The rank boost by inconsistency in university rankings: Evidence from 14 rankings of Chinese universities

Bibliometric Rankings of World Universities

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Selecting universities: personal preference and rankings

Polyhedral geometry can be used to quantitatively assess the dependence of rankings on personal preference, and provides a tool for both students and universities to assess US News and World Report rankings.

From Eminent Men to Excellent Universities: University Rankings as Calculative Devices

Global university rankings have become increasingly important 'calculative devices' for assessing the 'quality' of higher education and research. Their ability to make characteristics of universities 'calculable' is here exemplified by the first proper university ranking ever, produced as early as 1910 by the American psychologist James McKeen Cattell. Our paper links the epistemological ration...

On the function of university rankings

Rankings Web , including the Webometrics Ranking of Universities

The Lab starts to work on metrics for evaluation of science and technology about 20 years ago, moving from bibliometrics to webometrics in mid-nineties when Internet became an important tool for scholarly communication. In these two decades the Lab members have published about two hundred papers in peer reviewed journals, participating in about 100 international scientific conferences, attendin...