World university rankings: take with a large pinch of salt

European Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-381

  Cheng, Soh Kay ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

data quality; indicators; spurious precision; university excellence; university ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006050760     PISSN: 21568235     EISSN: 21568243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2012.662837     Document Type: Article

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