The Best Global Universities Ranking has just been published, for the third time including an international ranking, with DTU now ranking no. 125—46 places up on last year.
The American media company U.S. News & World Report which is known for publishing rankings of American high schools, colleges, grad schools, etc. has recently published their annual ranking, on which DTU takes a major leap upward—from 171 in 2016 to 125. In the 2015 ranking, DTU featured no. 181.
The ranking is based on ten different categories, including international reputation, scientific publications, quotes, and international collaboration.
You can read more about the Best Global Universities Ranking here.
The ranking will furthermore be available on our website where you can also find information on the Leiden Ranking, the World University Rankings (THE), and the QS World University Rankings.
| Ranking indicator |
Weight |
| Global research reputation |
12.5% |
| Regional research reputation |
12.5% |
| Publications |
10% |
| Books |
2.5% |
| Conferences |
2.5% |
| Normalized citation impact |
10% |
| Total citations |
7.5% |
| Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited |
12.5% |
| Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited |
10% |
| International collaboration |
10% |
| Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited in their respective field |
5% |
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Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1 percent most highly cited papers
|
5% |