World university ranking refers to the ranking of universities in various countries and regions in the world by the selection institutions according to various data. Each university ranking has its own defects and deficiencies, and the ranking does not completely match the strength of running a school.
The mainstream academic institutions in the world are ranked by British Nature Index, American Basic Science Index Database (ESI), China World University Soft Science Academic Ranking, Times Higher Education World University, QS World University, American News World University, Moscow International University, and Spanish World University Network.
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Times Higher Education World University Ranking is regarded as one of the most authoritative world university rankings, and the comprehensive strength of universities is measured by many indicators such as teaching, scientific research, knowledge transformation and international perspective. The ranking is evaluated by 13 index, such as the citation frequency of papers, the number of students corresponding to each teacher, the ratio of international students to domestic students, etc.
In the index system of QS World University Ranking, academic reputation survey accounts for 40% of the weight, employer reputation survey accounts for 10%, teacher-student ratio accounts for 20%, the number of citations per teacher accounts for 20%, and the proportion of international students and international teachers accounts for 5% respectively. Among them, the academic reputation survey is based on the feedback from more than 80,000 famous scholars around the world, and the employer reputation survey is based on the feedback from the human resources departments of more than 40,000 global enterprises.
The main indicators of American News' ranking of world universities are as follows: global research reputation 12.5%, regional research reputation 12.5%, published papers 10%, published books 2.5%, academic conferences 2.5%, standardized citation influence 10%, which are always cited.
Since academic ranking of world universities, a soft science department, was first published in 2003, the evaluation discourse system of China University has been established. However, academic ranking of world universities was accused of overemphasizing the field of science and engineering because of his special liking for Nobel Prize and Fields Prize, and his emphasis on Nature and Science.
The evaluation system of SCImago World University Ranking mainly includes scientific research (50%), innovation (30%) and social impact (20%), covering the number of papers published by universities and scientific research institutions, the number of cited papers, the number of international cooperation papers, the number of patent applications and the number of scientific publications cited by patents.
Its academic ranking list for colleges and universities has high reference value in the industry, which embodies the good reputation of colleges and universities in scientific research and social influence.