Why do institutions specialized in social sciences have lower ranks?
We tried really hard but were not successful in finding special criteria and internationally comparable data for social sciences and humanities. Many well-known institutions specialized in humanities and social sciences are missing from our list, or their ranks are relatively low. In our ranking of 2004, the indicator of N&S is not considered for institutions specialized in humanities and social sciences such as London School of Economics, its weight is relocated to other indicators. Nevertheless, if a university specialized in social sciences and humanities had Nobel Laureates in economics and Highly Cited Researchers in social sciences, it should have good standing in our academic ranking.
