It is a ranking of academic and research institutions assessed through a composite index that combines three different groups of indicators based on research performance, innovation outputs, and societal impact measured by their online presence.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings is an annual ranking of universities published by Times Higher Education. From 2004 to 2009, the magazine collaborated with several startups to conduct the QS World University Rankings before shifting its partnership to Thomson Reuters to publish a new ranking system. Currently, the magazine publishes a report that includes the best global universities, along with additional rankings such as the best universities in Asia, Latin America, and the top universities in emerging economies.
Rating system is a global assessment framework for university performance, awarded by the QS Intelligence Unit. A university’s star rating is a reflection of its performance across specific criteria, with each institution receiving an overall rating ranging from 0 to 5+ stars. Additionally, universities must achieve a rating of 0 to 5 stars in at least eight out of 13 key categories.
The UI GreenMetric World University Ranking is a ranking system focused on green campus and environmental sustainability, initiated by Universitas Indonesia in 2010. Through 39 indicators across 6 criteria, the UI GreenMetric rankings effectively evaluate universities based on their commitment to and initiatives in environmental sustainability.
The Round University Ranking (RUR) is a global university ranking system that evaluates the performance of 1,100 leading universities from 82 countries using 20 unique indicators and 4 main areas of university activities: teaching, research, international diversity, and financial sustainability. All raw data used in the RUR ranking is provided by the international company Thomson Reuters. The RUR rankings cover the period from 2010 to the present. The RUR rankings are designed as an assessment system aimed at providing sufficient information about university performance to address the specific needs of stakeholders, including students, the academic community, university management, and policymakers.
The AD Scientific Index is a ranking and analysis system that focuses on the scientific performance and added value of individual researchers’ productivity, distinguishing it from other systems that evaluate journals and universities. This new index was developed in 2021 by Professor Murad Albir and Assistant Professor Jihan Dogar, utilizing aggregate values from the past six years of the i10 index, h-index, and citation counts from Google Scholar.
By employing a total of nine criteria, the "AD Scientific Index" ranks researchers across 12 subjects (including Agriculture and Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business Administration, Economics and Economic Statistics, Education, Engineering and Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and others), 256 fields, 23,200 institutions, 219 countries, and 10 regions (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Arab League, ECA, BRICS, Latin America, and COMESA), on a global scale.
The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is the largest global university ranking system, covering over 20,000 universities, of which 16,000 are published. It is issued in Spain by the **Spanish National Research Council**. The primary goal of this ranking is to improve the online presence of higher education and research institutions and to encourage the open-access publication of peer-reviewed scientific articles. The ranking is released biannually, in January and July, and evaluates universities based on the performance of their websites according to the following criteria: size, research citations, and overall impact.
