Razi University

Razi University Improves Its Position in the Latest Webometrics Ranking Razi University has improved its position in the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, climbing 143 places from the previous year to reach 3,325th globally. The University also rose 69 places to 1,357th in Asia and advanced 25 places to rank 43rd among Iranian institutions. According to Razi University's Office of Public Relations and the Office of Research and Technology, these results reflect a significant improvement in the University's standing in the latest assessment. Dr. Keyvan Amini, Vice President for Research and Technology at Razi University, explained that the Webometrics Ranking is an evaluation system that assesses universities' web presence, visibility, and scientific impact in the online environment. The ranking system was established by the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council, and has evaluated the web presence of educational and research institutions worldwide since 2004.

​The assessment is conducted twice a year, in January and July, and examines institutions according to their commitment to maintaining a scientific presence on the web and supporting the open dissemination of information. In the latest edition of the ranking, approximately 5,500 institutions worldwide were evaluated. Razi University was ranked 3,325th globally and 43rd among 404 Iranian institutions included in the assessment. Webometrics Ranking Indicators The Webometrics Ranking is based on the following indicators: 1. Visibility (50%) This indicator measures the number and quality of external links and references from other websites to a university's official website. The relevant data are generally obtained from sources such as Ahrefs and Majestic. 2. Transparency / Openness (10%) This indicator is based on the number of citations received by the institution's 110 most highly cited researchers, according to Google Scholar. 3. Excellence (40%) This indicator measures the institution's highly cited scientific publications, particularly those ranked among the top 10 percent of publications in 26 subject areas during the previous five years, based on Scimago data. The data used in this ranking are collected from Google, Google Scholar, Scimago, Majestic SEO, and Ahrefs. A comparison of Razi University's performance over the past two years indicates particularly significant improvements in the Visibility and Transparency indicators. These developments reflect effective measures taken to improve the University's website search engine optimization (SEO) and increase the visibility of its institutional web portal. Based on the most recent data, the greatest changes have occurred in these two indicators. To further improve Razi University's position in future editions of the ranking, the following measures should be considered: 1. Integrating the University's primary domain and its affiliated subdomains and online systems. 2. Increasing the number of high-quality links from universities, research institutions, and international organizations to Razi University's official domain. 3. Developing high-quality English-language webpages for faculties, academic staff, and research centers. 4. Ensuring that articles, theses and dissertations, research data, and scientific reports are publicly accessible and indexable by search engines. 5. Ensuring that researchers' Google Scholar profiles are correctly affiliated with Razi University. 6. Expanding the publication and open accessibility of the University's scientific outputs. In this edition of the Webometrics Ranking, the University of Tehran, ranked 413th globally, holds the highest position among Iranian universities and is the only Iranian university included among the world's top 500 institutions. It is followed by Tehran University of Medical Sciences, ranked 546th; Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, ranked 821st; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, ranked 977th; and Tarbiat Modares University, ranked 992nd.

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