1. 1 Modern University for the Humanities Moscow, Russia The dynamics of network activity of Russian universities in the international ranking Webometrics (2007 – 2010) Olga Karpenko. Margarita Bershadskaya The 12th International Workshop on Computer Science and Information Technologies (CSIT’2010) September 13-19, 2010 Ship "Sergei Kuchkin", Moscow - St. Petersburg,

2. 2 General information Coverage of world universities "Webometrics” – world universities' ranking on the Web is carried out by Cybermetrics Lab (Spain) analyzing the Internet and Web contents of educational and research activities of universities. "Webometrics” – world universities' ranking on the Web is carried out by Cybermetrics Lab (Spain) analyzing the Internet and Web contents of educational and research activities of universities. The main purpose of Webometrics is ranking the greatest number of universities, ideally - all the universities of the world. Compared to other rankings the Web sites’ ranking covers much larger number of universities and research centers worldwide. The web site indicators provide a more comprehensive picture of the institution, compared with other ratings, reflecting the specific characteristics of the University. Ranking Number of universities AnalyzedRanked ARWU2000500 “TImes”520 200 200 «Webometrics» July 2007 July 2007 January 2008 January 2008 July 2008 July 2008 January 2009 January 2009 July 2009 July 2009 January 2010 January 2010 July 2010 July 2010 13000 over 14000 1600018000 over 20000 4000+5000500060006000800012000

3. Webometrics Indicators The overall ranking is determined by summing the weighted values of the four indicators The overall ranking is determined by summing the weighted values of the four indicators : Size (S) - size of a site or the number of pages recovered from four engines: Google, Yahoo, Live Search and Exalead (weight -25% in 2004-2008, 20% - in 2009); Visibility (V) - the total number of unique external links received by a site obtained only from Yahoo Search, Live Search and Exalead (weight -50% in 2004-2010); Rich Files (R) - the availability of different file formats such as Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Adobe PostScript (.ps), Microsoft Word (.doc) and Microsoft Powerpoint (.ppt). (weight – 12,5% in 2004-2008, 15% - in 2010); Scholar (Sc) - the number of papers and citations for each academic domain provided by Google Scholar. These results from the Scholar database represent papers, reports and other academic items (weight – 12,5% in 2004-2008, 15% - in Scholar (Sc) - the number of papers and citations for each academic domain provided by Google Scholar. These results from the Scholar database represent papers, reports and other academic items (weight – 12,5% in 2004-2008, 15% - in 2009-2010 г.) 3

4. 4 In the project Webometrics the estimation of higher education institutions is defined by the content and popularity of an institution web site. The indicators of the rating provide a comprehensive picture of the university, its network activity, the presence on the Internet its faculty, staff and students. A wide coverage of universities of the world, greatly exceeding the coverage of higher education institutions in other ratings of universities (in the latest ranking of universities ranked 12000 out of 20 000 considered), a transparency of the results, published twice a year, create unique conditions for the development of schools, analyzing their positions in the ranking for each indicator. It is not less important that the results of Webometrics allow to judge of the national higher education system not on individual institutions-leaders, but on all set of universities making it. Of the 191 countries of the world only in 10 countries the number of national universities ranked consistently exceed 2% of the best universities in the world. During the period under review (July 2007 - July 2010) Russia belongs to these countries.

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6. 6 Distribution by countries of top 5000 world universities

7. 7 It is important to note that, since the sample of 3000, among the best universities in the world, as before, universities of all federal districts of Russia are included Regions of Russia in the world educational space As well as in the previous rankings, it is necessary to allocate universities of Volga federal districts.

8. 8 The dynamics of network activity of Regions of Russia - TOP 5000 (2007-2010) DISCTRICTJuly 07January 08July 08January 09July 09January 10July 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT В том числе MOSKOW 59 45 49 37 50 41 40 33 67 52 50 39 46 38 VOLGA DISTRICT242119182721 NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT В том числе SAINT PETERSBURG 22 14 18 12 19 6 15 10 22 15 11 15 10 SIBERIAN DISTRICT18 1917231715 URAL DISTRICT 9 7 8 71266 SOUTHERN DISTRICT 85 8 913 11 FAR EASTERN DISTRICT 55 75654

9. 9 As well as in the previous rankings, it is necessary to allocate universities of Volga and Siberian federal districts. The sample 2000 along with the six best Moscow universities there entered four universities from gap between the number of Moscow and regional Siberia and Volga districts. Number of universities of Russian regions among the top world universities: regions with the highest results - January 2010

10. 10 Conclusions 1.Among the recognised international ratings a special place occupies Webometrics ranking in which the estimation of world universities is based on the analysis of a university web site. 2. A distinctive feature of Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is a wide coverage of universities (12 000 in the latest ranking). Taking into account the scale factor Russia leaves on in the lead positions - consistently among the ten leading countries, starting with a sample of top 4000 universities. 3. In July 2009 there was achieved a significant improvement in Russia's position compared to four previous rankings: for the first time there has been passed a boundary in 2 % from top 3000 world universities. (Russia in the top ten countries from the sample of 3000). 3. In the latest ranking (July 2010) Russia was unable to hold its position: only, since the sample of 4000, Russia is included into ten countries-leaders in January 2010. 4. Since the sample of 3000, among the best universities in the world, as before, universities of all federal districts of Russia are included. It is necessary to allocate universities of Volga and Siberian federal districts. 5. The development of network activity of Russian universities occurs explosively. Many schools indicated the instability of results.

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