Scimago Institutions Rankings (SIR)
     The Scimago Institutions Rankings (SIR), established in 2009, provides an annual assessment of the top 5,000 worldwide universities and research institutes across three key areas: research, innovation, and expansion. SIR’s assessment is based on the performance of these institutions in terms of their research output, as reflected in articles indexed in high-impact international publications. The data for the SIR is sourced from a variety of reputable platforms including Elsevier Publishing, the Scopus citation database, Scimago Journal Rankings (SJR), the European patent database, and university-filled questionnaires. The indicators used in this system are as follows:
Research
1. Output: Quantifies the number of institution-indexed documents in the Scopus database. (8%)
2. International collaboration: Measures the extent of collaborations between the institution’s researchers and those from other countries. (2%)
3. Normalized impact: Reflects the average normalized citation based on subject area. (13%)
4. High-quality scientific productions: Assesses the volume of articles published in influential and high-quality journals, considering Scimago’s journal rankings. (25%)
5. Excellence: Considers the presence of university articles in the top 10% of their subject area. (2%)
6. Scientific leadership: Assesses the proportion of articles with the responsible author affiliated with the university. (5%)
7. Excellence and scientific leadership: Evaluates articles within the top 10% of their subject area with the responsible author from the relevant university. (13%)
8. Scientific talents: Considers the number of authors of articles published within a certain period. (5%)
Innovation
9. Innovative knowledge: Assesses the number of scientific productions cited in patent licenses. (25%)
10. The impact of technology: Considers the percentage of scientific productions cited in patents. (5%)
Website
11. Size and prevalence: Assesses the number of university URL-related pages based on Google search results. (15%)
12. Links to the university domain: Considers the number of external links pointing to the university's domain and website. (5%)