The massive expansion of scholarly and scientific journals in recent decades has been a serious headache for researchers and administrators who have to distinguish between

uniRank is a web-based ranking that is complementary to a search engine. It is currently based on an algorithm that includes five web metrics derived

The Ranking Web of Universities, usually just known as Webometrics, has been published since 2004 and ranks more than 30,000 universities. At the moment it

As universities seek to redefine themselves or change their priorities, rankings will follow suit – writes Richard Holmes, an expert on academic rankings in the

University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) was first published by the Informatics Institute of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, in 2009. It is a

In recent years many countries including Germany, Russia, China and India have introduced policies to improve the quality of research and higher education by concentrating