| Title |
Why Do Universities Compete in the Ratings Game? An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of the U.S. News and World Report College Rankings
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Research in Higher Education, August 2004
|
| DOI | 10.1023/b:rihe.0000032324.46716.f4 |
| Authors |
Marc Meredith |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 120 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 23% |
| Researcher | 21 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 12% |
| Unknown | 23 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 53 | 41% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 20 | 16% |
| Psychology | 8 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 6 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Unknown | 23 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 June 2017.
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#1,981,108
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Research in Higher Education
#81
of 718 outputs
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#2,483
of 61,345 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Research in Higher Education
#2
of 5 outputs
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