Welcome to the Ranking Web of Universities, also known as Webometrics Ranking. The new edition has been published on the 7th of February based on data collected during the first days of January. It provides the largest and most updated directory and ranking of higher education institutions (now over 21000!) in the world.
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During the last years we have received requests from universities all over the world asking for additional information and technical support, not only about the ranking and its methodologies, but also regarding other relevant performance results derived from academic activities in all the missions any modern university is currently involved.
We are now able to provide in-depth reports on the following topics:
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Since 2004, the Ranking Web (or Webometrics Ranking) is published twice a year (data is collected during the first weeks of January and July for being public at the end of both months), covering more than 20,000 Higher Education Institutions worldwide. We intend to motivate both institutions and scholars to have a web presence that reflect accurately their activities.
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Our editor account in Twitter is @isidroaguillo. The latest news about the future editions of the Rankings Webometrics.
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The methodological changes in our ranking intend to have a strong effect on certain academic policies in order to improve specific aspects of the performance of the universities that are important in our agenda. The main issues are:
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Webometrics Ranking original and still valid main objective is to support Open Access (OA) initiatives and to promote global access to academic knowledege as produced by universities worldwide. Ranking intends to be a useful tool showing the commitment of the institutions to the OA through carefully selected web indicators.
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