General information on ranking

Name of the ranking	Cross Ranking
Geographical scope	Global
Name of person in charge of ranking	Jan Koucký
E-mail of person in charge of ranking	jan.koucky@pedf.cuni.cz
Website of the ranking	http://www.strediskovzdelavacipolitiky.info/app/cr...
Publication frequency	annual
First year of publication	2012
Most recent year of publication	2018
Date of last update	2019-05-01
Ranking organization	Education Policy Centre, Charles University, Prague
Website of the methodology	http://www.strediskovzdelavacipolitiky.info/app/crossranking/
Methodology	The Cross Ranking (CR) is a meta-ranking aiming to link available data contained in the most important world rankings in order to provide and analyse the richest and most comprehensive information about the performance as well as strengths and weaknesses of higher education institutions and national higher education systems. It is based on the results of the three most prestigious and influential world university rankings: the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), the QS World University Rankings (QS) and the THE World University Rankings (THE), so far for the 2012-2018 period.

Additional information

• Type of publication: internet, print - special publication
• Internet users access to ranking: open access
• Language of publication: English, Czech
• Main target groups: higher education institutions, policymakers, governments and funding agencies
• Level of comparison: institutional
• Major dimensions covered: internationalization, knowledge transfer, reputation, research
• Structure of presentation: ordinary presentation (league tables)
• Quality assurance of ranking: periodic consultancy
• Types of the ranking organization: university/higher education institution