Commonly used university ranking lists – Measuring Research Impact – Research Guides at City University of Hong Kong

http://www.shanghairanking.com/

ARWU is an influential ranking list of world universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). Each year, the top 500 universities in the world are ranked based on a set of criteria:

Criteria
Indicator
Weight

Quality of Education
Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals
10%

Quality of Faculty

Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals

Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories

20%

20%

Research Output

Papers published in Nature and Science (not for institutions specialized in humanities and social sciences)

Papers indexed in Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index

20%

20%

Per Capita Performance
Per capita academic performance of an institution
10%

Total
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100%

From ARWU website: http://www.shanghairanking.com/methodology/arwu/2022

Below is an example of the ARWU ranking lists.

You can also make use of ARWU’s “Universities” page to search for a particular university and view its ranking.