Shanghai World University Ranking
This dataset presents the 500 first universities of Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as Shanghai Ranking, between 2005 and 2018. It highlights universities scores to ranking indicators, which measure : - Quality of Education, with Alumni and Award indicators (10% and 20%...
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How is this computed?Weighted across five axes. Tap a ring for what it measures.
Data schema (17 fields)
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| Fill | Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | world_rankWorld rank | text | World rank of the university, according to Shanghai ranking |
| 100% | university_nameUniversity | text | Name of the university |
| 100% | national_rankNational rank | text | National rank of the university, according to Shanghai ranking |
| 19.7% | total_scoreTotal score | double | Total score of the university |
| 100% | alumni | double | Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals |
| 100% | award | double | Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals |
| 100% | hici | double | The number of Highly Cited Researchers selected by Thomson Reuters. The Highly Cited Researchers list issued in December 2015 (2015 HCR List as of December 1 2015) was used for the calculation of HiCi indicator in ARWU 2016. Only the primary affiliations of Highly Cited Researchers are considered. |
| 99.7% | ns | double | The number of papers published in Nature and Science between 2011 and 2015. To distinguish the order of author affiliation, a weight of 100% is assigned for corresponding author affiliation, 50% for first author affiliation (second author affiliation if the first author affiliation is the same as corresponding author affiliation), 25% for the next author affiliation, and 10% for other author affiliations. Only publications of 'Article' type is considered. |
| 100% | pub | double | Total number of papers indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded and Social Science Citation Index in 2015. Only publications of 'Article' type is considered. When calculating the total number of papers of an institution, a special weight of two was introduced for papers indexed in Social Science Citation Index. |
| 100% | pcp | double | The weighted scores of the above five indicators divided by the number of full-time equivalent academic staff. If the number of academic staff for institutions of a country cannot be obtained, the weighted scores of the above five indicators is used. For ARWU 2016, the numbers of full-time equivalent academic staff are obtained for institutions in USA, UK, France, Canada, Japan, Italy, China, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, South Korea, Czech, Slovenia, New Zealand etc. |
| — | year | date | Year of the ranking |
| — | world_rank_intWorld rank integer | int | World rank integer of the university, according to Shanghai ranking : - If World rank integer < 101, this indicator is the rank of the university - If 100 < World rank integer < 201, the rank of the university is between World rank integer and (World rank integer + 49) - If 200 < world_rank_int, the rank of the university is between World rank integer and (World rank integer + 99) |
| — | country | text | University country |
| — | iso2_codeIso2 code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 of university country |
| — | iso3_codeIso3 code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 of university country |
| — | geo_shapeShape | geo_shape | — |
| — | geo_point_2dCoordinates | geo_point_2d | — |
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1ns: 6.2 · pcp: 14.8
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"pub": 30.9,
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}Record 2ns: 10.9 · pcp: 18.3
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}Record 3ns: 10.1 · pcp: 11.3
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"university_name": "University of Provence (Aix-Marseille 1)"
}Record 4ns: 12.2 · pcp: 18.2
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}Record 5ns: 12.4 · pcp: 23.7
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}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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