The Times Higher Education Rankings and the Mysterious “Rise of Asia”
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2015.79.5842Keywords:
Rankings, Asia, Turkey, BibliometricsAbstract
The Times Higher Education Rankings analysis of its own rankings have persistently pushed a “rise of Asia” narrative – by which the paper usually means East Asia. But this year, the narrative was only sustained by the surprise rise of Turkey in the rankings – a rise that was to significant extent precipitated by a single highly-cited scientific paper.
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2015-01-01
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Usher, A. (2015). The Times Higher Education Rankings and the Mysterious “Rise of Asia”. International Higher Education, (79), 15–16. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2015.79.5842
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Rankings: Patterns and Themes
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