Serhii Nazarovets1d ago

Most university rankings focus on Harvard, Oxford, and a handful of global stars. A recent paper takes a different approach - compares entire #HigherEducation systems:

📄 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101839

One interesting finding is that countries such as the UK, Spain, and Italy show a more evenly distributed level of institutional performance, whereas systems like the US and China rely more heavily on a smaller group of elite universities.

#UniversityRankings #ResearchEvaluation #Scientometrics

CBC EdmontonJun 1
Canada slips slightly in top universities ranking, but experts say look carefully at the details
An annual tally of top universities worldwide is out, with some of Canada's biggest schools slipping down in ranking, but experts say these lists must be taken with a grain of salt.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cwur-2026ranking-9.7219427?cmp=rss
CBC MontrealJun 1
Canada slips slightly in top universities ranking, but experts say look carefully at the details
An annual tally of top universities worldwide is out, with some of Canada's biggest schools slipping down in ranking, but experts say these lists must be taken with a grain of salt.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cwur-2026ranking-9.7219427?cmp=rss
Jeroen BosmanMay 5
The fact that 10 years after @MsPhelps and I included equity in our working definition of #OpenScience in the form an 'open to participation' pillar (see https://im2punt0.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/defining-open-science-definitions/) we are now at #FOR2026 conference discussing how to include equity in OS means that this change moves at glacial speed and there may be strong incentives against it. One of these might be #universityrankings with their huge inbuilt colonial legacy.
Defining Open Science Definitions

by Jeroen Bosman & Bianca Kramer [updated 20170328 to include the Open Science definition from Foster] These days there seems to be a real surge in all things open science. At least it’s …

I&M / I&O 2.0
blog.TOApr 1
University of Toronto among Canada's top three in global subject rankings
Canada is home to many outstanding universities, but the fact that three of them rank among the best in the world across every single subject is an impressive achievement.Several universities in Canada are standing out globally in all areas of study, according to a new report by QS Top Universities, which evaluates universities worldwide.T...
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/04/university-toronto-global-subject-rankings/
Technische Universität MünchenMar 25

The latest QS World #UniversityRankings by Subject place us among the world’s top 20 universities in #engineering & technology, as well as #NaturalSciences: http://go.tum.de/261445 👏

#QSWUR

📷A.Heddergott

TUM among the top 20 in engineering and natural sciences

TUM has once again been ranked among the top 20 universities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, both in engineering (16th) and in natural…

Jeroen BosmanFeb 3
Happy to see the statement on #universityrankings by the International Association of Universities #IAU, the largest and most international university network: https://iau.global/news/iau-note-on-rankings-released. Sort of proud to have played a role in that. Moving away from rankings, step by step. I look forward to seeing similar statements from #LERU, #TheGuild, #AURORA, #YERUN and others. Solidarity among institutions is crucial amidst authoritarianism and commercial capture.
IAU Note on Rankings Released — International Association of Universities

This note, written by an expert group and approved by the IAU Adminsitrative Board, is in Support of the Report of the UNU-Convened Independent Expert Group on Global University Rankings

International Association of Universities
Alexander SchniedermannJan 28

"Many of the loudest Open Science advocates are deeply embedded in the very systems they critique such as traditional publishing, prestige-driven academia and grant-dependent research cultures. They speak the language of reform while continuing to “play the game” remarkably well. Researchers who sit on advisory boards talk about preprints but then celebrate publishing their latest Nature paper"

https://www.themodernpeer.com/people-the-problem-in-open-science/

#OpenScience #OpenData #ScienceReform #Metascience #ResearchEvaluation #UniversityRankings #PublishOrPerish

People; the problem in Open Science?

If only we fixed the publishing system. If only we fixed the incentives, rewards and recognition. Open Science (OS) likes to position itself as a systems problem. And whilst these things do matter, decades of the same conversations and limited change is unveiling an uncomfortable truth: The biggest barrier to

the modern peer
Stefan WagnerJan 27

The @tu_muenchen Computer Science is ranked 15 in the world and 1st in Germany by the recent THE World University Rankings by Subject.
#universityrankings #computerscience #tum

https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/tum-in-the-top-20-in-three-subject-areas

THE rankings: TUM in the top 20 in three subject areas

TUM is one of the world's top 20 universities in computer sciences, natural sciences and engineering. This is shown by the THE subject rankings.

Technische Universität MünchenJan 21

The latest Times Higher Education Subject Rankings list us among the world's top 20 universities in #computersciences, #naturalsciences and #engineering: http://go.tum.de/245145 🎉

#universityrankings

📷A. Heddergott

THE rankings: TUM in the top 20 in three subject areas

TUM is one of the world's top 20 universities in computer sciences, natural sciences and engineering. This is shown by the THE subject rankings.