A Comparative Analysis between Global University Rankings and Environmental Sustainability of Universities

[EN] Global University Rankings (GURs) intend to measure the performance of universities worldwide. Other rankings have recently appeared that evaluate the creation of environmental policies in universities, e.g., the Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric. This work aims to analyze the interaction between the Top 500 of such rankings by considering the geographical location of universities and their typologies. A descriptive analysis and a statistical logistical regression analysis were carried out. The former demonstrated that European and North American universities predominated the Top 500 of GURs, while Asian universities did so in the Top 500 of the UI GreenMetric ranking, followed by European universities. Older universities predominated the Top 500 of GURs, while younger ones did so in the Top 500 of the UI GreenMetric ranking. The second analysis demonstrated that although Latin American universities were barely present in the Top 500 of GURs, the probability of them appearing in the Top 500 of the UI GreenMetric ranking was 5-fold. We conclude that a low association exists between universities' academic performance and their commitment to the natural environment in the heart of their institutions. It would be advisable for GURs to include environmental indicators to promote sustainability at universities and to contribute to climate change. Muñoz-Suárez, M.; Guadalajara Olmeda, MN.; Osca Lluch, JM. (2020). A Comparative Analysis between Global University Rankings and Environmental Sustainability of Universities. Sustainability. 12(14):1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145759 Dill, D. D., & Soo, M. (2005). Academic quality, league tables, and public policy: A cross-national analysis of university ranking systems. Higher Education, 49(4), 495-533. doi:10.1007/s10734-004-1746-8 Shehatta, I., & Mahmood, K. (2016). Correlation among top 100 universities in the major six global rankings: policy implications. Scientometrics, 109(2), 1231-1254. doi:10.1007/s11192-016-2065-4 Basu, A., Malhotra, D., Seth, T., & Kumar Muhuri, P. (2019). Global Distribution of Google Scholar Citations: A Size-independent Institution-based Analysis. Journal of Scientometric Research, 8(2), 72-78. doi:10.5530/jscires.8.2.12 Mussard, M., & James, A. P. (2018). Engineering the Global University Rankings: Gold Standards, Limitations and Implications. IEEE Access, 6, 6765-6776. doi:10.1109/access.2017.2789326 Olcay, G. A., & Bulu, M. (2017). Is measuring the knowledge creation of