West Visayas State University (WVSU) ranks first among universities in the Western Visayas region, fourth in the Visayas, and 18th among Philippine universities in the July 2024 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.
The Webometrics Ranking is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group that is part of the largest public research body in Spain, the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).
The ranking is based on impact or online visibility, transparency or open access initiatives, and excellence or quality of electronic publications.
WVSU retained its number one ranking in Region VI from the July 2022 Webometrics, although it dropped one place in the overall Philippine university rankings this year.
Among the criteria, WVSU ranked 13,005 worldwide for impact, 5,466 for openness, and 5,267 for excellence.
WVSU trails behind the University of San Carlos, Visayas State University, and Cebu Technological University in the Visayas but leads in the Western Visayas region, closely followed by the University of the Philippines Visayas.
For more information on the Webometrics country ranking, please click on this link (https://www.webometrics.info/en/asia/philippines). (Text and Pubmat by Jessa Temelo, WVSU PAMCO)
