GOOGLE TRENDSLE ÜNİVERSİTE SIRALAMA SİSTEMLERİNİN POPÜLARİTESİNİ DEĞERLENDİRME
Amaç: Bu araştırmada, dünya sıralamalarında; önemli olan kriterlerin ortaya konulması, aranma hacminin kıyaslanması ve sıralamaların popülerliğinin Google Trends verileri kullanılarak araştırılması amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntem: Çalışmada dünya sıralamalarının popülerliği ve bilinirliği için Google Trends verileri kullanılmıştır. Google Trends ten verileri elde edilirken "dünya genelinde", "son 12 ay", "tüm kategoriler" ve "google web arama" kategorileri seçilerek dünya sıralamalarının arama ilgisine bakılmıştır. Ayrıca bu kapsamda URAP, ARWU, CWUR, CWTS-Leiden, NTU, QS, RUR, US News, SCImago-SJR, THE ve Webometrics web sayfalarında yer alan 2022 yılında yayımladıkları sıralama ölçütleri incelenmiştir.
Bulgu: Bu araştırmada dünya sıralamalarının Google Trends üzerinde yapılan veri ve gösterge gibi ölçütler üzerine değerlendirme yapılmıştır. THE dünya genelinde 70 bölge üzerinde, QS 69 bölge ile popülerlikte ön sıralarda yer almaktadır. Bunu US News 31 bölge, Webometrics 15 bölge ve ARWU 12 bölgeyle takip ederek bilinirliğini gözler önüne sermektedir. URAP 11 bölge, SJR on bölge, CWUR sekiz bölge, Leiden Üniversitesi yedi bölge, NTU altı bölge ve son olarak RUR üç bölgede dünya kapsamında aranması gerçekleşmiştir. Ayrıca Google Trends aranma hacmi neticesinde elde edilen bulgularda görülüyor ki; farklı dünya sıralamasını kullanan bölgelerin ABD, Hindistan olduğu; THE, QS, US News, Webometrics, ARWU sıralamalarını, Kanada'nın THE, QS, US News, ARWU sıralamalarını, Almanya, Çin ve Türkiye'nin THE, QS, US News sıralamalarını, Rusya'nın ise THE ve QS sıralamalarını sık olarak kullanımda yer aldığı ve popüler olduğu görülmektedir.
Sonuç: Araştırma sonucunda; popülerliği ve bilinirliği en yüksek olandan sırasıyla THE, QS, US News, Webometrics, ARWU, URAP, SJR, CWUR, CWTS-Leiden, NTU ve RUR gibi önde gelen sıralamalarda bazılarının güçlü bir şekilde bibliyometrik verilere dayandığını ve yüksek benzerliklerinin bulunduğu görülmektedir. Dünya sıralamaları ölçütlerinde araştırma, öğretim ve alıntılara ağırlık verilmekte; aynı zamanda uluslararası görünüm, itibar anketi, alıntılar, akademik mükemmellik ve endüstriyel iş birliği ölçümleri de kapsamlı bir şekilde yer almaktadır. Ayrıca popüler olan dünya sıralamalarının, yoğun nüfusa sahip ülkelerde daha fazla kullanıldığını sonucuna varılmıştır.
Çıkarım: Sıralama ölçüt kriterlerinin esaslarını yerine getirmek üzere Google Trends popülerlik ve bilinirliğinde artış olması gerekmektedir. Bu nedenle yükseköğretim kurumları ulusların yetenek çekme kapasitesini kullanmak için sıralama yarışında yer almak istemektedir.
Anahtar Kelimeler:
Google Trends, sıralama, üniversite sıralamaları, ölçütler, yükseköğretim, Ranking, Hochschulrankings, Benchmarks, Hochschulbildung
ASSSESING UNIVERSITYS’ POPULARITIES OF UNİVERSITY RANKINGS BY USING GOOGLE TRENDS
Purpose: In this research, in the world rankings; It is aimed to reveal the important criteria, to compare the search volume and to investigate the popularity of the rankings using Google Trends data.
Method: In the study, Google Trends data was used for the popularity and awareness of world rankings. While obtaining data from Google Trends, the search interest of the world rankings was examined by selecting the categories "worldwide", "last 12 months", "all categories" and "google web search". In addition, the ranking criteria published in 2022 on the web pages of URAP, ARWU, CWUR, CWTS-Leiden, NTU, QS, RUR, US News, SCImago-SJR, THE and Webometrics were examined.
Finding: In this study, the world rankings were evaluated on criteria such as data and indicators made on Google Trends. THE is at the forefront of popularity, with QS 69 regions in over 70 regions worldwide. US News follows this with 31 regions, Webometrics with 15 regions, and ARWU with 12 regions, demonstrating its recognition. URAP 11 regions, SJR ten regions, CWUR eight regions, Leiden University seven regions, NTU six regions and finally RUR three regions were searched worldwide. In addition, it is seen in the findings obtained as a result of Google Trends search volume; the regions using different world rankings are the USA and India; We frequently use THE, QS, US News, Webometrics, ARWU rankings, Canada's THE, QS, US News, ARWU rankings, Germany, China and Turkey's THE, QS, US News rankings, and Russia's THE and QS rankings. appears to be in use and popular.
Conclusion: As a result of the research; It is seen that some of the leading rankings such as THE, QS, US News, Webometrics, ARWU, URAP, SJR, CWUR, CWTS-Leiden, NTU and RUR are strongly based on bibliometric data and have high similarities, from the most popular and well-known, respectively. Research, teaching and citations are emphasized in the world rankings criteria; It also includes comprehensive measures of international outlook, reputation survey, citations, academic excellence, and industrial collaboration. It has also been concluded that popular world rankings are used more in densely populated countries. As a result, the study, which was built in line with the purpose of the research, is seen as an important resource for evaluating the excellence of universities across global university rankings, and it is of importance for every segment existing and affected at the education level conclusion is reached. Because both state and private universities can be considered as political institutions of the state.
Inference: There should be an increase in popularity and awareness of Google Trends in order to fulfill the basis of the ranking criteria. For this reason, higher education institutions want to take part in the ranking race to use the talent attracting capacity of the nations.
Keywords:
Google Trends, ranking, university rankings, criteria, higher education., Ranking, Hochschulrankings, Benchmarks, Hochschulbildung,
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- Yayıncı: Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi