According to Wikipedia, the ranking agency is lauded for its objectivity and independence. The ranking is based on these factors:
10% for number of alumni who are Nobel laureates or Fields medalists
20% for number of staff who are Nobel laureates or Fields medalists
20% for number of researchers with highly cited papers
20% for number of papers published in Nature or Science
20% for the number of papers indexed in Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index
10% for “per-capita academic performance” (not sure what this means… student grades, maybe?)
I can’t help but see a relationship between “published papers” as a metric and the relatively recent surge in academic fraud. Goodhart’s Law, anyone?
account42 · 14m ago
> China and Taiwan
> the Asian country
WTF is this nonsense?
buyucu · 1h ago
I don't know why this shocks people. China has almost 4 times the population of the US. When China catches up, it will have 4 times the number of top universities.
10% for number of alumni who are Nobel laureates or Fields medalists
20% for number of staff who are Nobel laureates or Fields medalists
20% for number of researchers with highly cited papers
20% for number of papers published in Nature or Science
20% for the number of papers indexed in Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index
10% for “per-capita academic performance” (not sure what this means… student grades, maybe?)
I can’t help but see a relationship between “published papers” as a metric and the relatively recent surge in academic fraud. Goodhart’s Law, anyone?
> the Asian country
WTF is this nonsense?