Best Global Universities

Best Global Universities udarbejdes af U.S. News, og de bibliometriske indikatorer er baseret på Web of Science/InCites fra Clarivate Analytics.

Ranglisten er sammensat af 13 indikatorer med henblik på at måle universiteternes forskningsperformance og omdømme:

• Global research reputation
• Regional research reputation
• Publications
• Books
• Conferences
• Normalized citation impact
• Total citations
• Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited
• Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited
• International collaboration - relative to country
• International collaboration
• Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited in their respective field
• Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1 percent most highly cited papers

Data offentliggøres for 1.750 universiteter fordelt på 90 lande.