A comparative analysis of global and national university ranking systems

Scientometrics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 813-848

  Çakır, Murat Perit ^a   Acartürk, Cengiz ^a   Alaşehir, Oğuzhan ^a   Çilingir, Canan ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Global university rankings; Higher education; National university rankings; Rank similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957434764     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-015-1586-6     Document Type: Article

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