Content of review 1, reviewed on July 20, 2017

The paper fails to point out the fact that other authors already have questioned the accuracy of the QS ranking. Rauhvargers (2013) wrote that “QS admits that a university may occasionally be nominated as excellent and ranked in a subject in which it “neither operates programmes nor research”. According to Safon (2013) wrote that “the majority of the received questionnaires come from English-speaking countries, clearly favoring their universities”. And Aguillo et al. (2010) wrote that “The QS is based on a not large and not representative enough survey that means the results are biased towards certain countries”. Aguillo, I. F., Bar-Ilan, J., Levene, M., & Ortega, J. L. (2010). Comparing university rankings. Scientometrics, 85(1), 243-256. Rauhvargers, A. (2013). Global university rankings and their impact: Report II(pp. 21-23). Brussels: European University Association. Safón, V. (2013). What do global university rankings really measure? The search for the X factor and the X entity. Scientometrics, 97(2), 223-244.

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References

    Kristof, D. W., Lenka, H. 2013. What about excellence in teaching? A benevolent ranking of universities. Scientometrics.