What are Metric Sets?

Metric Sets
Metric sets are groups of related metrics to help you quickly build benchmarking tables. They are available for QS and THE World University Rankings and are grouped by the metric categories used by each ranking: 

 

QS World University Rankings sets

Top QS WUR metrics
Scholarly Output (QS)
Normalized Total Citation Count (QS)
International Research Network (IRN) Index (QS)
Partners (QS)
Locations (QS)

Citations per Faculty metrics
Scholarly Output (QS)
Citation Count (QS)
Sum of faculty Citation Counts (QS)
Normalized Total Citation Count – NTCC (QS)
Weighting Factor (QS)
Weighting Adjustment Ratio (QS)

IRN Index metrics
Scaled International Research Network Index (QS)
Non-Scaled International Research Network Index (QS)
IRN Scholarly Output (QS)
Partners (QS)
Locations (QS)

All QS WUR metrics
All available research metrics (QS)
 

THE World University Rankings sets

THE WUR research scores
Research Productivity Score (THE)
International Co-authorship Score (THE)
Citation Impact Score (THE)
Research Strength Score (THE)
Research Excellence Score (THE)
Research Influence Score (THE)
Patent Score (THE)

Publications metrics
Scholarly Output (THE)
International Collaboration (THE)
Outputs in Top 10% by FWCI (THE)
Scholarly Output Cited by Patents (THE)

Citations Impact metrics
Field-Weighted Citation Impact - 5 year (THE)
Resulting Citation Score (THE)
Citation Impact Score (THE)

Research Strength metrics
Research Strength Score (THE)
95th percentile Field-Weighted Citation Impact - 5 year (THE)
75th percentile Field-Weighted Citation Impact - 5 year (THE)
50th percentile Field-Weighted Citation Impact - 5 year (THE)
25th percentile Field-Weighted Citation Impact - 5 year (THE)
5th percentile Field-Weighted Citation Impact - 5 year (THE)

Patents metrics
Patents Score (THE)
Patent Count (THE)
Scholarly Output cited by Patents (THE)

Research Quality metrics
Citation Impact Score (THE)
Field-Weighted Citation Impact - 5 year (THE)
Resulting Citation Score (THE)
Research Strength Score (THE)
75th percentile Field-Weighted Citation Impact - 5 year (THE)
Research Excellence Score (THE)
Outputs in Top 10% by FWCI (THE)
Research Influence Score (THE)

All THE WUR research metrics
All available research metrics (THE)