Impact Rankings | The Impact ranking 2021
Howtosubmitdata Whatareyourdatasources?WeinviteuniversitiestosubmitdatainasubsetofSDGs.ForeachSDG,therewillbesomedatathatarecollectedfromuniversitiesaswellasbibliometricdataprovidedbyElsevier.Whichyearshoulddatabebasedonforthe2021ranking?Forthiseditionoftherankingweareclearlyspecifyingthedaterangeexpectedintheanswersinourmethodology.ThisisespeciallyimportantgiventheimpactofCovid-19onuniversityopening.Pleasenotethedatesidentifiedbyeachquestion.Thedatesexpectedcanbe:•2019•2020•2019or2020–evi...
How to submit data
What are your data sources?
We invite universities to submit data in a subset of SDGs. For each SDG, there will be some data that are collected from universities as well as bibliometric data provided by Elsevier.
Which year should data be based on for the 2021 ranking?
For this edition of the ranking we are clearly specifying the date range expected in the answers in our methodology. This is especially important given the impact of Covid-19 on university opening. Please note the dates identified by each question.The dates expected can be:• 2019• 2020• 2019 or 2020 – evidence from either year is acceptable• In place by 2020 – evidence such as plans may have been published prior to 2020, but is still in effect during the 2020 year.
A university “year” may be a calendar year or may be seasonal. Some institutions’ academic years are different from their financial years. “Year” for the purposes of this ranking is defined ...