Report on Rankings from the Netherlands
In recent years there has been considerable concern about the impact of international rankings, especially the well-known ones, on higher education. This has led in some cases to announcements of a withdrawal of cooperation. A recent “recommendation paper” by a group of Dutch experts was prepared by a group of Dutch experts for Universities of […]
Webometrics: the Most Inclusive Global Ranking
The Ranking Web of Universities, better known as Webometrics, is published twice a yuear by Cybermetrics Lab, a research group of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Higher Council of Scientific Research) in Madrid. It is the most inclusive of all the rankings, comprising over 30,000 institutions. There are currently three indicators: Visibility; external networks […]
URAP Shows a Polarised Research World
The University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) has been published annually by the Informatics Institute at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, since 2009 and its field-based ranking since 2011. It is based entirely on public bibliometric data derived from InCItes. There are six indicators as follows: Article; Current scientific productivity 2021 (21% weighting) Citation; […]
Sustainability initiatives of GreeMetirc Ranking
The GreenMetric World University Ranking organized an international workshop on “Innovation, Impacts, and Future Direction of Sustainable Universities”. The main theme of the event concerned responsibilities of universities in tackling global sustainability challenges. The workshop hosted by University of Minho (UMinho) in Braga, Portugal, last June, and attended by representatives of 70 universities from 30 countries called for closer collaboration […]
Proposal for a New BRICS Ranking
The education ministers of the fives BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa have agreed to set up a new global university ranking. This was one of the outcomes of a meeting in Mpumalanga, South Africa reported by TASS, The announcement is the culmination of several years of dissatisfaction with international rankings. Some Chinese […]
THE Publishes New Africa Ranking
Times Higher Education (THE) have announced the publication of their Sub-Saharan University Rankings. These resulted from consultations with universities, organisations, and companies across the continent led by Asheshi University, Ghana, and the Mastercard Foundation. The methodology is based on 24 metrics grouped in five pillars, each with a 20% weighting: Resources and Finances Access and […]
In pursuit of academic excellence
In the Perspektywy University Ranking 2023 Jagiellonian University in Krakow shares the top place ex aequo with the University of Warsaw; on the third place is the Warsaw University of Technology while the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan shares the 4th place with the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. The best private […]
QS World Rankings Reveal New Methodology
The latest edition of the QS World University Rankings has been announced with a new methodology. QS have reduced the weighting given to the Academic Survey, and to Faculty Student Ratio while increasing that for the Employer Survey. In addition, there are three new indicators each with a five per cent weighting, Sustainability, Employment Outcomes, […]
Dr. Omar Al-Ansari is the new President of Qatar University
New Edition of Leiden Ranking
The Leiden Ranking is published annually by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, the Netherlands. It is specifically designed to provide information to the global research community and to serve as an alternative to the big four global rankings. The ranking is based on bibliographic information derived from the Science […]