It ranks as the second most vulnerable university in the region, UPI disagrees with this assessment

According to media reports, this position causes the UPP to be the second most vulnerable educational institution in the region. After that, The UPP has reacted through a communique for the media, which is said to be no longer the weak in the region.

“At the Webometrics ranking, Pristina University is ranked the best university of all public and private institutions of higher education in Kosovo and Albanian-speaking trains. So, the UP is not the second most vulnerable university in the region, as presented by several media outlets”.

“The ranking MP leaves behind a considerable number of public universities in the region, while the second institution of higher education in Kosovo is twice as low in rank as compared to UP8x1>, the media response reported.

On the other hand, the UP says it is not satisfied with this result, so <x0management along with the Steering Council, months ago they started working in this direction, identifying shortcomings and taking strategic initiatives to advance the position further on the Webometrics” platform.

“in August 2022, The UPI holds the position 3031, meanwhile in January 2022, has had a position of 3027. In 2021 he had a position of 3009, 2020 2827, 2019 position 2776, and in 2018 his position of 3320. The UP's never ranked 1471 as information circulated in some media. (This has been a technical error of the platform, corrected, which is then provided clarification by the previous management)”.

For further clarification, the Webometrics platform is said to have changed the methodology of rank over the years, and currently 50 percent of the weight of rank is based on webometric indicators.

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Following public opinion reports regarding Pristina University ranking “Hasan Pristina” on international ranking platforms, we inform the interested parties as follows:

On the SCIMAGO platform, which estimates the scientific performance of universities and research institutes, the University of Pristina has marked increases in both the overall rank and rank according to metrics based on scientific research, innovation and influence in society. To be included in this ranking, the institution must testify to a certain performance of scientific publication in Scopus. The UPI is the only institution of higher education in Kosovo to be listed on this ranking platform. Moreover, since the start of the ranking, the greatest success has been shown in 2022.

Details and comparison analysis have been found over the years at https://www.scigagoir.com/institution.php?idp=70739

At the Webometrics ranking, the University of Pristina ranks as the best university of all public and private institutions of higher education in Kosovo and Albanian speaking trains. So the UP is not the second most vulnerable university in the region, as presented by some media. The ranking MP leaves behind a considerable number of public universities in the region, while the second institution of higher education in Kosovo is twice as low in rank as the UP. Of course, UP is not satisfied with this outcome, so management together with the Steering Council, months ago they started working in this direction, identifying shortcomings and taking strategic initiatives to advance the position on the Webometrics platform.

In the August 2022 edition, The UPI holds the position 3031, meanwhile in January 2022, has had a position of 3027. In 2021 he had a position of 3009, 2020 2827, 2019 position 2776, and in 2018 his position of 3320. The UP's never ranked 1471 as information circulated in some media. (This was a technical error of the platform, corrected, for which clarifications were then given from the previous management).

For further clarification, the Webometrics platform has changed the methodology of ranking over the years, and currently 50 %s of the ranking is based on webometric indicators -- present and impact on the Web. As directed by the Webometrics, https://webometrics.info/Previous editions, comparison of rankings over the years should be carefully addressed because of changing rank methodology.