The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is calculated by the Cybermetrics research group, which is part of the National Research Council of Spain. Webometrics analyzes the presence of universities on the Internet, including scientific publications. According to the rating developers, the indicators used allow to create a fairly complete picture of the activities of university teachers and researchers.
The university rankings are published every six months (in January and July). The university's position is determined by the following indicators calculated for its website:
impact - the number of external links to the pages of the university's website based on data from the two most important sources of information: Majestic SEO and Ahrefs. The average value of this data is used. Weight: 50 %;
presence – the total number of web pages of the main domain, according to Google, including all subdomains and "rich files" in PDF format. Weight: 5 %;
openness – the number of citations from the top authors according to Google Scholar. Weight: 10 %;
publication quality – the number of papers among the top 10% most cited in 26 disciplines over a five-year period according to Scimago. Weight: 35 %;
In Webometrics university ranking for January 2021, Polesie State University ranks:
- in the Republic of Belarus, 21st place out of 57 ranked educational institutions;
- 7 029 place in the world, out of more than 24,000 ranked educational institutions.
