Complex networks for benchmarking in global universities rankings
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Global universities rankings; Research evaluation; Benchmarking; ARWU; THE; QS;All these keywords.
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- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- C67 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Input-Output Models
- C50 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - General
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