Local (University) Rankings and Quality of Education: Identification of Publication Activity Indicators

Today, university rankings are becoming an increasingly popular tool for assessing the quality of higher education in Eastern Europe (including Ukraine). The article aims to analyze the peculiarities of ranking both structural units of universities and universities themselves on several educational and scientific indicators. On the example of classical, economic, technical, and medical universities the publishing activity of researchers in the fields of knowledge is demonstrated. Such an approach can identify leaders in the field of knowledge, which will have a positive impact on the quality of education through the quality of research. A method of assessing the rating of individual departments of the University of Sumy State University as a best practice for other universities in Ukraine to follow is also proposed.