Opening the black box of university rankings Today two university rankings were released, one by CWTS and one by Times Higher Education. Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Eck, responsible for the CWTS Leiden Ranking, use this occasion to discuss the importance of transparency of rankings. Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Eck • October 09, 2024
Launch of the CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition 2024 Earlier this year CWTS published the first Open Edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking. Today the Leiden Ranking Open Edition 2024 was launched. In this post, Nees Jan van Eck and colleagues discuss the latest developments around the Open Edition of the Leiden Ranking. Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo Waltman and Mark Neijssel • October 09, 2024
Introducing the Leiden Ranking Open Edition This post introduces the Open Edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking, published today by CWTS in collaboration with the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative, Sesame Open Science, and OurResearch. The Leiden Ranking Open Edition is the first fully transparent university ranking. Ludo Waltman, Nees Jan van Eck, Martijn Visser, Mark Neijssel, Lucy Montgomery, Cameron Neylon, Bianca Kramer, Kyle Demes and Jason Priem • January 30, 2024
Opening up the CWTS Leiden Ranking: Toward a decentralized and open model for data curation Today, CWTS released the Open Edition of the Leiden Ranking. This blog post discusses the data curation approach taken in this fully transparent edition of the Leiden Ranking. Nees Jan van Eck, Martijn Visser and Ludo Waltman • January 30, 2024
The Role of University Rankings in Research Evaluation Revisited How are rankings used in research evaluation and excellence initiatives? The author presents a literature review using English and Russian sources, as well as gray literature. The Russian case is highlighted, where rankings have had an essential role in research evaluation and policy until recently. Dmitry Kochetkov • August 22, 2023
Indicadores responsables y posiciones en rankings. ¿Qué significa una posición en el Leiden Ranking? [Spanish blog post] El Leiden Ranking de Universidades 2023 ha sido publicado. En este post, explicamos lo que los indicadores del ranking dicen y lo que no dicen. Andrea Reyes Elizondo and Clara Calero-Medina • June 27, 2023
The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2023 Today CWTS releases the 2023 edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking. In this post, the Leiden Ranking team provides an update on ongoing developments related to the ranking. Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo Waltman, Zeynep Anli, Clara Calero-Medina, Dan Gibson, Mark Neijssel, Andrea Reyes Elizondo, Martijn Visser, Henri de Winter and Alfredo Yegros • June 21, 2023
What Affects Research Productivity: View from Inside the University Dmitry Kochetkov, Ph.D. candidate at CWTS, together with colleagues from the Ural Federal University, analyzed factors affecting the performance of research groups. Dmitry Kochetkov • August 08, 2022
Priority-2030: the New Excellence Initiative from Russia Dmitry Kochetkov is PhD candidate at CWTS. In this post, he gives an update on Priority-2030, a new excellence initiative in the Russian higher education sector. He also makes some reflections on the role of this experience in the global context of higher education reform. Dmitry Kochetkov • January 17, 2022
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