Move is intended to make comparison of universities more transparent
The team behind the CWTS Leiden Ranking of universities has published what it suggests is the first open-data and open-source university ranking, saying the move is aimed at increasing the transparency of how institutions are compared.
Several global rankings of universities are produced by commercial and non-profit organisations as a way for students and researchers to compare institutions on various metrics. Most make use of bibliometric data provided by companies in exchange for a fee.
This article on Research Professional News is only available to Research Professional or Pivot-RP users.
Research Professional users can log in and view the article via this link
Pivot-RP users can log in and view the article via this link.