Ranking System
The Significance Rating.
To accurately track global impact for our ranking of US-China partnerships, we employ a scoring system that balances raw volume with resilience, rate of output, and qualitative effectiveness.
Longevity
Uses an accelerating power curve: small early bonuses, larger rewards for long-lived partnerships. Formula: 0.08 × years^1.5 (capped at 10). Terminated partnerships receive a 0.75 multiplier.
Normalized scale
The primary driver of impact. We use a logarithmic scale to measure total capital output or research output, ensuring massive projects are weighted fairly without distorting the index.
Rate of progress/output
Calculates efficiency as impact relative to age. Sublinear scaling ensures age is penalized fairly.
Operational effectiveness
A qualitative score assigned by our research team based on competency and overall effectiveness that may not be seen by pure numerical data.
Metric Parity
Our system treats $1 billion in capital output as roughly equivalent to 1,000 peer-reviewed Research Papers. This parity ensures that intellectual cooperation is given equal weight to financial cooperation.
Furthermore, sectors such as Environment, Health, and Basic Science receive a 20-50% multiplier to reflect their fundamental importance to human survival and progress.
The goal of the Significance Rating is not to provide a definitive financial audit, but to index the meaningful gravitational pull of a partnership on the global landscape.