The latest edition of University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) show that French and Chinese universities continue to improve dramatically.

These rankings have been published by the Informatics Institute at Middle East Technical University in Ankara. They are research-based with six indicators that measure research quality, quantity, impact, and productivity and international scientific collaboration: Article (weighting 21%), Citation (21%), Total Document (10%), Article Impact Total (18%), Citation Impact (15%), International Collaboration (15%).

In 2013-14 the top ten consisted entirely of British and North American universities, although the University of Tokyo was just outside in eleventh place.  Now, there are three US universities led by Harvard in first place, three Chinese, two British, one Canadian and one French.

The current edition shows the Université de Paris in 4^th place, Université Paris Saclay in 19^th, and Université Sorbonne in 23^rd.

The progress of the leading Chinese universities has been quite remarkable. In 2013 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tsinghua University, and Peking University were 68^th, 64^th, and 51^st respectively; now they are 8^th, 9^th, and 17^th.

Another remarkable revelation is the steady decline of the University of California system: Berkeley from 5^th in 2013 to 41^st, UCLA from 9^th to 16^th, San Diego from 12^th to 28^th, Irvine from 83^rd to 139^th.

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University Ranking by Academic Performance