YKSUG keeps the 2nd place among the Belarusian higher education institutions in Webometrics Ranking of World Universities

 

According to the last update of Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (july 2016), Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno stays on the 2nd place among the Belarusian higher education institutions.

As it has been before, the 1st position is after Belarusian State University, the third place is after Belarusian National Technical University.

Besides, YKSUG keeps leading rank among higher education institutions of Grodno. Grodno State Medical University has the 6th place among Belarusian higher educational institutions, Grodno State Agrarian University is on the 30th position.

Top-10 of Belarusian higher education institutions by Webometrics Ranking:

1. Belarusian State University;

2. Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno;

3. Belarusian National Technical University;

4. Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics;

5. Belarusian State Technologigal University;

6. Grodno State Medical University;

7. Vitebsk State Technological University;

8. Francisk Skaryna Gomel State University;

9. Belarusian State Medical University;

10. International University “MITSO”.

It is also worth mentioning, that in Ranking Web Repositories (Webometrics) an e-library “YKSUG Scientists’ works” keeps the 3rd place among e-libraries of Belarusian universities (position 653 in world). The first place is, as usual, after BSU e-library (114), the 2nd is after BNTU repository (351).

Webometrics (Webometrics Ranking of World Universities) has been created in 2004 and is being maintained by Cybermetrics RG, which is a part of National Research Council of Spain. This ranking evaluates online activity and quoting not only for universities, but also for medical institutions, business-schools, research centers and higher education institutions’ repositories. Main criteria of the ranking are information scale, actuality and the popularity of universities’ Web-pages.