Top ten university websites in Ghana

daniel russell

August 21, 2015 3:40 PM

The scheme which is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

The University of Ghana’s website has been ranked first among fifty-eight university websites in Ghana in the "Webometrics Ranking of World Universities".

The scheme which is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain is aimed at promoting academic web presence.

According to Cybermetrics Lab, “The objective is not to evaluate websites, their design or usability or the popularity of their contents according to the number of visits or visitors. Web indicators are considered as proxies in the correct, comprehensive, deep evaluation of the university global performance, taking into account its activities and outputs and their relevance and impact.

At the end a reliable rank is only possible if the web presence is a trustworthy mirror of the university. In the second decade of the 21st century the Web is key for the future of all the university missions, as it is already the most important scholarly communication tool, the future channel for the off-campus distance learning, the open forum for the community engagement and the universal showcase for attracting talent, funding and resources.”

It adds that, “Webometrics uses link analysis for quality evaluation as it is a far more powerful tool than citation analysis or global surveys.”

Here are the top 10 University websites in Ghana according to the "Webometrics Ranking of World Universities".

Cybermetrics Lab has advised that if the web performance of an institution is below the expected position according to their academic excellence, university authorities should reconsider their web policy, promoting substantial increases of the volume and quality of their electronic publications.

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