By Ruth A. Pagell* Fast Facts: Nine of the 16 universities in CWTS Leiden’s Gender rankings with over 50% female authorships are Polish Fifteen of the lowest-ranked universities with under 12% female authorships are Japanese Seven of the CWTS top 25 in authorships are in the top 1,000 in THE World 2022 Only two…
By Ruth A. Pagell* What new metric has been added to THE Impact Rankings? How do Japan University Rankings differ from Japan in World Rankings? Is it better to rank 112 or 47 in QS Subject rankings (See Example 1)? (5 May 2022) This is a quick take on the usual spring updates, including…
By Ruth A. Pagell* What roles do publicly traded companies have in the scholarly supply chain and how can that affect university decisions? How are the companies supplying the data for the rankings, increasing their revenue and influencing and impacting the rankings? Where are the libraries? Should universities be rated as companies? ABSTRACT: The…
By Ruth A. Pagell* Abstract The 37 chapters in Hazelkorn’s and Mihut’s Research Handbook on university rankings: Theory, methodology, influence and impact bring together a broad spectrum of topics concerning university rankings, geopolitics, and higher education policy. This review highlights a selection of chapters from well-known international researchers to local authors. All chapters are…
What university founded in 1257 is among the world’s top young universities? (Table 1 in the Appendix has the answer.) What Thai company appears in green and patent rankings? What higher education center offers relevant free webinars? By Ruth A. Pagell* I spent the beginning of 2022 away from rankings, doing research with a…
By Ruth A. Pagell* U.S. News includes four universities from Singapore No Asian university is in the top 10 in U.S. News Global or NTU Scientific Papers QS Asia increases its number of Hong Kong Universities to nine 70% of Nature’s young universities are from Asia or Oceania Taiwan is attracting more international students Clarivate…
By Ruth A. Pagell* What country has the highest Academic Freedom Index score? (AFi) What country in the Asia Pacific Region has the highest score for Marine protected areas? (EPI) What country has shown the most overall progress in Carbon emissions? (GFI) What country has the most gold star companies in S&P Global Yearbook? Is…
By Ruth A. Pagell* What is a green university? What is the “greenest” university in the world? In Thailand? What country has the most green universities (Part 2)? (20 Nov 2021) With COP26 still in the news, this is the appropriate time to introduce ACCESS readers to the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings…
By Ruth A. Pagell* (12 Oct 2021) I had intended to write a short update on recent ARWU and THE releases. In looking for something interesting to write about, since these rankings are stable, I began to drill down into individual metrics, a mistake for someone who likes to ask herself questions such as…
By Ruth A. Pagell* THE’s new Arab University ranking adds new metrics to its regional methodology QS adds SDG metrics to its World rankings Clarivate issues a research report on Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey (MENAT) THE ARAB University Rankings (3 Sept 2021) In 2017 and 2018, THE published lists of top Arab…