Academic Ranking of World Universities

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>Analysis of the ranking from a Duke researcher:
<a href=“http://www.duke.edu/~myhan/feng.pdf[/url]”>http://www.duke.edu/~myhan/feng.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>There is actually an engineering/technology ranking from the website.
[url=<a href=“http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ARWU-FIELD2008/ENG2008.htm]field[/url”>http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ARWU-FIELD2008/ENG2008.htm]field[/url</a>]
We can see USC is at 11th globally </p>

<p>This ranking is designed to measure research ability. But the overall ranking is more about science subjects (Nobel prize, Sci&Nature publications carry great weight). Since USC is not so well-known for science research, it is very reasonable to see USC ranking lower than expected.</p>

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<p>The list from post #22 seems pretty plausible to me, in terms of engineering research rankings.</p>