IN A 5 YEAR MEASURE OF THE TOP 500 UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD, U.C. SANTA CRUZ HAS COME IN 21ST. THAT’S BASED ON THE IMPACT OF THE UNIVERSITY’S SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS. THE STUDY (DONE BY THE CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT LEIDEN UNIVERSITY IN THE NETHERLANDS) BASED THAT RANKING IS BASED ON HOW MANY TIMES A PARTICULAR PUBLICATION IS CITED BY OTHER RESEARCHERS.
M.I.T. WAS RANKED NUMBER 1, WHILE U.C. SANTA BARBARA WAS RANKED 7TH, AND U.C. BERKELEY RANKED 8TH.
