From Eminent Men to Excellent Universities: University Rankings as Calculative Devices

Title	Journal	Journal Categories	Citations	Publication Date
Technical pitfalls in university rankings	Higher Education	Education: Theory and practice of education Education Social Sciences	31	2015
University Rankings and Social Science	European Journal of Education	Education: Theory and practice of education Social Sciences	101	2014
University Rankings in Critical Perspective	The Journal of Higher Education	Education: Theory and practice of education Education Social Sciences	33	2013
Reproducibility of the Shanghai academic ranking of world universities results	Scientometrics	Science: Mathematics: Instruments and machines: Electronic computers. Computer science Bibliography. Library science. Information resources Bibliography. Library science. Information resources: Information resources (General) Social Sciences	46	2012
MAKING AND MEASURING VALUE	Journal of Cultural Economy	Social Sciences: Social sciences (General) Social Sciences: Economic theory. Demography: Economics as a science Social Sciences: Sociology (General) Social Sciences: Sociology (General) Social Sciences	31	2011

Title	Journal	Journal Categories	Citations	Publication Date
Research Trends in University Rankings: A Scoping Review of the Top 100 Most Cited Articles in Academic Journals from 2017 to 2021	European Review	Social Sciences: Sociology (General) Social Sciences Social Sciences		2024
The institutionalization of rankings in higher education: continuities, interdependencies, engagement	Higher Education	Education: Theory and practice of education Education Social Sciences	5	2023
From rejection to acceptance: the institutionalization of adopting university ranking outcomes as policy and strategic tools in China since the 1980s	Policy Reviews in Higher Education	Education: Theory and practice of education		2023
The role of the social sciences in the quantified university. Response to The Quantified Scholar, by Juan Pablo Pardo‐Guerra	The British Journal of Sociology	Social Sciences: Sociology (General) Social Sciences: Sociology (General) Social Sciences		2023
Measuring university size: A comparison of academic personnel versus scientific talent pool data	Quantitative Science Studies	Science: Science (General) Bibliography. Library science. Information resources	1	2023

Category	Category Repetition
Social Sciences	15
Social Sciences: Sociology (General)	7
Education: Theory and practice of education	6
Education	5
Bibliography. Library science. Information resources	4
Medicine: Medicine (General)	3
Bibliography. Library science. Information resources: Information resources (General)	2
Political science: Political science (General)	2
Political science: Political institutions and public administration (General)	2
Political science	2
Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical philosophy. Medical ethics	2
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology	2
Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry	2
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Anthropology	2
Agriculture: Agriculture (General)	1
Technology: Chemical technology: Food processing and manufacture	1
Technology: Home economics: Nutrition. Foods and food supply	1
Agriculture	1
Science: Mathematics: Instruments and machines: Electronic computers. Computer science	1
Medicine: Internal medicine	1
General Works: History of scholarship and learning. The humanities	1
Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)	1
Science: Science (General)	1
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Recreation. Leisure: Sports	1
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences	1
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Philosophy (General)	1
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Anthropology: Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology	1
Auxiliary sciences of history: Archaeology	1

The category Social Sciences 15 is the most commonly referenced area in studies that cite this article. The first research to cite this article was titled All for one or one for all? Authorship and the cross-sectoral valuation of credit in nutrition science and was published in 2017. The most recent citation comes from a 2024 study titled Research Trends in University Rankings: A Scoping Review of the Top 100 Most Cited Articles in Academic Journals from 2017 to 2021. This article reached its peak citation in 2021, with 5 citations. It has been cited in 19 different journals, 31% of which are open access. Among related journals, the Higher Education cited this research the most, with 4 citations. The chart below illustrates the annual citation trends for this article.

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