.0 28.3% 100.0% London Guildhall University 3 0.06 0.00 5.43 7.0 12.4% 96.4% Robert Gordon University 2 0.50 0.00 21.99 2.0 4.2% 100.0% Buckinghamshire Chilterns 2 0.10 0.00 4.94 7.7 21.3% 93.2% Oxford Brookes University 2 0.16 0.11 0.65 8.8 14.2% 95.5% University of East London 2 0.07 0.00 0.00 8.2 19.2% 100.0% Southampton Institute 2 0.30 0.00 6.53 4.0 44.4% 100.0% University of Central England 2 0.25 2.92 21.46 5.5 11.8% 100.0% Oxford Brookes University 2 0.04 0.11 2.77 9.2 41.6% 90.5% Coventry University 2 0.20 0.00 5.02 5.0 19.2% 100.0% University College Northampton 2 0.07 0.67 1.44 13.5 16.8% 95.7% University of Sunderland 2 0.22 0.39 0.64 9.0 12.9% 100.0% University of Derby 2 0.08 0.00 0.75 27.8 37.2% 92.9% Anglia Polytechnic University 2 0.13 0.81 11.79 9.5 47.5% 97.8% Leeds Metropolitan University 2 0.13 0.00 6.97 6.3 6.6% 92.9% Queen Margaret Edinburgh 2 0.10 0.00 10.92 14.2 61.2% 100.0% University of Paisley 2 0.17 0.13 4.50 13.0 31.0% 88.5% Trinity & All Saints 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.0 7.7% 100.0% Bolton Institute of HE 1 0.05 0.00 16.40 8.0 44.2% 94.1% Dartington College of Arts 1 0.00 0.00 1.83 2.5 100.0% 91.7% 3</p><p>Rating, Rk Ph RCI ORI RS RS/TS ALL4 D Economics & Econometrics</p><p>University of Essex 7 0.22 47.25 10.47 25.0 89.3% 100.0% London School of Economics 7 0.28 22.51 30.54 49.2 98.0% 95.0% University College London 7 0.28 21.09 8.84 30.5 96.8% 100.0% University of Warwick 7 0.33 10.99 6.56 32.8 88.4% 100.0% University of Cambridge 6 0.41 9.15 11.27 43.9 89.8% 98.9% University of Exeter 6 0.28 7.11 0.31 13.5 93.1% 96.3% University of Leicester 6 0.25 1.00 5.30 16.0 82.9% 100.0% Birkbeck College 6 0.28 0.71 1.74 20.0 100.0% 96.4% Queen Mary, London 6 0.18 2.84 1.93 19.1 90.5% 97.6% University of Nottingham 6 0.15 1.24 8.04 37.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Oxford 6 0.41 14.17 16.48 60.5 82.3% 95.2% University of Southampton 6 0.13 3.39 2.32 28.0 96.6% 100.0% University of York 6 0.31 4.71 4.41 37.1 95.6% 100.0% University of Birmingham 5 0.37 5.00 3.55 14.7 78.6% 94.3% University of Bristol 5 0.21 4.16 5.64 23.9 96.0% 93.1% Brunel University 5 0.23 0.99 1.21 12.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Durham 5 0.03 0.00 0.07 13.0 92.9% 100.0% University of East Anglia 5 0.25 3.43 4.16 13.0 81.3% 100.0% University of Kent 5 0.14 2.43 5.44 13.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Liverpool 5 0.13 0.78 2.53 8.0 88.9% 100.0% Royal Holloway, London 5 0.01 0.18 0.24 13.5 88.8% 94.6% University of Manchester 5 0.32 2.19 5.49 33.0 84.6% 98.5% University of Newcastle 5 0.19 10.63 24.84 8.5 58.6% 97.5% University of Sussex 5 0.40 1.47 8.22 15.0 90.9% 97.1% University of Edinburgh 5 0.09 3.90 0.28 11.0 78.6% 97.8% University of Glasgow 5 0.04 1.85 0.26 16.0 86.5% 98.4% University of Strathclyde 5 0.38 3.55 15.12 18.0 64.3% 100.0% University of St Andrews 5 0.12 0.06 4.72 15.0 83.3% 100.0% University of Stirling 5 0.19 1.68 3.32 11.5 100.0% 98.0% University of Wales, Swansea 5 0.03 0.37 2.94 15.0 100.0% 98.2% London Guildhall University 4 0.16 0.00 0.00 10.0 43.5% 100.0% University of East London 4 0.07 1.24 2.60 6.0 48.8% 100.0% Manchester Metropolitan 4 0.07 1.17 0.55 12.0 60.0% 100.0% City University 4 0.13 1.72 7.50 9.0 90.0% 100.0% Keele University 4 0.13 3.61 5.91 12.0 100.0% 98.0% Loughborough University 4 0.25 1.92 7.74 19.0 90.5% 100.0% University of Sheffield 4 0.12 0.41 1.16 14.6 78.5% 100.0% University of Surrey 4 0.20 2.42 3.46 14.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Aberdeen 4 0.19 0.00 9.52 16.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Dundee 4 0.14 0.01 0.00 13.0 97.7% 96.2% University of Northumbria 3 0.00 0.00 13.31 6.0 38.7% 100.0% 4</p><p>Rating, Rk Ph RCI ORI RS RS/TS ALL4 D Statistics & Operational Research</p><p>University of Warwick 7 0.42 14.41 13.32 10.0 83.3% 100.0% University of Bristol 7 0.28 13.55 1.49 10.0 100.0% 95.2% University of Cambridge 7 0.24 5.10 8.32 15.0 93.8% 100.0% Lancaster University 7 0.31 17.81 13.87 15.0 88.2% 100.0% University of Oxford 7 0.37 7.88 7.48 12.0 70.6% 100.0% University of Kent 7 0.60 16.41 19.60 4.0 36.4% 100.0% University of Nottingham 6 0.17 7.18 3.65 7.