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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2012)
PhD student papers

International Higher Education League Tables – why are the best so good?

Published:
2012-12-17
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2012/2/8
Author
Zsuzsanna Kiss
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Keywords
higher educational institutions research performance university rankings
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Kiss, Z. (2012). International Higher Education League Tables – why are the best so good?. Competitio, 11(2), 127-142. https://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2012/2/8
Abstract

The study provides a comparative analysis of international higher education rankings. The article aims to analyze the role and performance of universities in today’s knowledge economy in transforming employment conditions. This paper aims to add an overview of the methodology of the global academic rankings, showing the benefits and difficulties of the creation of league tables and makes a proposal to improve the distortions. It gives a detailed empirical analysis of the countries’ results based on a comparison of three rankings. Hypothesis: the performance of countries with an English native language is better because of the particularities arising from the methodology, since the results obtained from research databases involved in measurements are primarily English-language publications and their citations, and furthermore the majority of the most prestigious journals appear in English.

Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) code: I21, P52

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