IREG Observatory

General information on ranking

Name of the ranking	ISC Islamic World University Rankings
E-mail of person in charge of ranking	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website of the ranking	https://wur.isc.ac/Home/WorldIslamicUnivRankings?y...
Publication frequency	annual
First year of publication	2013
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. 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%)

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: 499
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: regional