”Nicolae Testemitanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova – second place at the national level in Webometrics

”Nicolae Testemitanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova remains among the top ranked higher education institutions in the country, according to the Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics), July 2025 edition.

After holding the lead at the national level for three consecutive years, according to the current edition of the ranking, Nicolae Testemitanu University is in the second-ranked place among higher education institutions in the country and in the 4497th place worldwide among the approximately 32 thousand universities.

According to Rector Emil Ceban, the fact that Nicolae Testemitanu University occupied the national leader position in the Webometrics ranking from July 2022 to July this year represents an achievement given that the institution covers a single field - Health. "It is natural for the ranking to change, since the Ministry of Education and Research invests and all universities tend to develop continuously. At the same time, the current ranking also shows the results of higher education reforms in recent years aiming at the absorption of research institutes by some universities, it is normal for their visibility to increase. The main thing is that we have a common goal: the modernization of higher education in the Republic of Moldova and alignment with European standards," the rector emphasized.

The ranking is based on both webometric and bibliometric indicators, collected from reliable sources such as Majestic, OpenAlex and Scimago-Scopus. The web data is collected in the first days of July, while the bibliometric information covers the period 2020-2024. Web indicators are used as proxy indicators to comprehensively assess the overall performance of the university, considering its activities, results, relevance and impact.

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

50% – Visibility (impact of web content) – the total number of external links that the institution's web domain receives from third parties (source – MAJESTIC);

40% – Excellence – the number of scientific articles in the top 10% most cited internationally, published in journals with a high impact factor, in the top 27 disciplines, according to data from the period 2020-2024 (source – SCIMAGO).

10% – Opening – the total number of citations of university researchers recorded in the period 2020-2024 (source – OPENALEX).

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.