A not entirely new university ranking

A rather citation heavy ranking from URAP (NB not UKIP) Apologies for the lateness of this but for some reason I failed to notice this league table which was published last autumn. The University Ranking by Academic Performance website has all the details but the background is as follows: University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) … Continued

A rather citation heavy ranking from URAP (NB not UKIP)

Apologies for the lateness of this but for some reason I failed to notice this league table which was published last autumn. The University Ranking by Academic Performance website has all the details but the background is as follows:

University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) Research Laboratory was established at Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University in 2009. Main objective of URAP is to develop a ranking system for the world universities based on academic performances which determined by quality and quantity of scholarly publications. In line with this objective yearly World Ranking of 2000 Higher Education Institutions have been released since 2010.

And the methodology:

URAP ranking system is completely based on objective data obtained from reliable open sources. The system ranks the universities according to multiple criteria. Most of the currently available ranking systems are both size and subject dependent. The URAP research team is currently working on a new methodology which will minimize the impact of size and subject dependency.

The goal of the URAP ranking system is not to label world universities as best or worst. Our intention is to help universities identify potential areas of progress with respect to specific academic performance indicators. Similar to other ranking systems, the URAP system is neither exhaustive nor definitive, and is open to new ideas and improvements. The current ranking system will be continuously upgraded based on our ongoing research and the constructive feedback of our colleagues.

Whilst they don’t want to label universities as best or worst this is a rather inevitable by-product of a ranking I fear. Still, on the positive side, they have sent us a lovely certificate (dated last year but only arrived in my office this week):

A certificate! for the whole University!

I’m sure other rankings will be following suit.

Anyway, here is the list of the top 20 UK universities from URAP:

Country Ranking	University Name	World Ranking	Category	Article	Citation	Total Document	JIT	JCIT	Collaboration	Total
1	University of Oxford	7	A++	91.74	92.72	43.25	73.26	65.72	78.75	445.43
2	University of Cambridge	11	A++	90.07	91.16	42.34	71.63	65.68	75.32	436.2
3	Imperial College	14	A++	87.11	87.38	41.91	69.8	60.16	73.23	419.58
4	University College London	18	A++	85.47	85.05	41.61	69.38	58.96	70.59	411.07
5	University of Manchester	38	A++	81.52	79.31	39.67	64.23	54.54	65.21	384.47
6	University of Edinburgh	49	A++	77.64	77.27	37.39	63.42	54.84	65.05	375.62
7	Kings College London	69	A++	76.74	75.82	37.76	62.7	53.24	58.89	365.15
8	University of Bristol	85	A++	74.71	74.33	36	61.36	51.53	59.04	356.98
9	University of Glasgow	102	A++	72.45	72.79	35.24	60.31	51.04	59.07	350.89
10	University of Birmingham	108	A+	73.37	71.68	35.78	60.18	49.75	56.81	347.56
11	University of Nottingham	110	A+	74.25	71.61	35.79	59.64	49.43	56.31	347.03
12	University of Sheffield	115	A+	73.53	71.74	35.45	59.59	49.75	55.92	345.96
13	University of Leeds	123	A+	73.56	71.29	35.28	59.23	49.46	56.25	345.08
14	University of Southampton	128	A+	73.58	70.73	35.06	59.11	49.06	56.65	344.18
15	University of Liverpool	145	A+	71.64	69.98	34.5	58.98	48.98	55.95	340.03
16	Cardiff University	152	A+	70.89	69.54	33.86	58.35	49.22	56.25	338.11
17	University of Newcastle upon Tyne	161	A+	70.08	70.26	33.94	58.83	49.55	53.95	336.61
18	University of Warwick	212	A+	70.09	67.9	33.24	57.21	47.74	52.63	328.82
19	University of Leicester	231	A+	68.26	68.3	32.61	57.4	48.89	51.25	326.7
20	University of Aberdeen	234	A+	68	67.76	32.73	56.79	47.42	53.36	326