Academic Reputation Survey 2022 now open

Times Higher Education’s global Academic Reputation Survey 2022 has launched, with distribution being handled in-house for the first time.

The annual invitation-only survey of scholars has previously been carried out in partnership with Elsevier, receiving more than 10,000 responses each year.

This year, THE’s data team will run the survey and it will be distributed far more widely, with twice as many cited academics receiving the invitation. It will still be distributed to reflect the actual representation of scholars across countries and across academic disciplines. Invitations will be spread across a three-month period.

The survey results will help to fuel THE’s series of 2023 rankings.

In the survey, scholars are questioned at the level of their specific subject discipline and are asked to name up to 15 universities that they believe are the best in research and teaching, both in general and in their direct experience. The survey, which has been translated into 12 languages and typically takes 15 minutes to complete, will close at the end of February 2022.

The headline results of the survey will be shared with respondents. More detailed analysis will then be published in the form of the THE World Reputation Rankings 2022. The survey data from 2022 and 2021 will also be used alongside 11 objective indicators to help create the THE World University Rankings 2023, to be published in October 2022, and all subsidiary rankings for 2023.

The survey also provides a uniquely rich picture of the changing global academic reputation of institutions to inform THE’s editorial analyses and data and analytics tools.

The survey is strictly invitation-only; universities cannot make nominations or supply contact lists, and individuals cannot nominate themselves for participation.

Please check your inbox for an invitation from profilerankings@timeshighereducationemail.com.

If you are selected to take part in the survey, you have been chosen based on a proven record of research publication and will be representing thousands of your peers in your discipline and your country. Please take the opportunity to provide your expert input and help us develop a uniquely rich perspective on global higher education.