Name of the ranking Ranking Universitário Folha
Geographical scope specific program ranking, general ranking
E-mail of person in charge of ranking puste pole, nie ma danych
Website of the ranking https://ruf.folha.uol.com.br/todas-as-edicoes
Publication frequency annual
First year of publication 2012
Most recent year of publication 2024
Date of last update 2025-01-12
Ranking organization Folha de S.Paulo
Website of the methodology https://ruf.folha.uol.com.br/2024/noticias/o-que-e-o-ranking-universitario-folha.shtml
Methodology

The Folha University Ranking is an annual assessment of all active universities in the country that uses national and international data and two Datafolha opinion polls, in five aspects (research, teaching, employment, internationalization and innovation). The following indicators are considered in the general ranking (please note that this description is for 2019 edition as there is no open access on the Folha University Ranking website):

RESEARCH 42%

  • Papers (number of scientific papers published by university) – 7% (source: Web of Science)
  • Citations (total number of citations received) – 7% (source: Web of Science)
  • Citations per paper – 4% (source: Web of Science)
  • Paper per academic staff – 7% (source: Web of Science)
  • Citations per academic staff – 7% (source: Web of Science)
  • Papers in national journals – 3% (source: Scientific Electronic Library Online, SciELO)
  • Funding received by university – 3% (source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira – Ministério da Educação, Inep-MEC)
  • CNPq scholarship (percentage of academic staff considered productive by CNPq) – 2% (source: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CNPq)
  • Thesis – 2% (source: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CNPq) 

 

TEACHING 32% 

  • Academic staff opinion – 20% (source: Survey)
  • Percentage of academic staff with PhD or Masters – 4% (source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira – Ministério da Educação, Inep-MEC)
  • Percentage of full-time and part time academic staff – 4% (source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira – Ministério da Educação, Inep-MEC)
  • Enade grade – 4% (source: Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes, Enade) 

 

EMPLOYMENT 18% 

  • Employer’s opinion – 18% (source: Survey)

 

INTERNATIONALIZATION 4% 

  • International citations per academic staff – 2% (source: Web of Science)
  • Papers with international co-authorship – 2% (source: Web of Science) 

 

INNOVATION 4% 

  • Patent (number of patents applied for by the university) – 2% (source: Instituto Nacional da Propriedad Industrial, INPI)
  • Industry partnership (number of university studies with industry partnership) – 2% (source: Instituto Nacional da Propriedad Industrial, INPI)

Additional information

  • Type of publication: internet, print - magazine, newspaper
  • Internet users access to ranking: open access only for classification tables (paid access for methodology description)
  • Main target groups: students and parents, higher education institutions
  • Level of comparison: institutional: 204, subjects: 40
  • Major dimensions covered: innovation, internationalization, reputation, research, teaching
  • Structure of presentation: standard presentation (league tables)
  • Data sources: survey conducted exclusively by ranking organization, Web of Science, third-party database (data not provided by HEI): Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira – Ministry of Education (Inep-MEC), National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), National Student Performance Exam (Enade), National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
  • Quality assurance of ranking: periodic consultancy
  • Website of the ranking organization: https://www.folha.uol.com.br
  • Types of the ranking organization: commercial/for-profit (incl. media)