Webometrics Research publishes original, evidence-based studies of how universities are visible, open and influential on the web. Our studies examine research repositories, open-access policies, scholarly impact, researcher identifiers and institutional web presence across countries and regions. They draw on direct observation of university websites and on the UNIRANKS Open Index.

Every study states its research question, sample, collection date, method and limitations, so findings can be checked, cited and repeated. Webometrics is a UNIRANKS project dedicated to the development and application of webometric university evaluation and research. To see how these topics feed into the ranking, read the Webometrics methodology.