University rankings in Nordic higher education: a scoping review

Figures & data

Figure 1. PRISMA flow diagram for the study selection.

Table 1. Time periods, source location(s), and target location(s) of the studies.

Year(s)	Source location(s)	Target location(s)	Total
2004	Sweden (1)	Nordic Countries (1)	1
2005–2010	Finland (3), Sweden (1), Norway (3), Denmark (1) USA (1)	Finland (2), Nordic Countries (4) Sweden (1), Norway (2)	9
2011–2016	Finland (15), Sweden (4) UK (1), Denmark (1) Finland & Sweden (1) Research Joint Nordic Countries (1) Netherlands (1), Norway (3)	Finland (11), Sweden (2) Nordic Countries (9) Denmark, Norway & Sweden (1) Including Nordic Countries (2) Denmark (1) Norway, Sweden & Finland (1)	28
2017–2022	Sweden (7), Norway (5) Research Joint Nordic Countries (8) Canada & Denmark (1) Finland (16), Canada (1) Denmark (2), Luxembourg (1) Denmark & Norway (1) China & United States (1) Norway & Finland (1) Unknown (2), UK (1) Iceland (1), Portugal (1)	Sweden & Finland (1) Nordic Countries (21) Finland (14), Sweden (5) Denmark & Sweden (1) Norway (3) Including Nordic countries (1) Including Norway, Sweden, Finland (1), Denmark (1) Finland and Portugal (1)	49
2004–2022			N = 86

Table 2. Themes by target location(s).

Theme	Denmark	Finland	Norway	Sweden	Combined Nordic perspective	Total
Structural and governance issues	4	22	9	8	15	58
Funding and finances	2	10	2	3	9	26
Educational affairs	3	7	2	6	8	26
Research policies	1	5	2	3	10	21
Internationalization	1	6	2	2	2	13
In total	11	50	17	22	44	144

Note: Different themes could arise within the same article; hence, the total number of observations amounts to more than 86.