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The University of Southern Mindanao (USM) maintained its top position among Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Region XII and climbed to a higher rank in the January 2025 edition of the Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics). USM is now at #5968 rank in the world from #6118 rank in 2024.
Mindanao State University – General Santos City (MSU-GSC) ranks second in Region XII ranking #9099 in the world, followed by Sultan Kudarat State University (SKSU) #16575, Notre Dame of Dadiangas University (NDDU) #18961, Notre Dame of Marbel University (NDMU) #19755, Central Mindanao Colleges (CMC) #25638, Notre Dame of Kidapawan College (NDKC) #26899, and Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology (CFCST) #26966.
Webometrics ranks universities based on three key indicators:
Visibility (50%): The impact of the university’s online presence and web content.
Transparency (10%): The number of top-cited researchers with Google Scholar profiles.
Excellence (40%): The quantity and impact of the university’s highly-cited academic papers.
As per webometrics, their primary objective is to promote open access to the knowledge generated by the universities. The best strategy to improve university’s rank is to increase quantity and quality of web contents.
The Ranking Web is the largest academic ranking of Higher Education Institutions offering every six months an independent, objective, free, open scientific exercise for providing reliable, multidimensional, updated and useful information about the performance of universities from all over the world.
USM expresses its gratitude to everyone who contributed to this achievement. The university is also thrilled to see other universities from Region XII joining the recent rankings.
For more details, visit the Webometrics’ website here: (https://www.webometrics.info/en).
