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Mis-Measuring Our Universities: Why Global University Rankings Don’t Add Up

Overview of attention for article published in Research Metrics and Analytics (RMA), September 2021
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#5 of 376)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (92nd percentile)

Mentioned by

news
3 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
133 X users
reddit
1 Redditor

Citations

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17 Dimensions

Readers on

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25 Mendeley
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Title
Mis-Measuring Our Universities: Why Global University Rankings Don’t Add Up
Published in
Research Metrics and Analytics (RMA), September 2021
DOI 10.3389/frma.2021.680023
Pubmed ID
Authors

Elizabeth Gadd

X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 25 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 8%
Student > Master 2 8%
Professor 2 8%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 10 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 8 32%
Philosophy 2 8%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 4%
Psychology 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 11 44%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 115. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 March 2024.
All research outputs
#381,789
of 26,194,269 outputs
Outputs from Research Metrics and Analytics (RMA)
#5
of 376 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#9,465
of 438,498 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Research Metrics and Analytics (RMA)
#1
of 14 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 26,194,269 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 376 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.6. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 14 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 92% of its contemporaries.