Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @THEworldunirank
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
24
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-29
Tweets covering
7 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
The tweets cover a range of topics related to university rankings and academic integrity, including criticism of the dominance of Global North universities in rankings, the growth of the Flower language learning platform, accusations of plagiarism and calls for investigation into university bullying, and debates about the accuracy and fairness of ranking methodologies. Some users suggest that rankings are easily influenced, while others argue that they are complex and difficult to game.
Topic Modeling
- Global North domination of university rankings
- Usage and adoption of Flower in universities
- Plagiarism concerns in education
- Criticism of university rankings and their commercial exploitation
- Bullying in universities and the need for investigation
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions, including frustration, skepticism, negativity, and concern. Some users are skeptical of rankings like THE Impact Rankings, finding them easy to manipulate and exploit for commercial gain, while others express frustration with the dominance of Western institutions in global rankings. There is also concern about issues like plagiarism and bullying within academic institutions. Overall, the tweets suggest a deep sense of dissatisfaction with the current state of higher education and its systems of evaluation and assessment.
Trend Analysis
- Discussion about global north dominance in university rankings
- Growing adoption and usage of Flower technology in academia
- Concerns and criticism about plagiarism and gaming of university rankings
- Criticism of the impact rankings and their assessment criteria
- Discussions about university bullying and the need for investigation
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
7
Percentage of total tweets
29%
Number of Original tweets
1
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
24
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
15
Percentage of total tweets
62%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
2
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
4
Percentage of total tweets
16%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 14 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 6 |
| Twitter for iPad | 2 |
| TweetDeck Web App | 1 |
| Twitter for Android | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| timeshighered | Times Higher Education | Global HE news, data, insights and events. Home of @THEWorldUniRank, @THEworldsummits, best practice at THE Campus, and @THEuniadvice for students. | 315,355 |
| seis_matters | Prof Christopher Jackson | Geoscientist @jacobsconnects 👨🏾🔬| Co-founder @EarthArXiv| Trustee @cowrieSF| Tries hard|🏃🏾♂️🚴🏾♂️| he/him|🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| @seis_matters@mastodon.social | 36,076 |
| plagiosos | Grupo PlagioSOS | Comunidad de formación ciudadana en derechos de autor, periodismo digital y denuncia pública de plagios editoriales de habla hispana en Iberoamérica. | 35,169 |
| suzuki_takaya | Takaya Suzuki MD, PhD | Bioengineering artificial lung | Surgeon-Scientist | Assistant Prof @TohokuUniPR | ex-PostDoc @UofT | Vaccinated x5 | ESL | RT ≠ endorsement | 呼吸器外科医 | 肺の再生 | 15,064 |
| LizzieGadd | Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd@mastodon.online | Research Policy @lborouniversity; Chair @INORMS_REWG; Vice-Chair @CoARAssessment; @ARMA_UK Res Eval SIG; Founder LIS-Bibliometrics; @TheBibliomagic; She/her | 8,149 |
| olivier_pourret | Olivier Pourret | Geochemist of #OpenAccess! #RareEarthElements perplex me in my research, baffle me in my speculations, and haunt me in my dreams. #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion | 1,286 |
| EnricSaperas | Enric Saperas | Full professor @urjc @GEAC1 The best content on communication, research in social sciences and technology in the communication system, as well as some opinion | 981 |
| EverFurther | Martin Dominik | Reader in Phys & Astro @ Univ St Andrews – Co-Director, Centre for Exoplanet Science (StA-CES) – President of NoRCEL – Alumnus of the Global Young Academy (GYA) | 731 |
| Kino_mirai | 紀伊國屋書店「教育と研究の未来」 | 紀伊國屋書店の法人外商向け情報発信サイト「教育と研究の未来」(KinokuniyaMIRAI)の公式アカウントです。多岐にわたる活動の中から、ご注目いただきたい商品、事例、話題をお届けします。※店頭在庫の確認方法はこちら：https://t.co/x0hznPUdXv | 614 |
