The results of the World Web Matrix Ranking recorded the attendance and competition of eighty-nine Iraqi public and private universities and colleges in the first half of 2022. The Webometrics Ranking website (www.webometrics.info/en/Asia/Iraq) showed the results of the January 2022 edition that covered the most From thirty-one thousand educational institutions in the world, an increase in the number of Iraqi universities and colleges in the international rankings reached eighty-nine universities and governmental and private colleges, compared to the July version of 2021, which included 82 universities and colleges. University of Baghdad ranked first among Iraqi public and private universities with a sequence of (1857) globally, Al-Mustansiriya University ranked second locally with a sequence of (2636) globally, and Babylon University came in third locally with a sequence of (2787) globally. It is worth noting that the Web Matrix classification of the Higher Center for Scientific Research in Spain is issued every half year and adopts indicators that measure the virtual presence of universities through their sites, indicating clarity (50%), transparency (10%), and strength and excellence of research (40%). It is noteworthy that the Iraqi public and private universities and colleges recorded their escalating competition in the international rankings, including the (The Times) classification in which there are currently four universities, the (QS) classification in which there are five universities, the (Scimago) classification in which there are twenty-two institutions, and the (Greenmetric) classification. In which sixty-six Iraqi universities and colleges entered, and the URAP classification, in which nine Iraqi universities are located, in addition to the (Webometrics) classification, which recorded the attendance and competition of eighty-nine Iraqi universities and colleges, while the Scientific Research Index in the global publishing containers showed that Iraq ranked forty-fifth globally and ranked sixth in Middle East and the third Arab.
