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Objectives of the Webometrics Ranking of World's Universities

The original aim of the Ranking was to promote Web publication. Supporting Open Access initiatives, electronic access to scientific publications and to other academic material are our primary targets. However web indicators are very useful for ranking purposes too as they are not based on number of visits or page design but on the global performance and visibility of the universities.

As other rankings focused only on a few relevant aspects, specially research results, web indicators based ranking reflects better the whole picture, as many other activities of professors and researchers are showed by their web presence.

The Web covers not only only formal (e-journals, repositories) but also informal scholarly communication. Web publication is cheaper, maintaining the high standards of quality of peer review processes. It could also reach much larger potential audiences, offering access to scientific knowledge to researchers and institutions located in developing countries and also to third parties (economic, industrial, political or cultural stakeholders) in their own community.

The Webometrics ranking has a larger coverage than other similar rankings (see table below). The ranking is not only focused on research results but also in other indicators which may reflect better the global quality of the scholar and research institutions worldwide.

We intend to motivate both institutions and scholars to have a web presence that reflect accurately their activities. If the web performance of an institution is below the expected position according to their academic excellence, university authorities should reconsider their web policy, promoting substantial increases of the volume and quality of their electronic publications.

Candidate students should use additional criteria if they are trying to choose university. webometrics Ranking correlates well with quality of education provided and academic prestige, but other non-academic variables need to be taken into account.

