Ranking and mappping of universities and research-focused institutions worldwide: The third release of excellencemapping.net

Bornmann, Stefaner, de Moya Anegón, and Mutz (2014a) have introduced a web application (www.excellencemapping.net) which is linked to both academic ranking lists published hitherto (e.g. the Academic Ranking of World Universities) as well as spatial visualization approaches. The application visualizes the performance of institutions worldwide within specific subject areas (journal sets from Scopus) as institutional ranking lists and on custom tile-based maps. Scopus data were used which are also the base for the SCImago Institutions Ranking. The second, enhanced version of the excellencemapping.net is described in Bornmann, Stefaner, de Moya Anegón, and Mutz (2014b). In this version, the effect of covariates (such as the perceived corruption in a country in which a research institution is located) on two performance metrics (best paper rate and best journal rate) is examined and visualized. This paper describes the third version based on new data.