Analyzing the activities of visitors of the Leiden Ranking website
Analyzing the activities of visitors of the Leiden Ranking website作者机构:Centre for Science and Technology Studies Leiden University
出 版 物:《Journal of Data and Information Science》 (数据与情报科学学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2018年第3卷第3期
页 面:81-98页
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学科分类:040106[教育学-高等教育学] 0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学]
主 题:CWTS Leiden Rankin University rankingg University ranking website Weblog analysis
摘 要:Purpose: To get a better understanding of the way in which university rankings are ***/methodology/approach: Detailed analysis of the activities of visitors of the website of the CWTS Leiden ***: Visitors of the Leiden Ranking website originate disproportionally from specific countries. They are more interested in impact indicators than in collaboration indicators, while they are about equally interested in size-dependent indicators and size-independent indicators. Many visitors do not seem to realize that they should decide themselves which criterion they consider most appropriate for ranking *** limitations: The analysis is restricted to the website of a single university ranking. Moreover, the analysis does not provide any detailed insights into the motivations of visitors of university ranking *** implications: The Leiden Ranking website may need to be improved in order to make more clear to visitors that they should decide themselves which criterion they want to use for ranking ***/value: This is the first analysis of the activities of visitors of a university ranking website.