| PamSton32013528 | Pam Stone | - | 510 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| plagiosos | Grupo PlagioSOS | Comunidad de formación ciudadana en derechos de autor, periodismo digital y denuncia pública de plagios editoriales de habla hispana en Iberoamérica. | 24,759 |
| seis_matters | Prof Christopher Jackson | Geoscientist @jacobsconnects 👨🏾🔬| Co-founder @EarthArXiv| Trustee @cowrieSF| Tries hard|🏃🏾♂️🚴🏾♂️| he/him|🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| @seis_matters@mastodon.social | 7,446 |
| timeshighered | Times Higher Education | Global HE news, data, insights and events. Home of @THEWorldUniRank, @THEworldsummits, best practice at THE Campus, and @THEuniadvice for students. | 3,559 |
| LizzieGadd | Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd@mastodon.online | Research Policy @lborouniversity; Chair @INORMS_REWG; Vice-Chair @CoARAssessment; @ARMA_UK Res Eval SIG; Founder LIS-Bibliometrics; @TheBibliomagic; She/her | 2,208 |
| olivier_pourret | Olivier Pourret | Geochemist of #OpenAccess! #RareEarthElements perplex me in my research, baffle me in my speculations, and haunt me in my dreams. #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion | 1,854 |
| Kino_mirai | 紀伊國屋書店「教育と研究の未来」 | 紀伊國屋書店の法人外商向け情報発信サイト「教育と研究の未来」(KinokuniyaMIRAI)の公式アカウントです。多岐にわたる活動の中から、ご注目いただきたい商品、事例、話題をお届けします。※店頭在庫の確認方法はこちら：https://t.co/x0hznPUdXv | 1,173 |
| PamSton32013528 | Pam Stone | - | 883 |
| EverFurther | Martin Dominik | Reader in Phys & Astro @ Univ St Andrews – Co-Director, Centre for Exoplanet Science (StA-CES) – President of NoRCEL – Alumnus of the Global Young Academy (GYA) | 833 |
| EnricSaperas | Enric Saperas | Full professor @urjc @GEAC1 The best content on communication, research in social sciences and technology in the communication system, as well as some opinion | 812 |
| daniel_janes | Daniel J. Beutel | - | 135 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| LizzieGadd | Research Policy @lborouniversity; Chair @INORMS_REWG; Vice-Chair @CoARAssessment; @ARMA_UK Res Eval SIG; Founder LIS-Bibliometrics; @TheBibliomagic; She/her | 4 |
| plagiosos | Comunidad de formación ciudadana en derechos de autor, periodismo digital y denuncia pública de plagios editoriales de habla hispana en Iberoamérica. | 4 |
| preece_alan | Global education expert with strong views that are all my own. | 3 |
| PamSton32013528 | - | 2 |
| seis_matters | Geoscientist @jacobsconnects 👨🏾🔬| Co-founder @EarthArXiv| Trustee @cowrieSF| Tries hard|🏃🏾♂️🚴🏾♂️| he/him|🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| @seis_matters@mastodon.social | 2 |
| EnricSaperas | Full professor @urjc @GEAC1 The best content on communication, research in social sciences and technology in the communication system, as well as some opinion | 1 |
| EverFurther | Reader in Phys & Astro @ Univ St Andrews – Co-Director, Centre for Exoplanet Science (StA-CES) – President of NoRCEL – Alumnus of the Global Young Academy (GYA) | 1 |
| Kino_mirai | 紀伊國屋書店の法人外商向け情報発信サイト「教育と研究の未来」(KinokuniyaMIRAI)の公式アカウントです。多岐にわたる活動の中から、ご注目いただきたい商品、事例、話題をお届けします。※店頭在庫の確認方法はこちら：https://t.co/x0hznPUdXv | 1 |
| daniel_janes | - | 1 |
| douromeroal | - | 1 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638299264664125441 | Really though? Because Top 20 @THEworldunirank = 100% global north and Top 20 THE Impact Rankings = 100% global north. https://t.co/DSlI4uNjLM https://t.co/O2l0LpdC6h | 1 |
| 1638379882580156416 | @AuroraVergaraF1 @petrogustavo @laurisarabia @caroquijanovale @MauroToroO @arturolunat @JorgeELondonoU @JTorresOviedo @jbula @Mineducacion @pablopardovel @SUE_Col PlagioSOS. Estudios de caso (2010-2022) (drive). @Mineducacion @petrogustavo @AuroraVergaraF1 @ACPIColombia @SomosELAPI @UNESCO_es @InstAnticorrup @wipo @timeshighered @THEworldunirank @timeshigherjobs @mercoranking @SapiensResearch @RetractionWatch https://t.co/jTvvRIlqqB https://t.co/ZIsx47Jaqj | 1 |
| 1639140931546013696 | Not only have we seen a large uptick in industry adoption of Flower in 2023, but academic usage continues also to grow. The new trend in universities: teaching FL w/ Flower! Small anecdote, according to @THEworldunirank, Flower is used in 9 of the top 10 universities in the world https://t.co/LqGGyIVyab | 1 |
| 1640551039014191106 | @luisoc3515 @Universidadcol @UExternado @RedGCTI @Mineducacion @ascunoficial @ICFEScol @DiegoTorres_Fis PlagioSOS. Comunicado, febrero de 2023 (drive). @Mineducacion @petrogustavo @agaviriau @AuroraVergaraF1 @ACPIColombia @SomosELAPI @UNESCO_es @InstAnticorrup @wipo @timeshighered @THEworldunirank @timeshigherjobs @mercoranking @SapiensResearch https://t.co/KJXLHYvjho https://t.co/uruSWmXvrP | 0 |
