Leiden

Analysis and Trends, Knowledge Base
Leiden Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) has developed a new ranking list based exclusively on bibliometric indicators. In early 2007, the CWTS presented its ranking results for the 100 European universities with the largest number of scientific publications. This ranking list proposes four different indicators, from 2010 an additional fifth one, each resulting in a different ranking. The rankings are compiled every 2 years both for a European and the World-wide ranges. Indicators and Methodology The Leiden ranking benefits from all experiences and know-how available at CWTS: very accurate definition and 'unification' of universities worldwide; corrections for practically all errors and inconsistencies in the raw publication and citation data; thorough methodology based on 20 years of experience in research performance analysis; multiple-indicator approach. This latter point…
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SCIMAGO

Analysis and Trends, Knowledge Base
SCIMAGO Scimago Institutions Rankings World Reports are based on quantitative data of citation and publication shows bibliometric indicators that unveil some of the main dimensions of research performance of worldwide research-devoted institutions. Historical and Institutional Background The SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) since 2009 has published its international ranking of worldwide research institutions, the SIR World Report. The SIR World Report is the work of the SCImago Research Group, a Spain-based research organization consist of members from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), University of Granada, Charles III University of Madrid, University of Alcalá, University of Extremadura and other education institutions in Spain. Scimago Institutions Rankings is a science evaluation resource to assess worldwide universities and research-focused institutions. The ranking tools and reports measure research activity of worldwide institutions having noteworthy…
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Analysis and trends – 2013

Analysis and Trends, Knowledge Base
The position of Hungarian higher education institutions in international rankings, compared to their counterparts from the Central European region  In ARWU 2011 ranking the University of Helsinki and the University of Vienna exceed all the others. The two Hungarian universities are in the middle section, Charles University (CZ) has a better position from the surrounding countries. Looking at the partial scores we must note the importance of Nobel Prizes and Field Medas: among the best universities we can find almost entirely the ones scoring on the two indicators (Alumni and Award), but for scoring, only one prize or medal is enough for the university. In Times Higher Education Ranking of 2010 only two of the universities in question can be found among the top list of 200: the University of…
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