On the credibility of QS and THE ranking by subject area: misalignment of subject mapping to academic disciplines

In this study, we point the attention to some inaccuracies in the mapping between the journal subject classification by Elsevier and the narrow subject field used by QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) and THE (Times Higher Education) in their World University Rankings by subject. We noticed that inaccuracies...

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Published in:	Scientometrics Vol. 130; no. 4; pp. 2237 - 2272
Main Authors:	Alshraideh, Hussam, Abdelgawad, Mohamed
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2025 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Academic disciplines Aerospace engineering Chemical engineering Chemistry Citations Civil engineering Classification College faculty Colleges & universities Communication Computer Science Credibility Education Employment Engineering Fuel technology Funding Higher education Humanities Information Storage and Retrieval Institutions Library Science Life sciences Linguistics Mapping Materials science Mathematics Medicine Misalignment Nuclear energy Nuclear engineering Nuclear power plants Performing arts Pharmacy Physics Ranking Ratings & rankings Social sciences Sociology Students United Kingdom > UK United States > US Arab world THE subject ranking QS subject ranking Subject mapping University ranking
ISSN:	0138-9130, 1588-2861
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