Measuring Up in Higher Education: How University Rankings and League Tables Are Re-Shaping Knowledge Production in the Global Era

The Global Ranking Regime and the Redefined Mission of Higher Education in the Post-Covid Era.- An Introduction.- Conceptualization and Theory Building.- Rank Scholarship Today.- Local Knowledge When Ranking Journals.- The Ranking Regime and the Production of Knowledge.- Academic Publishing in South African Universities.- Vernacular Scholarship.- The SSCI Syndrome.- Cases, Contexts and Reflections.- Comparative Case Studies on Research Assessment Exercises in China, Hong Kong, and Japan.- Measuring by Numbers.- The Case of Taiwan.- The Paradox of Autonomy.- The Shifting Sands of Academic Output.- Audit Culture and Academic Production.- Global Research Productivity Rivalry.- Actors and Roles.- In League: The Brave New World of Higher Education.- Conclusion.