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U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in education rankings and consumer advice, recently released the 2025-2026 Best Global Universities rankings. This comprehensive ranking includes 2,250 top institutions from 105 countries. Universities are evaluated based on data and metrics from the Web of Science Core Collection and InCites Benchmarking & Analytics provided by Clarivate, focusing on global and regional reputation as well as research performance. 2 Jul 2025 [1 min read] |
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The 13 indicators and their weights in the ranking formula are listed in the table below:
|
Ranking indicator |
Weight |
|
Global research reputation |
12.5% |
|
Regional research reputation |
12.5% |
|
Publications |
10% |
|
Books |
2.5% |
|
Conferences |
2.5% |
|
Normalized citation impact |
10% |
|
Total citations |
7.5% |
|
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited |
12.5% |
|
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited |
10% |
|
International collaboration – relative to country |
5% |
|
International collaboration |
5% |
|
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field |
5% |
|
Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers |
5% |
For more information about the methodology, please click here.
For more information on university rankings, please refer to the Library Guide.