URAP-TR: a national ranking for Turkish universities based on academic performance

2014-10-01
This study describes the basic methodological approach and the results of URAP-TR, the first national ranking system for Turkish universities. URAP-TR is based on objective bibliometric data resources and includes both size-dependent and size-independent indicators that balance total academic performance with performance per capita measures. In the context of Turkish national university rankings, the paper discusses the implications of employing multiple size-independent and size-dependent indicators on national university rankings. Fine-grained ranking categories for Turkish universities are identified through an analysis of ranking results across multiple indicators.
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Citation Formats
O. Alasehir, M. P. Çakır, C. Acartürk, N. Baykal, and U. Akbulut, “URAP-TR: a national ranking for Turkish universities based on academic performance,” SCIENTOMETRICS, pp. 159–178, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/29983.