Scientific research performance ranking
It is different from QS World University ranking by Time Higher Education Supplement which focuses on university ranking, and the academic ranking of the world universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University which focuses on academic ranking.
It evaluates and ranks the scientific papers performance for the top 500 universities worldwide.
The performance measures are composed of nine indicators to assess a universitys overall scientific paper performance along three criteria: research productivity (account for 20%), research impact (30%) and research excellence (50%).
The emphasis on current research performance makes the indicators a fairer one than some traditional indicators such as a universitys reputation or the number of Nobel Prize winners affiliated with that university, which tends to favor universities with longer histories or universities in developed countries.
Although many institutions from developing countries such as Mexico, Brazil, India, South Africa and Argentina were included in the top 500 universities of 2007 and 2008 performance ranking of scientific papers, no single university from the 57 Islamic countries was mentioned.
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2008 performance ranking of top universities by countries
2007 performance ranking of top universities by countries