What is the criteria of ranking Aston University by US World?

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For global university category rankings, the U.S. News & World Report ranks the universities according to their performance, which is set across a variety of indicators. These indicators are:

Ranking indicator

                Weightage

Global research reputation

12.5%

Regional research reputation

12.5%

Publications

10%

Books

2.5%

Conferences

2.5%

Normalized citation impact

10%

Total citations

7.5%

Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited

12.5%

Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited

10%

International collaboration – relative to country

5%

International collaboration

5%

Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field

5%

Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers

5%

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