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numbers of citations per publication
QS does not use citations per publication in its flagship world rankings. Its official methodology uses a Citations per Faculty indicator instead.
Full reasoning
This phrase misstates a core QS World University Rankings metric.
According to QS’s official methodology, the research-impact indicator in the QS World University Rankings is Citations per Faculty (CPF), not citations per publication/paper. QS’s own methodology page describes the CPF indicator as measuring the relative intensity and volume of research at an institution.
An official QS methodology supplement also explicitly contrasts QS’s approach with a per-paper approach, stating that while citations are often calculated on a “per paper” basis, the QS World University Rankings have used a per faculty member approach since the rankings began in 2004.
So the article’s wording is not just simplified; it identifies the wrong metric.
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- QS World University Rankings: Methodology
The Citations per Faculty (CPF) indicator is a measure of the relative intensity and volume of research being done at an institution.
- QS World University Rankings: Methodology
Often calculated on a ‘per paper’ basis, the QS World University Rankings has adopted a ‘per faculty member’ approach since its inception in 2004.