Global
Top 100 Research Universities
ITS Research Score combines output, impact and momentum; deep-complete profiles also incorporate collaboration, openness and topic diversity.
ITS Research Intelligence
University Research Rankings & Growth Intelligence
Explore overall research performance, momentum, impact, international collaboration, open-access performance and research diversity using transparent open-data indicators.
Momentum
Fastest-Growing Universities
Surfaces institutions where publication and citation activity is accelerating.
Impact
Research Impact Ranking
Compares citation intensity, h-index, mean citedness and i10 visibility without claiming field normalization.
Collaboration
International Collaboration
Ranks deep-complete profiles by recent cross-country research participation.
Open access
Open Research Performance
Compares the five-year share of outputs recorded as open access.
Diversity
Research Diversity
Uses the distribution of leading topic signals to summarize breadth within the visible research profile.
Transparent methodology
How ITS Research Score v3 is constructed
One formula applies to every index-ready institution, using the five most recent complete calendar years: 25% research output, 25% citations, 20% h-index and 5% i10-index (log-normalized so the largest universities do not dominate linearly), 15% citation impact (the institution’s percentile on citations per work, reduced below 500 works so small samples cannot win by chance), 5% publication growth and 5% international-collaboration share. When collaboration data is not yet available, the other weights are rescaled.
Data-quality controls: the unfinished current year is never counted, and a year in which recorded output jumps to more than three times the institution’s usual level while being at least 90% open access is treated as a bulk dataset or repository deposit and scored at the usual level. Raw data are kept and every adjustment is logged. Open-access share and topic diversity are published as separate rankings and do not affect the main score. Citation impact is not field-normalized.
These indicators assess research activity only. They do not measure teaching quality, student experience, employability, reputation, finances or accreditation. Missing data are left missing rather than fabricated.