Analysis of the Change in Position of the Countries' Sets of Leading Universities and Research Centers in the World Webometrics Ranking (with the Mediterranean and the Black Sea Region Taken as an Example)

Abstract

The article describes the study into the change in position of the countries' sets comprising equal quantity of leading universities and research centers in the world Webometrics Ranking, representation of the countries' sets in the lists of wider scope in these rankings as well as distribution of the universities and research centers by countries and cities, with the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region taken as an example