This guide will help you locate and understand Indicator and Metric level data in our rankings Datasets, including World University, Regional, Subject, Sustainability and GME Rankings.
1. Accessing the Indicators and Metrics data
You can find indicator and metric data in multiple datasets:
World Rankings
Regional Rankings
Subject Rankings
Sustainability Rankings
GME Rankings
2. Navigating the Indicators Report
Look for the "Indicators" Report in the Reports bar near the top left of your screen:
When you hover over or open the Indicators Report, you will see data presented at different levels:
Indicator level Metric level
a. Indicator Level
At this level, you can view key information on Rank, Score and Percentile for each Indicator
Dataset | Indicators |
World University Rankings Dataset | - Academic Reputation - Employer Reputation - Employer Outcomes - Citations per Faculty - International Faculty - International Research Network - International Students - International Diversity - Faculty Student Ratio - Sustainability |
Regional Rankings Dataset | - Academic Reputation - Employer Reputation - Employment Outcomes - Citations per Paper - Papers per Faculty - International Faculty - International Research Network - International Students - International Diversity - Faculty Student Ratio - Web Impact - Outbound Exchange Students - Inbound Exchange Students - Staff with PhD |
Subject Rankings Dataset | - Academic Reputation - Employer Reputation - H-index - Citations per Paper - International Research Network |
Sustainability Dataset | - Environmental Education - Environmental Sustainability - Environmental Research - Equality - Employability and Outcomes - Knowledge Exchange - Impact of Education - Health and Wellbeing - Good Governance |
b. Metric Value Level
You can drill down further to see the raw metric values that underpin most of the indicators, such as:
Example Data Structure
Indicator | Available Values | Underlying Metrics |
Academic Reputation (in World Rankings) | Rank, Score, Percentile | Count of Overall Nominations, Count of Domestic Nominations, Count of International Nominations |
Citations per Faculty | Rank, Score, Percentile | Citations per Faculty Ratio; Total count of Citations |
International Faculty Ratio | Rank, Score, Percentile | International Faculty FTE; Total Faculty FTE |
3. Special Steps for Subject Rankings
When viewing Subject Rankings, you must take an additional step:
Select a Specific Subject from the Subject Dropdown.
If you stay in the "Subject Overview", the Indicators and Analytics/ Heatmap reports will not be visible, because the content is Subject specific. As such, click into a particular Subject to see the full menu of reports.
Subject Dropdown
Note - for all other Datasets (other than Subject Rankings), the Indicators and Analytics Report will be displayed by default.
4. Navigating the Heatmap Report
Navigate to the Analytics reports and select Heatmap
Select the Indicator or Metric you need from the Values Dropdown
5. Summary Steps for accessing Indicators and Metrics
Access your desired ranking dataset.
Look for the Indicators Report or the Analytics Report in the top left corner.
If using Subject Rankings, select a specific subject from the dropdown, do not stay in Subject Overview.
Hover over the Report to view indicator levels.
Drill down for metric-level (underlying data) as needed.