Rankings coverage

by Ben Sowter

It seems the next 12-18 months are going to be a busy time in the world of rankings and there has been some high profile coverage lately:

• Rival rankers rush to market
• Rankled by rankings
• You think we're rankings obsessed?

The last article references the QS SAFE evaluation of national systems. Interestingly, the Cybermetrics team have adopted the QS SAFE methodology to calculate national standings drawing on data from their own rankings - http://www.webometrics.info/Distribution_by_Country.asp