China surges in new academic rankings based on open-access research

Traditional rankings, like those done by ShanghaiRanking, use researchers' publications in a curated group of elite academic journals to create a list of the "best" and most prestigious universities. Switching to include a much larger group of open-access journal publications results in a very different Top 20, as clear in CWTS Leiden's Ranking. Both lists are for 2023.