IREG 2024 Conference AI influence on HE and Rankings

IREG 2024 Conference, Bucharest, 7-8 November 2024 No longer a science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) has invaded higher education on many fronts. Teaching has always been regarded a human domain, yet generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT seem ready to replace instructors. The thread is so real that to protect teaching jobs the state of […]

Latest Webometrics Ranking

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is published by the Cybermetrics Lab of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Madrid. It is by far the most inclusive of the global rankings and now ranks over 30,000 universities according to research output and web impact.  Currently, there are three indicators: Visibility (50%); number of […]

Leiden Ranking

The CWTS Leiden Ranking is published by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University. It provides data on academic publications by universities and, in recent years, has added tables on international and industrial collaboration, open access, and gender equity. The publication data is derived from core journals in the Web of Science […]

US News Releases Global Rankings

The US News has announced the latest edition of its Best Global Universities. This follows a long delay resulting from controversies over the agency’s American law and medical school rankings. This is a research-based ranking that does not attempt to measure teaching quality or social impact.  There are 13 indicators: Global research reputation, Regional research […]

Top-200 Ukraine 2024 ranking

Despite great losses as a result of the full-scale military invasion of Russia in Ukraine universities of this country do their best to educated their youth and carry on research. The Center for International Projects “Euroeducation” based in Kyiv published its 18th Academic ranking of higher education institution of Ukraine. The top place won Igor […]

Nature Index Confirms China’s Science Superpower Status

Nature Index is a database of 145 high-quality journals selected by leading active researchers. It currently covers publications in the biological sciences, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, health sciences, and physical sciences. Tables can be displayed for academic, government, corporate, healthcare, and NPO/NGO organisations. The social science and the humanities are not included. Countries and […]

Latest THE Impact Rankings

The latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings has just been released. This ranking attempts to assess universities’ commitment to meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The overall score combines one mandatory goal, Partnership for the Goals, and the best three scores for the other goals. The rankings now include […]

QS World Rankings: Chinese, Korean, Australian, and Indian Universities Rising

QS have released the 2025 edition of their World University Rankings. Chinese and Indian universities continue to rise while their British and American counterparts continue, with the notable exception of Imperial College London, to decline. There is a significant amount of volatility in these rankings partly because of the introduction of three additional indicators. The […]

Latest Round University Ranking (from Tbilisi)

The Round University Ranking was originally based in Russia but have moved to Tbilisi, Georgia. However, it still seems to be perceived as a Russian ranking since it has been subject to Western sanctions, including cutting off survey and bibliometric data from Clarivate. There are twenty indicators grouped into four categories: Teaching (40%); including academic […]

Report on University Rankings from South African

The Council on Higher Education, located in Pretoria, South Africa, has published a report on university rankings, which Sioux McKenna researched and drafted. The report focuses on five rankings: the Shanghai Rankings, the QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, Webometrics, and the National Taiwan University Rankings. Other ranking systems are […]