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What the Overall doesn’t tell about world university rankings: examples from ARWU, QSWUR, and THEWUR in 2013

Kaycheng SohIndependent Consultant, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 295-307 | Published online: 05 May 2015

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