International University Rankings and The Accessibility of University Websites: An Analysis of Arabic and Iraqi Universities

Abstract

Prioritizing educational achievements, notably higher education, is critical for economic and social growth in developing or developed countries. Educational institutions in general, whether universities, institutes, or others, seek to apply their academic programs to their inputs through the most advanced scientific methods to produce program-digesting outputs prepared for entry into the labor market. As a result, educational institutions are often classified according to many worldwide classifications, ranked sequentially according to the type in charge of this process and the criteria and indicators used. One of the most well-known classifications in this field is that of China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The Times THES-QS ranking of world universities THES QS World University Rankings, and a third classification, no less significant than the previous two, is that of the Spanish Webometrics website. Arab institutions have typically been excluded from higher ranks in these three rankings, save one of Saudi Arabia's universities. Nevertheless, it was listed among the top 200 institutions in the online metrics webometrics ranking when King Saud University was placed 99th after being ranked 100 in the second edition of 2010.