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Newcastle 6 0.28 3.38 7.77 10.0 100.0% 100.0% Queen Mary, London 6 0.12 1.48 0.72 6.6 100.0% 100.0% University of Southampton 6 0.24 13.11 16.63 14.1 100.0% 100.0% University of Surrey 6 0.20 4.43 8.26 5.0 100.0% 92.3% Heriot-Watt University 6 0.15 0.87 8.44 10.8 73.0% 100.0% University College London 6 0.24 5.62 5.61 10.0 82.0% 100.0% University of Sheffield 6 0.78 1.79 1.00 8.0 69.0% 100.0% University of Glasgow 6 0.21 11.71 64.12 14.0 100.0% 100.0% Imperial College 6 0.28 13.09 12.58 7.8 79.6% 90.6% University of Bath 6 0.27 4.35 3.36 8.3 80.6% 100.0% University of St Andrews 6 0.20 5.73 27.11 6.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Southampton 6 0.20 0.25 12.89 6.0 85.7% 100.0% University of Leeds 6 0.46 10.05 5.57 7.0 82.4% 100.0% University of Salford 6 0.58 10.13 10.73 8.0 100.0% 100.0% Open University 5 0.18 4.44 4.18 8.0 72.7% 100.0% University of Aberdeen 5 0.53 0.68 13.07 3.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Sussex 5 0.20 0.58 1.08 5.0 100.0% 92.9% London School of Economics 5 0.13 3.13 1.23 15.2 93.8% 96.8% UMIST 5 0.12 1.96 1.43 5.0 71.4% 100.0% University of Liverpool 5 0.13 4.87 12.51 6.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Manchester 5 0.15 5.62 0.00 4.0 80.0% 100.0% University of Durham 5 0.04 4.67 4.95 9.8 90.7% 100.0% University of Reading 5 0.28 5.47 15.39 12.8 89.5% 100.0% University of Strathclyde 5 0.49 10.56 17.09 8.6 66.7% 100.0% University of Exeter 5 0.32 0.83 1.24 5.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Edinburgh 5 0.18 7.62 2.82 10.0 74.1% 97.7% Brunel University 5 0.26 5.46 14.53 16.0 92.5% 98.5% University of Birmingham 5 0.25 0.96 1.62 8.0 80.0% 94.4% University of Plymouth 4 0.24 0.80 2.10 5.0 36.0% 100.0% Goldsmiths College 4 0.07 0.00 0.15 3.0 100.0% 100.0% Nottingham Trent University 4 0.19 0.51 2.32 6.4 51.6% 96.9% City University 4 0.21 0.35 12.73 11.3 73.9% 100.0% University of North London 4 0.15 0.00 1.88 4.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Greenwich 4 0.10 0.00 7.21 4.0 100.0% 100.0% Keele University 4 0.14 1.77 2.73 7.0 100.0% 100.0% Coventry University 4 0.20 0.00 0.82 3.0 22.2% 100.0% Napier University 3 0.23 5.61 3.46 6.0 54.5% 91.7% University of Westminster 3 0.00 0.00 0.67 3.0 60.0% 100.0% Staffordshire University 2 0.08 0.00 1.48 5.0 47.2% 85.0% 5</p><p>Rating, Rk Ph RCI ORI RS RS/TS ALL4 Accounting & Finance D</p><p>London School of Economics 7 0.07 9.05 20.28 31.0 100.0% 93.8% University of Manchester 7 0.19 1.82 1.89 26.8 96.4% 100.0% University of Stirling 6 0.01 0.00 0.48 16.8 87.0% 90.0% University of Strathclyde 6 0.22 0.68 0.92 13.5 69.2% 81.1% University of Essex 6 0.19 0.22 1.16 15.0 75.0% 100.0% University of Glasgow 6 0.09 0.00 6.61 9.0 60.0% 93.5% University of Exeter 6 0.11 0.00 4.23 7.0 63.6% 100.0% University of Durham 6 0.30 0.00 0.00 6.0 100.0% 100.0% University of Bristol 6 0.07 0.85 5.36 8.8 89.8% 100.0% University of West of England 6 0.26 0.00 4.73 6.2 31.6% 100.0% University of Wales, Bangor 6 0.40 0.69 5.11 9.0 82.6% 97.7% University of Newcastle 6 0.12 0.00 0.36 5.0 50.0% 81.3% University of Edinburgh 6 0.09 0.19 4.22 11.0 100.0% 89.3% University of Paisley 6 0.00 0.19 0.00 2.0 18.2% 100.0% University of Aberdeen 5 0.18 2.31 1.31 10.2 81.0% 100.0% Glasgow Caledonian University 5 0.08 0.00 0.00 5.0 16.3% 100.0% University of Dundee 5 0.29 0.02 2.45 14.5 95.4% 100.0% Sheffield Hallam University 4 0.17 1.92 1.50 2.4 9.4% 100.0% University of Liverpool 4 0.00 0.00 2.47 8.0 100.0% 98.6% University of Central Lancashire 3 0.06 0.00 0.51 3.5 25.0% 100.0%</p>