Following up on my previous analysis of university news releases and whether they link to the papers they highlight, I’ve extended extend the analysis to 30 of the top universities in the US as ranked by US News and World Report.
Here are the rankings, based on an assessment of the ten latest news releases for each institution, working back from September 12:
The mean percentage of news releases that link to the papers they refer to is 52% – lower than the number obtained from the top ten universities (59%).
Update: Updated September 16 2014 at 12:32 PM EST to include data from 10 news releases per institution
Update 09-16-14 1:39 PM EST – updated graphics to remove amateurish use of color!