University rankings and the challenge for the Brazilian universities

Authors

  • Samile Andrea de Souza Vanz Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Departamento de Ciências da Informação. Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação e Informação. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0549-4567
  • Andres Pandiella Dominique Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Laboratorio de Estudios Métricos de Información http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6572-2317
  • María Luisa Lascurain Sánchez Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Laboratorio de Estudios Métricos de Información
  • Elías Sanz Casado Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Laboratorio de Estudios Métricos de Información http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0188-7489

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2018v23n53p39

Keywords:

Brazilian university, Leiden Ranking, Shanghai Ranking, QS Ranking, THE Ranking

Abstract

The university rankings have gained importance in the international and national scenario and constitute one of the performance analysis mechanisms of the universities. This research analyzes the performance of 29 Brazilian universities rated at the Leiden, Shanghai, QS and THE rankings. The results obtained allowed to conclude that the Brazilian universities performances is very good, especially in terms of the amount of scientific output, however, the impact, measured by the citations, still constitutes a vast challenge. The amount of papers at the journals Nature and Science, as well as the international collaboration, are strategies that can expand the impact and pave the way for reaching better positions at these rankings.

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Author Biographies

Samile Andrea de Souza Vanz, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Departamento de Ciências da Informação. Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação e Informação.

Professora associada do Departamento de Ciências da Informação e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação e Informação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (PPGCOM UFRGS). Graduada em Biblioteconomia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1999), mestre e doutora em Comunicação e Informação pelo PPGCOM UFRGS (2004 e 2009), com estágio sanduíche na Dalian University of Technology (China, 2007-2008). Pós-doutorado pela Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Madrid, 2016). Editora da revista Em Questão (2014 - ). Desenvolve pesquisas na área de Comunicação Cientifica, com ênfase na produção de indicadores científicos, bibliometria, colaboração cientifica, análise de citação, análise de co-citação e rankings universitários.Tem experiência acadêmica e profissional na área de Planejamento, gestão e arquitetura de Bibliotecas e Unidades de Informação.

Andres Pandiella Dominique, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Laboratorio de Estudios Métricos de Información

Laboratório de Estudos Métricos da Informação, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

María Luisa Lascurain Sánchez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Laboratorio de Estudios Métricos de Información

Profesora Información y Documentación. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Elías Sanz Casado, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Laboratorio de Estudios Métricos de Información

Doutorado em Ciencias Biologicas pelo Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Espanha (1986)
Professor catedrático do Universidad Carlos III de Madrid , Espanha

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2018-09-06

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VANZ, Samile Andrea de Souza; PANDIELLA DOMINIQUE, Andres; LASCURAIN SÁNCHEZ, María Luisa; SANZ CASADO, Elías. University rankings and the challenge for the Brazilian universities. Encontros Bibli: revista eletrônica de biblioteconomia e ciência da informação, [S. l.], v. 23, n. 53, p. 39–51, 2018. DOI: 10.5007/1518-2924.2018v23n53p39. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2018v23n53p39. Acesso em: 2 apr. 2025.

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