List of Top 20 Universities in Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2024
Updated on 14 December, 2023
Pragya Sharma
Sr. Content Editor
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Here is a guide to the latest Webometrics Ranking, a unique parameter widely acknowledged to measure the presence of universities on the web. The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is keenly followed by institutions, students, and research bodies since they are regarded as reliable and illuminating. Let us take a closer look at some highlights of the latest Webometrics University Ranking 2023.
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What is Webometrics
The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a noted research group of the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas). Webometrics Ranking, or the Ranking Web of Universities, began in 2004 and today covers over 30,000 higher education institutions from 200+ countries.
The Cybermetrics Lab focuses on quantitatively analyzing web and internet content, especially those linked to scholarly communication and scientific knowledge. This is known as Webometrics. It uses various metric-guided indicators and quantitative methods to publish these rankings, which are updated every six months (in January and July).
Objective of Webometrics
The major objectives of the Webometrics University Ranking include the following:
- It is not just a ranking of university websites but a ranking of the universities themselves. The Webometrics World University Rankings use both bibliometric and webometric indicators to provide accurate, objective, and multidimensional information on university performance.
- The key objective of the Webometrics University Ranking is promoting web publication and wider access to the knowledge shared by universities, along with supporting electronic access to scientific publications and academic material.
- Webometrics aims to become the biggest academic ranking of higher education institutions, offering objective, independent, free, and open scientific results.
Webometrics Indicators
Webometrics uses the a-priori scientific system (knowledge acquired independently of any experience) for developing its composite indicator. The Webometrics Ranking 2023 indicators cover the following aspects:
| Indicators | What it denotes | Ranking Methodology | Source | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Presence |
Public knowledge shared |
DISCONTINUED |
|
|
Visibility |
Web contents Impact |
Number of external networks (subnets) linking to the institution's webpages (normalized and then the average value is chosen) |
Ahrefs |
50% |
Transparency (or Openness) |
Top cited researchers |
Number of citations from Top 310 authors (excluding the top 20 outliers) |
Google Scholar |
10% |
Excellence (or Scholar) |
Top cited |
Number of papers amongst the top 10% most cited in each one of the all 27 disciplines of the full database |
Scimago |
40% |
Top 20 Universities by Webometrics Rankings 2023
The second (July) edition of Webometrics Ranking of World Universities for 2023 is listed below:
| Rank | Name of the Institution | Country | Impact Rank | Openness Rank | Excellence Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Harvard University | USA |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Stanford University | USA |
3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | USA |
2 |
3 |
17 |
4 |
University of Oxford | UK |
14 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
University of California Berkeley | USA |
4 |
4 |
31 |
6 |
University of Michigan | USA |
9 |
11 |
11 |
7 |
Cornell University | USA |
5 |
15 |
24 |
8 |
University of Washington | USA |
6 |
82 |
12 |
9 |
Columbia University New York | USA |
8 |
7 |
20 |
10 |
University of Pennsylvania | USA |
12 |
12 |
21 |
11 |
University of Cambridge | UK |
16 |
6 |
14 |
12 |
Johns Hopkins University | USA |
17 |
42 |
10 |
13 |
Yale University | USA |
11 |
13 |
33 |
14 |
University of California Los Angeles UCLA | USA |
19 |
8 |
23 |
15 |
UCL University College London | UK |
43 |
10 |
8 |
16 |
University of Toronto | Canada |
34 |
26 |
13 |
17 |
University of California San Diego | USA |
29 |
9 |
27 |
18 |
Pennsylvania State University | USA |
10 |
36 |
66 |
19 |
University of Wisconsin Madison | USA |
15 |
25 |
69 |
20 |
Duke University | USA |
30 |
14 |
42 |
The Webometrics Ranking is considered reliable by leading institutions and research bodies throughout the world. This guide provided an insight into what webometrics is, the latest edition of Webometrics Ranking, how it is measured, and the list of top 20 universities in 2023.
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