World Rank Institution* Region Regional Rank Country National Rank Score on Alumni Score on Award Score on HiCi Score on N&S Score on PUB Score on PCP Total Score
1 Harvard University Americas 1  1 100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  69.2  100.0  
2 University of California, Berkeley Americas 2  2 67.6  79.3  69.0  70.9  70.6  54.2  72.4  
3 Stanford University Americas 3  3 40.2  78.4  87.6  68.4  69.7  50.1  72.1  
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Americas 4  4 70.5  80.3  66.8  70.1  61.4  64.5  71.4  
5 University of Cambridge Europe 1  1 88.5  92.6  53.9  54.3  65.7  53.1  69.6  
6 California Institute of Technology Americas 5  5 50.3  68.8  56.7  64.8  46.9  100.0  64.4  
7 Princeton University Americas 6  6 56.4  84.8  61.1  43.3  44.3  65.5  60.8  
8 Columbia University Americas 7  7 70.7  67.4  56.2  47.6  69.9  32.1  60.4  
9 University of Chicago Americas 8  8 65.5  83.9  50.9  39.8  50.5  40.0  57.3  
10 University of Oxford Europe 2  2 56.2  57.6  48.8  49.8  68.5  41.1  56.4  
11 Yale University Americas 9  9 48.6  44.9  58.5  56.3  62.0  37.0  54.6  
12 Cornell University Americas 10  10 42.3  51.1  54.3  49.9  59.5  38.1  52.6  
13 University of California, Los Angeles Americas 11  11 27.2  42.6  56.9  49.2  75.1  31.2  52.2  
14 University of California, San Diego Americas 12  12 15.1  35.8  60.2  54.6  65.1  37.9  50.0  
15 University of Pennsylvania Americas 13  13 32.9  34.3  57.1  46.9  68.6  28.5  49.0  
16 University of Washington Americas 14  14 24.4  31.7  53.9  51.6  72.5  28.1  48.7  
17 University of Wisconsin - Madison Americas 15  15 36.5  35.4  51.9  40.2  66.1  25.7  46.4  
18 The Johns Hopkins University Americas 16  16 43.6  32.1  42.0  49.4  64.0  27.2  46.0  
18 University of California, San Francisco Americas 16  17 0.0  40.1  53.4  51.8  60.7  33.6  46.0  
20 The University of Tokyo Asia/Pacific 1  1 33.3  14.1  42.0  52.0  80.4  34.5  45.9  
21 University College London Europe 3  3 32.9  32.1  39.4  44.6  67.0  31.6  44.4  
22 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Americas 18  18 36.5  0.0  59.8  43.4  79.8  26.3  44.2  
23 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Europe 4  1 34.1  36.1  36.3  43.6  53.6  47.1  43.4  
24 Kyoto University Asia/Pacific 2  2 33.7  34.7  38.1  36.0  67.6  31.0  43.1  
25 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Americas 19  19 35.4  36.5  42.6  37.1  58.6  27.8  42.6  
26 The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Europe 5  4 17.7  37.2  41.4  36.9  62.3  33.0  41.9  
27 University of Toronto Americas 20  1 23.8  19.2  38.8  38.3  80.3  27.9  41.8  
28 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Americas 21  20 30.6  16.2  50.4  36.1  66.6  23.9  40.6  
29 Northwestern University Americas 22  21 18.5  18.9  48.3  35.9  59.7  28.4  38.4  
30 Washington University in St. Louis Americas 23  22 21.3  25.9  38.8  41.0  54.8  26.7  38.1  
31 New York University Americas 24  23 32.4  24.4  40.7  36.2  54.4  22.4  37.8  
32 University of California, Santa Barbara Americas 25  24 14.1  30.7  38.8  41.7  44.7  33.5  37.1  
32 University of Colorado at Boulder Americas 25  25 16.0  35.1  42.0  33.3  42.6  37.3  37.1  
34 Rockefeller University Americas 27  26 19.2  58.4  28.8  42.3  21.0  35.6  36.7  
35 Duke University Americas 28  27 17.7  0.0  45.8  42.2  62.0  24.4  35.3  
36 University of British Columbia Americas 29  2 17.7  18.9  32.2  30.8  65.7  23.7  34.7  
36 University of Maryland, College Park Americas 29  28 22.0  19.9  41.4  29.0  53.6  26.2  34.7  
38 The University of Texas at Austin Americas 31  29 18.5  16.6  46.1  28.4  54.4  24.7  34.5  
39 Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 Europe 6  1 34.8  23.5  24.9  28.8  59.9  21.9  34.2  
40 University of Copenhagen Europe 7  1 26.1  24.1  26.0  26.0  56.4  32.3  33.4  
41 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Americas 32  30 10.7  16.2  39.4  27.7  60.6  23.9  33.3  
42 Karolinska Institute Europe 8  1 26.1  27.2  31.4  20.5  49.9  38.1  33.2  
43 Pennsylvania State University - University Park Americas 33  31 11.9  0.0  46.6  37.4  56.1  23.2  32.6  
44 The University of Manchester Europe 9  5 23.2  18.9  27.9  28.0  59.1  23.1  32.4  
45 University of Paris Sud (Paris 11) Europe 10  2 31.7  46.0  12.5  20.8  49.9  23.6  32.3  
46 University of California, Davis Americas 34  32 0.0  29.3  36.7  26.3  49.3  26.9  32.0  
46 University of California, Irvine Americas 34  32 0.0  0.0  47.2  31.7  63.0  26.0  32.0  
