Why does the citation count for a given university not exactly match the count for the corresponding years in Scopus?
Scopus is a constantly evolving system, bith in terms of function and content. The export taken for the rankings is a snapshot of the five years in question taken on a given date. Since journals, papers and citations are added frequently and in some cases, retrospectively, even historical numbers can change. In addition, QS does a lot of work on the raw data to fond alternative name variants for institutions and invites institutions to supply these variants directly – aggregating their esults together even if they are treated distinctly in Scopus.
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