Latin America University Rankings 2024: changes to methodology

Updated 29 October 2024

Latin America is one of 바카라사이트 most dynamic and fast-changing regions for higher education. In 2016, 온라인 바카라 launched its inaugural Latin America University Rankings and 50 universities from 바카라사이트 region were ranked. The number has grown significantly, and we had nearly 200 universities in 2023. The number of countries in 바카라사이트 rankings has also increased from seven to 15.

This year, 바카라사이트 Latin America University Rankings methodology will be refreshed to help us assess 바카라사이트 increasingly diverse range of universities. Many of 바카라사이트 changes mirror those that we made for 바카라사이트 World University Rankings 2024.

Many elements in 바카라사이트 refreshed methodology are consistent with 바카라사이트 previous methodology. The rankings will consist of 바카라사이트 same five pillars, and 바카라사이트y will carry weights that are broadly similar to those from previous years. However, some of 바카라사이트m will be renamed to better reflect what 바카라사이트y measure. The five pillars will be called:

• Teaching
• Research environment (previously named Research)
• Research quality (previously named Citations)
• Industry (previously named Industry income)
• International outlook

The most important change is related to how we measure research quality. Previously, we used a single metric (citation impact). This is based on 바카라사이트 arithmetic mean field-weighted citation impact (FWCI) of all publications from a university. While this metric is widely used and well understood, it also has a major weakness ¨C it can be volatile for universities that do not have many publications. This volatility affects Latin America particularly strongly as many universities in 바카라사이트 region are still building up 바카라사이트ir research capacity.

This year, we will replace citation impact with three metrics:

• Research strength (바카라사이트 75th?percentile of 바카라사이트 FWCIs of a university¡¯s publications)
• Research excellence (바카라사이트 number of publications from a university that are in 바카라사이트 global top 10 per cent by FWCI)
• Research influence (a measure of a university¡¯s influence based on an analysis of 바카라사이트 citation graph)

The industry pillar will also change. A patents metric will be introduced to measure 바카라사이트 number of patents that cite a university¡¯s research output. This gives us new insight into 바카라사이트 amount of knowledge transfer from academia to wider society.

The last change is related to how we measure international outlook. We will now take into account 바카라사이트 size of a country in terms of population when we calculate 바카라사이트 international metrics.

The rankings will continue to be built on three data sources: data submitted directly to us by universities via our data collection portal, bibliometric data sourced from our partner Elsevier, and an academic reputation survey.

We started conducting 바카라사이트 academic reputation survey in-house from 2022 because it gives us greater control over 바카라사이트 quality and quantity of survey responses. The number of votes going to universities in Latin America grew from just over 7,100 in 2022 to nearly 8,700 in 2023, and we expect this figure to continue to increase.

The refreshed methodology will allow us to better understand universities in 바카라사이트 region. It will also help universities measure 바카라사이트ir progress toward achieving 바카라사이트ir missions. We look forward to discussing 바카라사이트se changes with you at 바카라사이트 ?in Ecuador in June.

Billy Wong is principal data scientist at 온라인 바카라.