46 University of Southern California Americas 34  32 0.0  26.7  38.8  26.3  53.1  20.0  32.0  
49 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Americas 37  35 20.6  33.1  30.5  29.9  38.4  23.5  31.8  
50 Utrecht University Europe 11  1 26.1  20.9  27.9  30.4  48.2  26.1  31.7  
51 University of Zurich Europe 12  2 10.7  26.7  26.4  28.7  50.6  27.0  31.2  
52 University of Munich Europe 13  1 31.5  22.8  16.1  26.3  54.5  30.7  31.1  
53 Vanderbilt University Americas 38  36 17.7  29.5  31.4  20.2  50.8  19.1  31.0  
54 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick Americas 39  37 13.1  19.9  40.1  27.9  43.7  23.2  30.9  
54 The University of Edinburgh Europe 14  6 19.2  16.6  26.0  34.2  51.3  23.9  30.9  
56 Technical University Munich Europe 15  2 39.2  23.5  24.9  19.5  46.5  29.2  30.7  
56 University of Pittsburgh Americas 40  38 21.3  0.0  42.0  23.4  63.1  19.0  30.7  
58 Carnegie Mellon University Americas 41  39 32.9  32.7  30.5  15.2  34.2  34.3  30.2  
59 The Australian National University Asia/Pacific 3  1 15.1  12.6  36.0  27.8  43.8  31.1  29.6  
59 The Ohio State University - Columbus Americas 42  40 15.1  0.0  41.7  22.8  62.0  19.1  29.6  
61 McGill University Americas 43  3 31.1  0.0  32.2  22.9  59.6  25.3  29.5  
62 University of Melbourne Asia/Pacific 4  2 19.9  14.1  22.8  18.7  63.1  27.0  29.3  
63 King's College London Europe 16  7 14.1  23.0  31.4  16.7  50.7  25.0  29.1  
63 University of Heidelberg Europe 16  3 16.9  27.0  17.6  23.0  50.6  28.6  29.1  
65 Brown University Americas 44  41 16.0  13.6  31.4  29.6  41.9  32.1  29.0  
66 University of Bristol Europe 18  8 9.2  17.8  28.8  29.1  47.3  25.1  28.9  
66 Uppsala University Europe 18  2 22.0  32.1  14.4  19.9  49.5  26.6  28.9  
68 University of Florida Americas 45  42 19.2  0.0  36.7  20.6  63.9  17.5  28.8  
69 Purdue University - West Lafayette Americas 46  43 16.0  16.6  29.7  22.4  51.8  20.6  28.6  
70 Leiden University Europe 20  2 21.3  15.4  27.9  19.9  47.8  32.4  28.4  
71 Ecole Normale Superieure - Paris Europe 21  3 50.8  24.4  12.5  18.7  27.9  56.7  28.3  
72 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Asia/Pacific 5  1 31.5  19.9  24.9  20.8  41.6  26.5  28.1  
72 University of Helsinki Europe 22  1 16.0  17.8  22.8  20.6  52.7  28.2  28.1  
74 Moscow State University Europe 23  1 46.8  34.1  0.0  9.6  52.4  31.2  27.9  
75 Osaka University Asia/Pacific 6  3 10.7  0.0  26.9  27.9  60.2  27.8  27.7  
75 University of Oslo Europe 24  1 22.0  33.3  17.6  13.5  46.6  24.3  27.7  
77 Boston University Americas 47  44 13.1  11.5  29.7  24.7  50.0  19.3  27.3  
78 University of Arizona Americas 48  45 0.0  0.0  29.7  37.5  52.1  21.6  26.8  
79 Stockholm University Europe 25  3 25.0  29.5  16.1  20.4  37.5  24.2  26.4  
79 Nagoya University Asia/Pacific 7  4 24.4  14.1  16.1  24.3  48.1  26.1  26.4  
81 Arizona State University - Tempe Americas 49  46 0.0  19.9  24.9  26.9  44.3  21.1  26.1  
82 University of Rochester Americas 50  47 0.0  11.5  30.5  27.0  46.6  19.2  25.8  
82 University of Utah Americas 50  47 28.2  8.9  26.9  20.6  43.3  21.9  25.8  
84 Tohoku University Asia/Pacific 8  5 16.0  0.0  21.6  20.8  60.3  27.4  25.7  
84 University of Nottingham Europe 26  9 13.1  19.9  23.9  16.1  47.6  20.9  25.7  
86 Michigan State University Americas 52  49 10.7  0.0  37.4  19.1  52.4  18.7  25.5  
86 University of Basel Europe 27  3 22.0  17.0  22.8  19.4  36.2  34.5  25.5  
88 McMaster University Americas 53  4 14.1  18.9  22.8  14.8  47.3  22.8  25.2  
88 The University of Sheffield Europe 28  10 19.9  14.1  21.0  21.3  44.3  22.6  25.2  
90 Ghent University Europe 29  1 7.5  15.4  17.6  15.1  54.4  30.4  25.1  
90 Indiana University Bloomington Americas 54  50 11.9  22.7  24.9  18.5  39.9  19.6  25.1  
92 University of Sydney Asia/Pacific 9  3 16.9  0.0  20.4  18.4  61.4  25.1  25.0  
93 University of Bonn Europe 30  4 32.9  19.9  14.4  17.2  40.7  24.3  24.9  
93 University of Goettingen Europe 30  4 16.9  19.9  14.4  23.3  42.5  24.3  24.9  
95 Texas A&M University - College Station Americas 55  51 0.0  0.0  34.5  21.0  54.0  21.0  24.8  
96 University of Virginia Americas 56  52 0.0  0.0  34.5  26.8  47.5  19.5  24.5  
97 Case Western Reserve University Americas 57  53 34.5  11.5  21.6  14.3  41.9  22.7  24.3  
98 University of Aarhus Europe 32  2 13.1  18.9  7.2  23.5  48.4  25.4  24.2  
99 Rice University Americas 58  54 18.5  21.8  21.6  18.8  30.2  29.6  24.0  
99 University of Birmingham Europe 33  11 21.3  10.9  21.6  16.2  46.4  20.7  24.0

