For four years in a row, ”Nicolae Testemitanu” University – in first position at the national level, according to the Ranking Web of Universities

For the fourth consecutive year, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova, maintains its leading position among the country’s higher education institutions listed in the international Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics).

According to the Webometrics Report published at the end of January 2025, our university ranks 3722nd among the over 32 thousand institutions present online globally.

It should be noted that Nicolae Testemitanu University is ranked first nationally in the Webometrics ranking starting from July 2022.

Launched in 2004 by the Cybermetrics Lab in Spain (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC), the Ranking Web of Universities is a ranking system for universities around the world, which aims to motivate both institutions and researchers to constantly and equidistantly promote their activities in the field online. The main objective of the Webometrics ranking is to promote open access to the knowledge generated by higher education institutions. The best strategy to improve the top position is to increase the quantity and quality of web content. This is the largest academic ranking of higher education institutions that offers an independent, objective, free and open scientific exercise to provide reliable, multidimensional, up-to-date and useful information on the performance of universities around the world.

The Web of Universities Ranking is published twice a year and currently analyzes 32 thousand higher education institutions from over 200 countries, according to three indicators:

50% – Impact (Visibility) – the total number of external links that the institution's web domain receives from third parties (Ahrefs Majestic);

10% – Transparency (Openness) – the total number of citations of university researchers found in the top 310 author profiles, excluding the top 20 profiles (Google Scholar Profiles);

40% – Excellence – the quality of scientific articles published in international journals with a high impact factor, ranked in the top 10% most cited in 27 disciplines, according to 2019-2023 data (Scimago).