University rankings: which world university rankings should we trust?, su telegraph.co.uk, The Telegraph, 2015. URL consultato il 27 gennaio 2015.
«It is a remarkably stable list, relying on long-term factors such as the number of Nobel Prize-winners a university has produced, and number of articles published in Nature and Science journals. But with this narrow focus comes drawbacks. China's priority was for its universities to “catch up” on hard scientific research. So if you’re looking for raw research power, it's the list for you. If you're a humanities student, or more interested in teaching quality? Not so much.»