World Universities' ranking on the Web Top Asia

CONTINENT RANK UNIVERSITY COUNTRY WORLD RANK  SIZE  VISIBILITY RICH FILES SCHOLAR
               
1 University of Tokyo  51  98  56  85  24  

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2 University of Hong Kong  78  35  130  108  59  

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3 Kyoto University  83  134  106  158  9  

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4 Chinese University of Hong Kong  112  99  239  95  19  

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5 National University of Singapore  124  164  182  96  62  

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6 National Taiwan University ***  139  140  121  101  734  

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7 Hebrew University of Jerusalem  152  215  152  91  541  

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8 King Saud University  164  161  203  171  183  

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9 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals  178  149  218  189  164  

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10 Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology  200  66  452  153  92  

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11 Keio University  208  434  92  469  419  

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12 Tel Aviv University  220  304  295  65  453  

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13 Nagoya University  237  395  236  370  90  

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14 Technion Israel Institute of Technology  241  367  321  69  506  

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15 Osaka University  253  510  216  277  214  

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16 Hong Kong University of Science & Technology  256  278  474  93  188  

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17 University of Tsukuba  258  458  281  467  44  

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18 Tohoku University  262  446  262  430  84  

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19 Peking University  271  511  195  532  130  

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20 King Abdulaziz University  291  305  355  344  299  

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21 Seoul National University  298  465  323  356  176  

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22 National Chiao Tung University ***  309  333  334  186  734  

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23 Kasetsart University  310  486  254  434  332  

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24 Tsinghua University China  317  599  301  605  77  

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25 Weizmann Institute of Science  335  451  237  326  978  

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26 City University of Hong Kong  336  354  483  329  216  

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27 National Taiwan Normal University  354  468  288  378  782  

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28 Hong Kong Polytechnic University  357  261  469  316  545  

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29 Tokyo Institute of Technology  359  598  316  539  307  

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30 National Tsing Hua University Taiwan ***  361  245  522  194  734  

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31 Kobe University  379  408  403  601  228  

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32 Chulalongkorn University  388  488  424  470  290  

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33 Prince of Songkla University  392  351  346  684  503  

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34 Kyushu University  395  634  366  598  289  

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35 National Cheng Kung University ***  413  400  453  344  734  

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36 National Chengchi University  430  433  460  555  446  

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37 National Sun Yat-Sen University ***  437  410  505  355  734  

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38 United Nations University  447  548  355  762  473  

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39 Nanyang Technological University  468  543  526  673  318  

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40 Hiroshima University  469  597  399  647  673  

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41 Zhejiang University  471  566  728  604  91  

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42 Ben Gurion University of the Negev  472  531  816  123  803  

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43 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay  478  396  848  282  496  

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44 Mahidol University  481  628  467  1,122  98  

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45 Shanghai Jiao Tong University  492  481  561  839  280  

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46 Pohang University of Science & Technology  500  280  725  534  614  

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47 Hong Kong Baptist University  503  424  688  338  859  

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48 Chiang Mai University *  505  437  489  710  829  

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49 National Central University ***  523  648  580  501  734  

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50 Korea University *  525  698  607  956  114  

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