Clustering of top 50 latin american universities in SIR, QS, ARWU, and webometrics rankings

Every year, international rankings of the universities are published reflecting their positioning through the evaluation of academic and research quality criteria established in their methodologies. The positioning of Latin American universities in the rankings reflects the ability to research, gene...

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Autores: Torres-Samuel , Maritza, Luisa Vásquez, Carmen, Luna cardozo, Marisabel, Bucci, Nunziatina, amelec, viloria, Cabrera, Danelys
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Colombia
Institución:Corporación Universidad de la Costa
Repositorio:Repositorio REDICUC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/5985
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11323/5985
https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Universitty rankings
Latin America
ARWU
SIR Scimago
QS
Webometrics
Rankings universitarios
América Latina
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Sumario:Every year, international rankings of the universities are published reflecting their positioning through the evaluation of academic and research quality criteria established in their methodologies. The positioning of Latin American universities in the rankings reflects the ability to research, generate results, and publish scientific output to be cited, as well as evidence of academic excellence, capacity for innovation and social linkage. The present study presents the results of a descriptive analysis based on clusters of eighty-five Latin American universities located in the first fifty positions of ARWU, SIR Scimago, QS and Webometrics rankings, according to their most recent editions published during the year 2019, highlighting the universities located in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia, countries that host 90% of the best positioned universities in Latin America.