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Analyzing the activities of visitors of the Leiden Ranking website

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Figure 1

The list view page (top left), the chart view page (top right), the map view page (bottom left), and the university page (bottom right).
The list view page (top left), the chart view page (top right), the map view page (bottom left), and the university page (bottom right).

Figure 2

Time trend of the average number of sessions per day.
Time trend of the average number of sessions per day.

Figure 3

Distribution of the number of views per session.
Distribution of the number of views per session.

Figure 4

Share of all sessions in which a specific setting was changed on the list view page.
Share of all sessions in which a specific setting was changed on the list view page.

Figure 5

Share of all sessions in which a specific field was selected on the list view page.
Share of all sessions in which a specific field was selected on the list view page.

Figure 6

Share of all sessions in which a specific region was selected on the list view page.
Share of all sessions in which a specific region was selected on the list view page.

Figure 7

Share of all sessions in which a specific country was selected on the list view page (top 20 countries only).
Share of all sessions in which a specific country was selected on the list view page (top 20 countries only).

Figure 8

Alluvial diagram of the relations (in terms of numbers of sessions) between the top 10 visiting countries (on the left) and the top 10 countries selected most often on the list view page (on the right).
Alluvial diagram of the relations (in terms of numbers of sessions) between the top 10 visiting countries (on the left) and the top 10 countries selected most often on the list view page (on the right).

Figure 9

Share of all sessions in which a specific indicator for ordering universities was selected.
Share of all sessions in which a specific indicator for ordering universities was selected.

Figure 10

Share of all sessions in experiment 1 in which a specific indicator for ordering universities was selected (top 5 indicators only).
Share of all sessions in experiment 1 in which a specific indicator for ordering universities was selected (top 5 indicators only).

Figure 11

Share of all sessions in experiment 2 in which a specific indicator for ordering universities was selected (top 5 indicators only).
Share of all sessions in experiment 2 in which a specific indicator for ordering universities was selected (top 5 indicators only).

Share of all sessions in which the different pages of the LR 2017 website were visited.

PagePerc. of sessionsAvg. no. of views per session
List view92.5%4.1
Chart view10.3%2.2
Map view10.5%1.8
University23.1%2.3

Overview of the settings that can be changed on the list view page.

SettingDescriptionDefault choice
Time periodChoice of a time period2012–2015
FieldChoice of a field of scienceAll sciences
Region/countryChoice of a region (i.e., continent) or a countryWorld
Min. publication outputChoice of the minimum publication output that a university is required to have100
Type of indicatorsChoice between impact (citation) and collaboration (co-authorship) indicatorsImpact
IndicatorsChoice of specific impact or collaboration indicatorsP, P(top 10%), PP(top 10%)
Order byChoice of the indicator based on which universities are ordered; universities can also be ordered alphabetically based on their nameP
Counting methodChoice between full and fractional countingFractional counting

Top 20 countries responsible for the largest number of sessions.

CountryPerc. of sessionsAvg. no. of views per sessionNo. of universities in the LR 2017
United States9.6%4.1177
Australia6.0%4.725
Netherlands6.0%4.613
United Kingdom5.8%5.047
Turkey5.6%3.916
Iran5.5%5.818
South Korea5.4%5.835
France5.2%4.424
Germany3.7%6.050
Denmark3.6%4.65
Switzerland3.83.4%7
Spain3.3%5.434
Canada3.0%5.028
China2.8%3.9138
Portugal2.4%5.96
Japan1.8%3.841
Italy1.7%5.839
Taiwan1.5%2.917
India1.3%4.720
Sweden1.3%6.310

Top 20 universities for which the university page was visited most often.

UniversityCountryPerc. of sessions
Harvard UniversityUnited States3.3%
University of TorontoCanada1.9%
Zhejiang UniversityChina1.8%
University of Paris VI - Pierre and Marie CurieFrance1.6%
University of São PauloBrazil1.6%
Utrecht UniversityNetherlands1.5%
University of CopenhagenDenmark1.4%
University of LisbonPortugal1.3%
Islamic Azad University Science & Research TehranIran1.1%
Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea1.1%
University of British ColumbiaCanada1.1%
Rockefeller UniversityUnited States1.1%
Tsinghua UniversityChina1.1%
Babeș-Bolyai UniversityRomania1.0%
ETH ZurichSwitzerland1.0%
University of QueenslandAustralia1.0%
University College LondonUnited Kingdom1.0%
Leiden UniversityNetherlands1.0%
University of Cape TownSouth Africa0.9%
Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea0.9%
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