Improving positions in the SCImago Institutions Rankings
The UB climbs 8 positions and gets the 90th position worldwide
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(14/03/2023)
The University of Barcelona has climbed eight positions in the SCImago Institutions Rankings and it now holds the 90th position worldwide among higher education institutions. Moreover, it has improved two positions in western Europe, where it is listed in the 19th position, and it holds the top position in Spain.
The UB climbs 8 positions and gets the 90th position worldwide
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Research
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14/03/2023
The University of Barcelona has climbed eight positions in the SCImago Institutions Rankings and it now holds the 90th position worldwide among higher education institutions. Moreover, it has improved two positions in western Europe, where it is listed in the 19th position, and it holds the top position in Spain.
This ranking assesses the research performance of more than 4,500 universities worldwide using several indicators based on research performance, innovation results and social impact. The UB stands out in the research-related indicators, where it obtains the 63rd position worldwide, and in social impact (77). Also, it is listed among the top 50 in the area of Arts and Humanities (40th worldwide), and in the disciplines of Philosophy (20), History (36), Botanical Sciences (40), Psychiatry and Mental Health (42) and Palaeontology (43).
The UB is listed among the top 100 universities worldwide in 15 disciplines and it leads the Spanish classification in the scientific areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry; Genetics and Molecular Biology; Economics, Econometrics and Finance; Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, and Psychology. Moreover, it is leader in many disciplines related to these areas. The Spanish universities that follow the UB in this list are the Autonomous University of Barcelona (97) and the University of Valencia (207).
The SCImago Institutions Rankings include institutions from different sectors: governmental entities, healthcare institutions, universities, businesses and and non-profit organizations. This year, the ranking underwent an important methodological change when placing the positions of each institution: to date, it allowed the institutions placed in lower ranges to obtain higher positions, since all the universities with the same score held one position, and this was not considered when giving the following positions. However, now, they count as many positions as institutions with the same score. This new order system has been applied to the previous editions, which have been recalculated so that they can analyse the evolution of every institution.
In this edition of the SCImago Institutions Rankings, the first position is held by Harvard University, followed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, Harvard Medical School, and Zhejiang University.
The UB is listed among the top 100 universities worldwide in 15 disciplines and it leads the Spanish classification in the scientific areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry; Genetics and Molecular Biology; Economics, Econometrics and Finance; Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, and Psychology. Moreover, it is leader in many disciplines related to these areas. The Spanish universities that follow the UB in this list are the Autonomous University of Barcelona (97) and the University of Valencia (207).
The SCImago Institutions Rankings include institutions from different sectors: governmental entities, healthcare institutions, universities, businesses and and non-profit organizations. This year, the ranking underwent an important methodological change when placing the positions of each institution: to date, it allowed the institutions placed in lower ranges to obtain higher positions, since all the universities with the same score held one position, and this was not considered when giving the following positions. However, now, they count as many positions as institutions with the same score. This new order system has been applied to the previous editions, which have been recalculated so that they can analyse the evolution of every institution.
In this edition of the SCImago Institutions Rankings, the first position is held by Harvard University, followed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, Harvard Medical School, and Zhejiang University.