> Traditional rankings, like those done by ShanghaiRanking, use researchers' publications in a curated group of elite academic journals to create a list of the

> 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. > The open-access services often include content from potential paper mills, businesses manufacturing what look like scholarly manuscripts for sale. Despite concerns about the reputation and editorial practices of these publishers and editors, there’s little oversight. These services are flooding the publishing world with vast numbers of lower-quality articles. Uh... Ok. Yes, it's indeed true that rankings will be different if you stop caring about things like quality control. This is not news.