The Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) introduced its new global university ranking system “World University Rankings 2018” (https://wur.isc.ac) in March 2019. Of course, ranking is not a new practice in ISC. In fact, ISC – as an ISESCO-Affiliated Center – based on its duties, has been ranking OIC universities since its establishment in 2008. But in 2018, it took the initiative to upgrade its regional ranking system into a global one.
This new ranking system reports the status of 1220 universities from all over the world. They were selected from a population of more than 3000 universities. At this stage, all universities with at least 1500 WoS articles during 2014-2016 were considered. This is important since it allows for comparison of universities of similar size.
This ranking system covers four general criteria including research, education, international activity and innovation comprising 12 subparts as indicated in Figure 1 below:
Through this ranking system, universities can receive invaluable information about their general performance as well as their performance in each subpart as they can compare their performance with other universities over the globe. This latter possibility can be used efficiently in policy making so as to enhance the status of each university within each country, each region or over the globe.
Besides this new service, ISC continuously analyzes the performance of different universities and submits consultancy reports with the objective to accelerate the rate of improvement of each university. To avail themselves of this opportunity, universities may contact ISC at info@isc.ac after which the necessary steps and formalities will be communicated. In what follows a brief account of the performance of the OIC region and Haceteppe University is provided:
From among all OIC universities from 57 OIC countries, 99 universities (from 15 countries) are present in ISC World University Rankings 2018. Table 1 shows the list of universities from each OIC country along with their status in this ranking system.
| Country | No. of Universities | Specification of Universities |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | Harvard University | *HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY (500-600), ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY (500-600), ANKARA UNIVERSITY (600-800), BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY (600-800), IHSAN DOGRAMACI BILKENT UNIVERSITY (600-800), ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (600-800), MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (600-800), DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY (800-1000), EGE UNIVERSITY (800-1000), ERCIYES UNIVERSITY (800-1000), GAZI UNIVERSITY (800-1000), KOC UNIVERSITY (800-1000), MARMARA UNIVERSITY (800-1000), AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY (1001+), ANADOLU UNIVERSITY (1001+), ATATURK UNIVERSITY (1001+), BASKENT UNIVERSITY (1001+), CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY (1001+), DICLE UNIVERSITY (1001+), ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY (1001+), FIRAT UNIVERSITY (1001+), GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY (1001+), INONU UNIVERSITY (1001+), KARADENIZ TEKNIK UNIVERSITY (1001+), KOCAELI UNIVERSITY (1001+), ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY (1001+), PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY (1001+), SAKARYA UNIVERSITY (1001+), SELCUK UNIVERSITY (1001+), SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY (1001+), ULUDAG UNIVERSITY (1001+), YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (1001+) |
| Iran | 24 | ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY (400-500), UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN (400-500), TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (500-600) , AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (600-800), ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (600-800), SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (600-800), FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY MASHHAD (800-1000), IRAN UNIVERSITY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (800-1000), SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCIENCES (800-1000), SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY (800-1000), TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY (800-1000), UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ (800-1000), IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (1001+), ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCIENCE (1001+), K. N. TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (1001+), MASHHAD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCIENCE (1001+), PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY (1001+), RAZI UNIVERSITY (1001+), SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY (1001+), SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE (1001+), TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE (1001+), UNIVERSITY KASHAN (1001+), UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN (1001+), UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN (1001+) |
| Malaysia | 10 | UNIVERSITI MALAYA (251-300), UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (500-600), UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA (600-800), UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA (600-800), UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA (600-800), INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (1001+), UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG (1001+), UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (1001+), UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS (1001+), UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA PERLIS (1001+) |
| Egypt | 9 | CAIRO UNIVERSITY (400-500), AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY (600-800), ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY (600-800), MANSOURA UNIVERSITY (600-800), ASSIUT UNIVERSITY (800-1000), SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY (800-1000), AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY (1001+), TANTA UNIVERSITY (1001+), ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY (1001+) |
| Pakistan | 6 | COMSATS INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (CIIT) (600-800), QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY (600-800), NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY - PAKISTAN (800-1000), UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB (800-1000), UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FAISALABAD (1001+), UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI (1001+) |
| Tunisia | 4 | UNIVERSITE DE TUNIS-EL-MANAR (600-800), UNIVERSITE DE SFAX (800-1000), UNIVERSITE DE CARTHAGE (1001+), UNIVERSITE DE MONASTIR (1001+) |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY (38), KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (171), KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (301-350), KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS (400-500) |
| Jordan | 2 | JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (800-1000), UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN (1001+) |
| Indonesia | 2 | UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA (800-1000), INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY OF BANDUNG (1001+) |
| Uganda | 1 | MAKERERE UNIVERSITY (600-800) |
| Oman | 1 | SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY (800-1000) |
| Qatar | 1 | QATAR UNIVERSITY (600-800) |
| Kuwait | 1 | KUWAIT UNIVERSITY (800-1000) |
| Nigeria | 1 | UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN (800-1000) |
| Lebanon | 1 | AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (600-800) |
Based on ISC World University Rankings 2018 overall rank, Haceteppe University together with Istanbul University, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and Universiti Sains Malaysia (rank=500-600) ranked ninth among all OIC universities. It ranked first together with Istanbul University among all universities in Turkey.
Figure 2 shows the performance of top OIC universities in research criterion. In this criterion, Haceteppe University, with the Research score of 70.4, ranked eighth among all OIC universities. King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Azad University, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Universiti Malaya, King Saud University, University of Tehran, and Cairo University ranked first to sixth respectively. Universiti Malaya and King Saud University obtained score of 75.9 in research criterion (rank=4).
At the global scale, and in research criterion, the score obtained by Haceteppe University was 70.4 (rank=524) (Figure 3).
Figure 4 shows the performance of OIC universities in education criterion. In this criterion, Haceteppe University, with the Education score of 2.7 ranked forty-forth among all OIC Universities. King Abdulaziz University, King Saud University, and Iran University of Medical Sciences ranked first to third respectively.
At the global scale, and in Education criterion, the score obtained by Haceteppe University was 2.7 (rank= 755) (Figure 3).
Figure 5 shows the performance of top OIC universities in International Activity criterion. In this criterion, Haceteppe University, with the International Activity score of 71.7 ranked tenth among all OIC Universities. King Abdulaziz University, King Saud University, Universiti Malaya, Cairo University, Makerere University, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Istanbul University, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and American University of Beirut ranked first to ninth respectively.
At the global scale, and in International Activity criterion, the score of Haceteppe University was 71.7 (rank=384) (Figure 3).
The last criterion in ISC World University Rankings 2018 is Innovation. Figure 6 shows the performance of OIC universities in this criterion. Here, Haceteppe University with the Innovation score of 4.1 ranked thirteenth among all OIC universities.
At the global scale, and in Innovation criterion, the score of Haceteppe University was 4.1 (rank= 621) (Figure 3).
