The "Webometrics Ranking of World Universities" is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain.
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Webometrics : USM World Rangking (2008 - 2022)
Webometrics : Malaysia Region (2012-2022)
JULY 2022
- PRESENCE (-%) - DISCONTINUED
- VISIBILITY (50%) - Number of external networks (subnets) linking to the institution's webpages (normalized and then the maximum value is chosen)
- Majestic SEO
- Ahrefs
- TRANSPARENCY (or OPENNESS) (10%) - Number of citations from Top 210 authors (excl. top 20 outliers) See Transparent Ranking for additional info
- Google Scholar
- EXCELLENCE (or SCHOLAR) (40%) - Number of papers amongst the top 10% most cited in each one of the 27 disciplines of the full database. Data for the five year period (2017-2021)
- Scimago
Previous
Jan' 2022:
- PRESENCE (-%) - DISCONTINUED
- VISIBILITY (50%) - Number of external networks (subnets) linking to the institution's webpages (normalized and then the maximum value is chosen) (Majestic SEO and Ahrefs)
- TRANSPARENCY (or OPENNESS) (10%) - Number of citations from Top 210 authors (excl. top 20 outliers) See Transparent Ranking for additional info (Google Scholar)
- EXCELLENCE (or SCHOLAR) (40%) - Number of papers amongst the top 10% most cited in each one of the 27 disciplines of the full database. Data for the five year period (2016-2020) Scimago
July' 2021:
- PRESENCE (-%) - DISCONTINUED
- VISIBILITY (50%) - Number of external networks (subnets) linking to the institution's webpages (normalized and then the maximum value is chosen) (Majestic SEO and Ahrefs)
- TRANSPARENCY (or OPENNESS) (10%) - Number of citations from Top 210 authors (excl. top 20 outliers) See Transparent Ranking for additional info (Google Scholar)
- EXCELLENCE (or SCHOLAR) (40%) - Number of papers amongst the top 10% most cited in each one of the 27 disciplines of the full database. Data for the five year period (2015-2019) Scimago
Jan' 2021:
- PRESENCE (-%) - DISCONTINUED
- VISIBILITY (50%) - Number of external networks (subnets) linking to the institution's webpages (normalized and then the maximum value is chosen) (Majestic SEO and Ahrefs)
- TRANSPARENCY (or OPENNESS) (10%) - Number of citations from Top 210 authors (excl. top 20 outliers) See Transparent Ranking for additional info (Google Scholar)
- EXCELLENCE (or SCHOLAR) (40%) - Number of papers amongst the top 10% most cited in each one of the 27 disciplines of the full database. Data for the five year period (2015-2019) Scimago
Visibility USM vs UM 2022 (50%)
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Webometrics TRANSPARENCY (or OPENNESS) Ranking: Google Scholar Citations (10%)
Webometrics EXCELLENCE (or SCHOLAR) Ranking: Scimago Institutions Ranking (40%)