For the fourth time in a row, New Economic School entered the Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (ARWU) in "Economics". The rating for 2021, which includes 19 Russian universities in various subjects, was published on May 26.
Apart from NES, only one Russian university is present in the "Economics" ranking – Higher School of Economics.
The Shanghai Ranking is one of the most famous and influential rankings in the world. In 2021, it included more than 1800 universities in different subject areas, which were selected from 4000 universities from 93 countries and regions.
Since 2009, the ranking has been compiled by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy – a fully independent organization specializing in higher education research and consulting. The ranking itself has been published since 2003. The ranking methodology considers the following indicators: research productivity, citation index, extent of international collaboration, number of publications in the world leading journals, and international academic prizes and awards.