1.
Rankings of Universities
Europe on Focus
Isidro F. Aguillo
Editor Rankings Web
isidro.aguillo@csic.es
Adobe Stock 265167168

2.
Global
Rankings

3.
• Prestige-based (English PR) indicators
• Nobel Prizes: Immigrant (stolen) talent
USA &
Commonwealth
• Excluded Research Councils (CNRS, MaxPlanck;
CNR, CSIC, …) and C&E European Academies
Other GlobalNorth
countries
• Small o medium sized HEIs not ranked
• (Very) Incomplete coverage of the sources
(WoS/Scopus)
GlobalSouth
countries
Strongly biased scenario

4.
Survey-based (British) rankings
3 in Top 12 4 in Top 10

5.
(External) Talent aggregated
…………………...............................…
ONLY 13 (of 1000) universities with
total score larger than >50% (2022)

6.
Ranking
Web(ometrics)

7.
A different model
PULL
DATA COLLECTION
LOCAL+SOURCES
INDICATORS DESIGN
AND WEIGHTS
RANKING
PUSH
OPEN SCIENCE
PRIORITIES
INDICATORS
DESIGN AND
WEIGHTS
RANKING
OPEN SCIENCE
INITIATIVES

8.
Web is THE scholarly communication channel
Web is GLOBAL and LOCAL
Web is OPEN (Open Science + Open Access)
Web is the most feasible PR tool
Web is built both TOP-DOWN and BOTTOM-UP
Web-based

9.
IMPACT
50%
ACTIVITY
50%
EXCELLENCE
Papers
OPENNESS
Profiles
VISIBILITY
Linking
Networks

10.
Global South included!
July 2021
Country
Top 1000
1297
14
145
2
5288
13
1173
7
2595
2
293
1
133
0
59
0
148
0
123
0
65
0
358
1
102
0
121
8
279
0
73
3 68
4
704
12
194
5 290
0
56
0
32
0
21
0
6
0
180
1
34
0 70
0
131
3
66
0
66
0
170
0

11.
Excellence in Research
6 647 HEIs >0

12.
But a surprising digital divide!

13.
Web and
Distance Learning

14.
Glocal=Global+Local
• WEB: Local Expertise for Global Audiences
International Cooperation
• WEB: Knowledge Transfer without Brain Drain
Distance Learning=Open
• WEB: Community Building and Development
Web & Distance Learning Universities

15.
Easy and cheap publication of contents
• WEB: Personal pages
Transborder impact
• WEB: Truly global audience
Social networks
• WEB: Social tools
Web & Distance Learning scholars & students

16.
Not to Rank:
Understanding
& Solving

17.
EU Bottom-up approach
10
webpages

18.
US Bottom-up approach
https://gking.harvard.edu/
3 570
webpages

19.
Top-down (lack of) strategy
2118 profiles

20.
Opening contents
OPEN
KNOWLEDGE
OPEN
SCIENCE
OPEN
RESEARCH
OPEN
ACCESS
OPEN
PEER-REVIEW
OPEN
DATA
OPEN
SOURCE
PRE-PRINTS
CITIZEN
SCIENCE
OPEN
INFRAESTRUCTURES
OPEN
METHODS
PUBLIC
WEB
WIKIPEDIA
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
RESPONSIBLE
R&I
POPULAR
SCIENCE
EVALUATION
POLICIES
LIBRARIES
MUSEUMS
SOCIAL
NETWORKS
MASS
MEDIA
HOSPITALS

21.
Open access?

22.
Open data?
https://dataverse.org/

23.
Open Social: Altmetrics data

24.
Ranking
Not only World-
class research
intensive
universities.
True Global
coverage
Leadership
Open Science
commitment.
Cooperation with
governments,
organizations, and
communities
Distance Learning
Fair evaluation and
Ranking.
Web quality
contents as the key
tool
Webometrics promotes …

25.
Thanks for
your attention!
Questions?