| 1638544923506122759 | @LizzieGadd @THEworldunirank @LizzieGadd - reminds me that last year those SDG exemplars the Russian universities had the largest representation in these rankings. These are probably the easiest rankings to game. | 0 |
| 1638181181727604736 | @Louise_katz @GlobalUNV @THEworldunirank @UniofOxford @Cambridge_Uni @GlobalnewsW @jordanbpeterson | 0 |
| 1638290998643023872 | @ascunoficial @arturolunat @MincienciasCo @udecaldas PlagioSOS. Estudios de caso (2010-2022) (drive). @Mineducacion @petrogustavo @agaviriau @ACPIColombia @SomosELAPI @UNESCO_es @InstAnticorrup @wipo @timeshighered @THEworldunirank @timeshigherjobs @mercoranking @SapiensResearch @RetractionWatch https://t.co/jTvvRIlqqB https://t.co/CI5onkSJW3 | 0 |
| 1638312339014393856 | @Mineducacion PlagioSOS. Estudios de caso (2010-2022) (drive). @Mineducacion @petrogustavo @AuroraVergaraF1 @ACPIColombia @SomosELAPI @UNESCO_es @InstAnticorrup @wipo @timeshighered @THEworldunirank @timeshigherjobs @mercoranking @SapiensResearch @RetractionWatch https://t.co/jTvvRIlqqB https://t.co/eWj07nduFz | 0 |
| 1638320684429393920 | @LizzieGadd @THEworldunirank Why being so negative? – THE Impact Ranking is not 100% Western Europe and North America... 🙄 | 0 |
| 1638545391657566210 | @EverFurther @LizzieGadd @THEworldunirank These are easy to game and just reflect the general nonsense of university tables being exploited for commercial gain. It’s the student data and eyeballs they want to monetise. | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638299264664125441 | Really though? Because Top 20 @THEworldunirank = 100% global north and Top 20 THE Impact Rankings = 100% global north. https://t.co/DSlI4uNjLM https://t.co/O2l0LpdC6h | 23 |
| 1639140931546013696 | Not only have we seen a large uptick in industry adoption of Flower in 2023, but academic usage continues also to grow. The new trend in universities: teaching FL w/ Flower! Small anecdote, according to @THEworldunirank, Flower is used in 9 of the top 10 universities in the world https://t.co/LqGGyIVyab | 7 |
| 1638379882580156416 | @AuroraVergaraF1 @petrogustavo @laurisarabia @caroquijanovale @MauroToroO @arturolunat @JorgeELondonoU @JTorresOviedo @jbula @Mineducacion @pablopardovel @SUE_Col PlagioSOS. Estudios de caso (2010-2022) (drive). @Mineducacion @petrogustavo @AuroraVergaraF1 @ACPIColombia @SomosELAPI @UNESCO_es @InstAnticorrup @wipo @timeshighered @THEworldunirank @timeshigherjobs @mercoranking @SapiensResearch @RetractionWatch https://t.co/jTvvRIlqqB https://t.co/ZIsx47Jaqj | 7 |
| 1638320684429393920 | @LizzieGadd @THEworldunirank Why being so negative? – THE Impact Ranking is not 100% Western Europe and North America... 🙄 | 2 |
| 1638545391657566210 | @EverFurther @LizzieGadd @THEworldunirank These are easy to game and just reflect the general nonsense of university tables being exploited for commercial gain. It’s the student data and eyeballs they want to monetise. | 1 |
| 1638569107263041540 | @LizzieGadd @EverFurther @THEworldunirank I've said it before and I'll say it again; I'm vaguely impressed by his commitment to doing something that, in my view and view of others, is so clearly damaging. | 1 |
| 1638567359202861056 | @seis_matters @EverFurther @THEworldunirank But what do you do for irony? | 1 |
| 1638544923506122759 | @LizzieGadd @THEworldunirank @LizzieGadd - reminds me that last year those SDG exemplars the Russian universities had the largest representation in these rankings. These are probably the easiest rankings to game. | 1 |
| 1638181181727604736 | @Louise_katz @GlobalUNV @THEworldunirank @UniofOxford @Cambridge_Uni @GlobalnewsW @jordanbpeterson | 0 |
| 1638290998643023872 | @ascunoficial @arturolunat @MincienciasCo @udecaldas PlagioSOS. Estudios de caso (2010-2022) (drive). @Mineducacion @petrogustavo @agaviriau @ACPIColombia @SomosELAPI @UNESCO_es @InstAnticorrup @wipo @timeshighered @THEworldunirank @timeshigherjobs @mercoranking @SapiensResearch @RetractionWatch https://t.co/jTvvRIlqqB https://t.co/CI5onkSJW3 | 0 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #theunirankings | 3 |
| #japanrankings | 3 |
| #faculty | 1 |
| #australia | 1 |
| #highereducation | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @theworldunirank | 24 |
| @mineducacion | 9 |
| @lizziegadd | 8 |
| @petrogustavo | 7 |
| @auroravergaraf1 | 6 |
| @acpicolombia | 5 |
| @somoselapi | 5 |
| @unesco_es | 5 |
| @instanticorrup | 5 |
| @wipo | 5 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
4
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🙄 | 1 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 1 |