Academic rankings of universities in Mexico
Academic rankings of universities in Mexico are listings of
Bibliometric rankings
The
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities
The Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities measured productivity, research impact and the excellence of the research conducted by universities and is made by the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan.[1] In the 2011 edition only one Mexican university appears internationally:
International position 2011 Position in Latin America 2011 College 233 2 National Autonomous University of Mexico[2] -
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities is prepared by the Institute of Higher Education of Jiao Tong University of Shanghai, China, to identify the disparities between Chinese universities with the rest of the world, particularly in terms of academic performance and research.[3] It is one of the classifications more worldwide known, this is a list compiled by a group of specialists in
International position 2010 Position in Latin America 2010 College 151-200 2 National Autonomous University of Mexico[5]
Comparative Study of Mexican universities, ECUM
The Comparative study of Mexican Universities (ECUM) is a research project that aims to compare the performance of Mexican universities and other higher education institutions. It is based on the collection, systematization and analysis of information common to all institutions, collected from official sources and recognized data bases.[6] According to the study (2011), the 10 Mexican universities with highest scientific production in articles indexed by the ISI Web of Knowledge are:
Number of publications National percentage Institution of higher education 3142 32.1 National Autonomous University of Mexico 847 8.6 CINVESTAV 787 8.0 Instituto Politécnico Nacional 582 5.9 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana 329 3.4 University of Guadalajara 326 3.3 Autonomous University of Nuevo León 283 2.9 Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla228 2.3 Colegio de Postgraduados 213 2.2 Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
Ibero-American Ranking SIR 2012
The Ibero-American Ranking SIR 2012, prepared by the SCImago Research Group of University of Granada, analyzes all the scientific production present in the Scopus database developed by Elsevier in 2006-2010 and associates each publication and each citation found to the institution or institutions concerned.[7] According to the study, in that period, the five Mexican institutions with higher production were:
National position Position in Latin America Institution of higher education 1 2 National Autonomous University of Mexico 2 11 CINVESTAV 3 16 Instituto Politécnico Nacional 4 27 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana 5 44 University of Guadalajara
Rankings based on other statistical counts
Unlike of the classifications with approach bibliometric, these classifications quantify a factor or a different element to refereed scientific publications; for example, the number of winners with an award of the highest international prestige, the number of executives running a world-class company or the volume of published content in the World Wide Web.
Professional Ranking of World Universities
The Professional Ranking of World Universities is prepared by the
International position 2010 College 92 Anáhuac University[9]349 Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico[9]
Web Ranking of World Universities
This classification is made by the Center for Information and Documentation (CINDOC) of Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) of Spain and takes into account the volume of published contents in the Web, and the visibility and impact of these contents according to external links pointing to its sites.[10]
According to its website, "The original aim of the Ranking was to promote the Web publication and not to obtain a list of academic and research institutions according to its prestige. Our first aim is to support the initiatives" Open Access "and to promote the electronic access to scientific publications and all those other academic material."[11] In July 2010, the five best classified Mexican universities were:[12]
National position 2010 | International position 2010 | Institution | Position in Latin America 2010 |
1 | 70 | National Autonomous University of Mexico[12] | 1 |
2 | 460 | Autonomous University of Mexico State[12]
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3 | 653 | Autonomous University of Nuevo León[12] | |
4 | 698 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana[12] | |
5 | 948 | Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education[12] |
Subjective rankings
As the name suggests, these rankings often reflect the weighted average of the opinions gathered in a survey, which often include members of the business community and whose seriousness and methodological rigor varies according to the source.
THES - QS World University Rankings
The World University Rankings Top Universities, is made by the company Quacquarelli Symonds.[13] For its elaboration the following weights are taken into account: 40% survey among peers, 10% survey among recruiters, 5% numbers of international students, 5% number of international teachers, 20% teacher ratio: student and 20% refereed citations. According to the latest version (2012) appear only two Mexican universities ranked among the 500 best universities in the world:[14]
International position 2012 College 146 National Autonomous University of Mexico 306 Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
References
- ^ Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan. "2011 Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities: Background". Retrieved December 12, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan. "2011 Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities: Mexico". Retrieved December 12, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Jiao Tong University. "About the Academic Ranking of World Universities". Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ^ Jiao Tong University. "2010 Ranking Methodology". Archived from the original on August 22, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ Jiao Tong University. "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2010 - Mexico". Archived from the original on August 22, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ Department of Institutional Assessment of the UNAM. "Comparative Study of Mexican Universities". Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ^ SCImago Research Group. "SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
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École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris. "Professional Ranking of World Universities". Archived from the originalon January 22, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
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École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris. "Professional Ranking of World Universities"(PDF). Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ^ Spanish National Research Council. "World Universities Ranking on the Web". Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
- ^ Spanish National Research Council. "World Universities Ranking on the Web: About the Ranking" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f Spanish National Research Council. "Ranking of Universities of Mexico". Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ Quacquarelli Symonds. "Top Universities". Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ^ Quacquarelli Symonds. "QS World University Rankings". Retrieved December 12, 2012.