2012-11-15
SLU second best among Swedish universities in Leiden ranking
This year’s version of the prestigious Leiden Ranking places SLU among the 200 best universities in the world. Among Swedish universities SLU is second best, or third, depending on the choice of bibliometric indicator.
The Leiden Ranking 2011/2012 measures the scientific performance of 500 major universities worldwide. In a ranking based on Mean normalized citation score (MNCS),SLU appears in position 147 (second in Sweden). When ranking is based on Proportion top 10 per cent publications, SLU appears in place 194 (third in Sweden). Stockholm University is the best Swedish University according to this ranking, while Karolinska Institutet and SLU come second or third depending on the choice of bibliometric indicator.
Read more about the Leiden Ranking and its methodology
http://www.leidenranking.com/
Written by:
David Stephansson