Yet another 160 Steps Upwards!
Society and Culture
14 February 2018
The latest release of the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, analyzing the visibility of the world’s leading universities on the Internet, fixed yet another improvement for the University of Tyumen in the global chart. UTMN jumped up 160 positions and is now 2954th among 25,000 universities worldwide and the 40th university in Russia.
Published twice a year, the Webometrics Ranking allows for the implicit evaluation of universities’ research achievements through comparing their websites. Webometrics’ distinctive features are its stable methodology and the high dynamics of changes in ranking positions. While the methodologies of such rankings as ARWU, QS and THE are constantly changing, Webometrics’ ranking principles remain unchanged, consequently the movement of a university’s position in this ranking is more indicative. Nowadays, Webometrics is as authoritative as any other academic rankings. Moreover, its results are more dynamic as they immediately show the activity of the university promotion on the Internet.
Source: UTMN Department of Strategic Communications
Link to Russian version: https://www.utmn.ru/presse/novosti/obshchestvo-i-kultura/499124/
Published twice a year, the Webometrics Ranking allows for the implicit evaluation of universities’ research achievements through comparing their websites. Webometrics’ distinctive features are its stable methodology and the high dynamics of changes in ranking positions. While the methodologies of such rankings as ARWU, QS and THE are constantly changing, Webometrics’ ranking principles remain unchanged, consequently the movement of a university’s position in this ranking is more indicative. Nowadays, Webometrics is as authoritative as any other academic rankings. Moreover, its results are more dynamic as they immediately show the activity of the university promotion on the Internet.
Source: UTMN Department of Strategic Communications
Link to Russian version: https://www.utmn.ru/presse/novosti/obshchestvo-i-kultura/499124/
