The recently published Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) Academic Ranking of World Universities 2006 ranks University College Dublin among the top 301-400 universities in the world.
Within this ranking, UCD is placed as the Irish university with the highest Science Citation Index (a compilation of all the cited references from journal articles published during a particular year linked to their source article). UCD is also ranked as the Irish university with the highest number of articles published in Nature & Science. Overall, UCD’s relative position has moved up from the 401- 500 rank last year.
The world's best five universities, in order, were Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford, California (Berkeley), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Published since 2003, the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities applies six performance indicators in its assessment of each institution. These are:
Data Sources include:
Nobel laureates http://www.nobel.se
Fields Medals http://www.mathunion.org/medals/
Highly cited researchers http://www.isihighlycited.com
Articles published in Nature and Science http://www.isiknowledge.com
Articles indexed in Science Citation Index-expanded, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index http://www.isiknowledge.com
