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.

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