University Rankings

The “Webometrics Ranking of World Universities” is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain.

 CSIC is among the first basic research organizations in Europe. The CSIC consisted in 2006 of 126 centers and institutes distributed throughout Spain.

CSIC is attached to the Ministry of Education and its main objective is to promote scientific research as to improve the progress of the scientific and technological level of the country which will contribute to increase the welfare of the citizens.

CSIC also plays an important role in the formation of new researchers and technicians in the different aspects of the science and the technology.

The specific areas of research include:

• Development of Web indicators to be applied on the areas of the Spanish, European, Latinamerican and World R&D
• Quantitative studies about the scientific communication through electronic journals and repositories, and the impact of the Open Access initiatives.
• Development of indicators about resources in the Society of Information
• Indicators and social networks visualization on the Web with friendly, dynamic and interactive graphic interfaces
• Desing and evaluation of documental analysis techniques of Web resources
• Genre studies applied to the scholar activity on the Web
• Development of applied cybermetrics techniques based on the positioning on search engines of Web domains
• Analysis of the information usage through Web data mining of log files

Source – https://webometrics.info/

The University of Embu (UoEm) has shown improvement in the Webometrics Rankings over recent years. The January 2025 edition, released on January 27, 2025, places the university in an impressive position 12 countrywide, a testament of active work to enhance website performance, as noted by Dr. Faith Mueni, the University Website Coordinator. The Webometrics Ranking evaluates universities based on three indicators: Visibility (50%), Transparency/Openness (10%), and Excellence (40%), focusing on web presence, citations, and highly cited papers. UoEm’s upward trend from 2022 to 2025 suggests continued efforts to improve its global and national standing.

Source: https://figshare.com/articles/preprint/_b_Ranking_Web_of_Universities_webometrics_info_January_2025_edition_b_/28284617?file=52302506