QS Subject Rankings out on 29th

QS have redesigned their subject ranking methodology and will release the revised results on April 29th. The modifications are:

• reintroducing regional weightings in the academic and employer surveys

• ·counting articles in all the subjects to which they are assigned

• adjusting weightings usually to increase those for citations and h- index and reducing those     for the surveys

• increasing  the minimum number of papers required for inclusion in the rankings

• extending survey samples to 5 years.