World University Rankings

The purpose of this work is to present an updated comparative view of world rankings of universities, and in particular - to examine 
the status of Israeli universities in these rankings. Various issues regarding prominent rating systems are discussed, including 
reviews, flaws, shortcomings, methodological issues, research impact, opinion-based surveys, geographical preferences and more.  Updated results received by 5 prominent rating systems, presented and discussed. The results shown relate to the geographical regions, countries, 
and universities of Israel. The differences, similarities and correlations between the different results are discussed.