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List of Top 20 Universities in Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2024

Updated on 14 December, 2023

Pragya Sharma

Pragya Sharma

Sr. Content Editor

Here is a guide to the latest Webometrics Ranking, a unique parameter widely acknowledged to measure the presence of universities on the web. The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is keenly followed by institutions, students, and research bodies since they are regarded as reliable and illuminating. Let us take a closer look at some highlights of the latest Webometrics University Ranking 2023. 

What is Webometrics

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a noted research group of the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas). Webometrics Ranking, or the Ranking Web of Universities, began in 2004 and today covers over 30,000 higher education institutions from 200+ countries. 

The Cybermetrics Lab focuses on quantitatively analyzing web and internet content, especially those linked to scholarly communication and scientific knowledge. This is known as Webometrics. It uses various metric-guided indicators and quantitative methods to publish these rankings, which are updated every six months (in January and July). 

Objective of Webometrics 

The major objectives of the Webometrics University Ranking include the following:

  • It is not just a ranking of university websites but a ranking of the universities themselves. The Webometrics World University Rankings use both bibliometric and webometric indicators to provide accurate, objective, and multidimensional information on university performance. 
  • The key objective of the Webometrics University Ranking is promoting web publication and wider access to the knowledge shared by universities, along with supporting electronic access to scientific publications and academic material.
  • Webometrics aims to become the biggest academic ranking of higher education institutions, offering objective, independent, free, and open scientific results.

Webometrics Indicators

Webometrics uses the a-priori scientific system (knowledge acquired independently of any experience) for developing its composite indicator. The Webometrics Ranking 2023 indicators cover the following aspects: 

Indicators  What it denotes Ranking Methodology Source Weight

Presence 

Public knowledge shared

 DISCONTINUED

 

 

Visibility 

Web contents Impact

 Number of external networks (subnets) linking to the institution's webpages (normalized and then the average value is chosen)

 Ahrefs
 Majestic

50%

Transparency

(or Openness)

Top cited researchers

 Number of citations from Top 310 authors (excluding the top 20 outliers)
  

 Google Scholar
 Profiles

10%

Excellence 

(or Scholar)

Top cited
papers

 Number of papers amongst the top 10% most cited in each one of the all 27 disciplines of the full database
  Data for the five-year period: 2018-2022

  Scimago

 

40%

Top 20 Universities by Webometrics Rankings 2023

The second (July) edition of Webometrics Ranking of World Universities for 2023 is listed below: 

Rank Name of the Institution Country Impact Rank Openness Rank Excellence Rank

1

 Harvard University

USA

1

1

1

2

 Stanford University

USA

3

2

4

3

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

USA

2

3

17

4

 University of Oxford

UK

14

5

5

5

 University of California Berkeley

USA

4

4

31

6

 University of Michigan

USA

9

11

11

7

 Cornell University

USA

5

15

24

8

 University of Washington

USA

6

82

12

9

 Columbia University New York

USA

8

7

20

10

 University of Pennsylvania

USA

12

12

21

11

 University of Cambridge

UK

16

6

14

12

 Johns Hopkins University

USA

17

42

10

13

 Yale University

USA

11

13

33

14

 University of California Los Angeles UCLA

USA

19

8

23

15

 UCL University College London

UK

43

10

8

16

 University of Toronto

Canada

34

26

13

17

 University of California San Diego

USA

29

9

27

18

 Pennsylvania State University

USA

10

36

66

19

 University of Wisconsin Madison

USA

15

25

69

20

 Duke University

USA

30

14

42

The Webometrics Ranking is considered reliable by leading institutions and research bodies throughout the world. This guide provided an insight into what webometrics is, the latest edition of Webometrics Ranking, how it is measured, and the list of top 20 universities in 2023.

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Pragya Sharma

Sr. Content Editor

Pragya Sharma is a content developer and marketer with 6.5+ years of experience in the education industry. She started her career as a social media copywriter for NIELIT, Ministry of Electronics & IT, and has now scaled up as a 360-degree content professional well-versed with the intricacies of digital marketing and different forms of content used to drive and hook the target audience. She is also a co-author of 2 stories in an anthology based on the theme- women empowerment.

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