General information on ranking

Name of the ranking	ISC World University Rankings
Geographical scope	Global
E-mail of person in charge of ranking	rankings@isc.ac
Website of the ranking	https://wur.isc.ac/Home/WorldUnivRankings?year=202...
Publication frequency	annual
First year of publication	2018
Most recent year of publication	2023
Date of last update	2024-12-30
Ranking organization	Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute
Website of the methodology	https://wur.isc.ac/Home/Methodology
Methodology	As an international scientific organization, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC) has ranked universities and research institutes in Iran by forming an internal working group. ISC, as an avant-garde citation system in the Muslim world, published Islamic World University Rankings in 2013. Building on their experience, ISC’s Department of Universities Ranking published the new ISC World University Rankings in 2018. The rankings performance indicators are grouped into four broad areas: Research (60%) Research volume (25%) Citations (15%) Number of articles in top journals (15%) Impact relative to world (4%) Category normalized citation impact (1%)   Education (10%) Ratio of students to faculty members (5%) Number of highly cited faculty members (5%)   International Activity (15%) International cooperation (10%) Number of collaborating countries in joint publications (4%) International reputation (1%)   Innovation (15%) Number of patents (10%) Percent of industry collaborations (5%)

Additional information

• Type of publication: internet
• Internet users access to ranking: open access
• Language of publication: English
• Main target groups: higher education institutions, students and parents
• Level of comparison: institutional: 2,555
• Major dimensions covered: innovation, internationalization, research, teaching
• Structure of presentation: ordinary presentation (league tables)
• Data sources: third-party database (data not provided by HEI)
• Website of the ranking organization: https://wur.isc.ac/Home/AboutUs
• Types of rankings: global