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Due to its relative objective methodology, the results have often been cited by '' for mathematics are also rewarded, but awards for achievement in arts, such as the Pulitzer Prize or even the Grammy Awards , are not taken into account. The rankings were also criticized by The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) of London , which also publishes an annual report about world rankings (see Times Higher World University Rankings for details). In its 2004 report, it questioned why the Shanghai rankings "count only prizes? And why credit the universities where prizewinners studied, some at the turn of the century before last? Why, indeed, credit universities where winners carried out their research, often at least 20 years previously, rather than the institution that now benefits from their presence?" The report went on to further criticize the rankings for their emphasis on the sciences. Another paper [http://www.ad-astra.ro/journal/8/florian_shanghai_irreproducibility.pdf criticized the ranking for not being reproducible. Webometrics also publishes a ranking of the top world universities. Their methodology is based on the number of online publications and link citations for each institute, as reflected by the top internet search engines. Main focus is on the universities' commitment to web publishing and Open Access initiatives than to quality ranking. One refinement of the Webometrics approach is the G-Factor methodology, which counts the number of links only from other university websites. The G-Factor is an indicator of the popularity or importance of each university's website from the combined perspectives of the creators of many other university websites. It is therefore a kind of extensive peer review of a university through its website - in social network theory terminology, the G-Factor measures the ''''nodality'''' of each university's website in the ''''network'''' of university websites. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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