Cybermetrics Lab
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The Cybermetrics Lab is a research group of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and is known for being the editor of the Rankings Web of academic institutions, also known as Webometrics Rankings. Currently more than 40,000 webdomains of academic and research organizations are analyzed and over 18,000 are ranked according to their web presence, and link visibility.
The Cybermetrics Lab started to design and compile web indicators since mid-90s, editing the first CSIC electronic journal, Cybermetrics, in 1997. Originally part of the National Documentation Center (CINDOC), the group is now located in the new facilities of the CSIC for the Humanities and Social Sciences in Madrid. The head of the group is Isidro F. Aguillo.
Major contributions of the group include the analysis of academic world and regional webpages, the discovery of a digital divide between North American and European top universities, and the development of new statistics for Open Access repositories.
Rankings Web
- Universities (since 2004)
- Research Centers (since 2006)
- Hospitals (since 2008)
- Repositories (since 2008)
- Business Schools (since 2008)