University Rankings: Analysis of Indicators
The worldwide university rankings rank universities based on a set of indicators. However, each ranking system makes use of criteria and metrics of measurement defined according the purpose for which it was created. Thus, this paper aims to identify the indicators presented in the international lit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2015-08-01
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| Series: | Revista Sociedade, Contabilidade e Gestão |
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| Online Access: | http://www.atena.org.br/revista/ojs-2.2.3-06/index.php/ufrj/article/viewFile/2554/2164 |
| Summary: | The worldwide university rankings rank universities based on a set of indicators. However, each ranking system makes use of criteria and metrics of measurement defined according the
purpose for which it was created. Thus, this paper aims to identify the indicators presented in the international literature on "university rankings". The selection of papers was conducted by
the intervention instrument called Knowledge Development Process- Constructivist (ProKnow-C) which identified 32 articles published in the Web of Science and Scopus databases and freely available on the internet, aligned to the subject, and thus, composed the Bibliographical Portfolio (BP). Based on the analysis of the BP, it was found the existence of
19 university rankings. The most common indicators are related to infrastructure and reputation of the university and make use of bibliometric information, such as published articles, number of citations of articles and researchers and articles indexed in databases. It was also found that there are many different metrics used by rankings, however it should be noted that, from the purpose of the rankings, the indicators shall be constructe |
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| ISSN: | 1982-7342 1982-7342 |