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Education & Academia
Institutional, journal, and research impact rankings — the methodologies behind university league tables, citation metrics, and academic performance indexes.
- ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) — How the Methodology Works How the Academic Ranking of World Universities works: Nobel prizes, highly cited researchers, Nature and Science papers, fixed weights, and no surveys.
- Google Scholar h-index — How It Ranks Researchers How the h-index works on Google Scholar: the h-papers-with-h-citations definition, i10-index, profile rankings, career-length bias, and gaming concerns.
- Journal Impact Factor — How It Ranks Journals How the Journal Impact Factor works: the two-year citation ratio, JCR rankings and quartiles, field bias, gaming tactics, and the DORA critique.
- Leiden Ranking — How the CWTS Methodology Works How the CWTS Leiden Ranking works: bibliometric-only indicators, top-percentile citation measures, no composite score, and the philosophy of ranking responsibly.
- QS World University Rankings — How the Methodology Works How the QS World University Rankings work: reputation surveys, citations per faculty, internationalization ratios, indicator weights, and criticisms.
- SCImago Institutions Rankings — How the Methodology Works How the SCImago Institutions Rankings work: Scopus-based research, innovation, and societal impact indicators, the 50/30/20 weighting, and limitations.
- THE World University Rankings — How the Methodology Works How the Times Higher Education rankings work: the five pillars (teaching, research, citations, industry, international outlook), indicator weights, and criticisms.
- U.S. News College Rankings — How the Methodology Works How the U.S. News college rankings work: graduation outcomes, peer assessment, faculty resources, social mobility weighting, methodology changes, and controversies.