2018. Ranking Web of Universities. January New Edition (27764 Universities)
The July edition (2018.1.0) is built with the indicators obtained during this month in order to maintain the freshness of the data of the most current and updated Ranking of Universities.
The July edition (2018.1.0) is built with the indicators obtained during this month in order to maintain the freshness of the data of the most current and updated Ranking of Universities.
Published figures are RANKS (lower is better), intended for showing individual performances, but they are not the values used in the calculations. Due to technical issues several key changes (marked in red) have been done, so the following table describes the current methodology:
| INDICATORS | DESCRIPTION | SOURCE | WEIGTH |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESENCE | Size (number of pages) of the main webdomain of the institution. It includes all the subdomains sharing the webdomain and all the file types including rich files like pdf documents | 5% | |
| VISIBILITY | Number of external networks (subnets) originating backlinks to the institutions webpages | Ahrefs Majestic | 50% |
| TRANSPARENCY (or OPENNESS) | Number of citations from Top authors according to the source But see Transparent Ranking for additional info | Google Scholar Citations | 10 % |
EXCELLENCE | Number of papers amongst the top 10% most cited in 26 disciplines | Scimago | 35 % |