<P> ARWU is regarded as one of the three most influential and widely observed university rankings, alongside QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings . It is often praised for the objectivity, stability and transparency of its methodology, but draws some criticism for heavily focusing on scientific research and downplaying the quality of instruction; it also does not adequately adjust for the size of the institution, so that larger institutions would tend to rank above smaller ones . </P> <Table> ARWU methodology <Tr> <Th> Criterion </Th> <Th> Indicator </Th> <Th> Code </Th> <Th> Weighting </Th> <Th> Source </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Quality of education </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Alumni as Nobel laureates & Fields Medalists </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dd> Alumni </Dd> </Dl> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 10% </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dd> Official websites of Nobel Laureates & Fields Medalists </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Quality of faculty </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Staff as Nobel Laureates & Fields Medalists </Li> <Li> Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dd> Award </Dd> <Dd> HiCi </Dd> </Dl> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 20% </Li> <Li> 20% </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dd> Official websites of Nobel Laureates & Fields Medalists </Dd> <Dd> Thomson Reuters' survey of highly cited researchers </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Research output </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Papers published in Nature and Science </Li> <Li> Papers indexed in Science Citation Index - expanded and Social Science Citation Index </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dd> N&S </Dd> <Dd> PUB </Dd> </Dl> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 20% </Li> <Li> 20% </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dd> Citation index </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Per capita performance </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Per capita academic performance of an institution </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dd> PCP </Dd> </Dl> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 10% </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> * <Ol> <Li> Jump up ^ Not applicable to institutions specialized in humanities and social sciences whose N&S scores are relocated to other indicators . </Li> </Ol> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Criterion </Th> <Th> Indicator </Th> <Th> Code </Th> <Th> Weighting </Th> <Th> Source </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Quality of education </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Alumni as Nobel laureates & Fields Medalists </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dd> Alumni </Dd> </Dl> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 10% </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dd> Official websites of Nobel Laureates & Fields Medalists </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr>

Academic ranking of world universities (arwu) of the shanghai jiao tong university (shanghai)