access initiatives, among others. Impact In Namibia, the Webometrics list is frequently used in public interaction, particularly with respect to the country's two main state-funded institutions of tertiary education, the University of Namibia and the Polytechnic of Namibia. The 2009-2011 rankings have received significant press coverage and individual rankings have been published on the websites of universities in countries in the Middle East, East Asia, Europe, Canada and Africa. The Webmometrics data were referred to as a reference point to achieve better online visibility and performance of higher education institutions. Structure and contents There are pages for several regional Rankings: - Universities. The main worldwide list of 30000 universities build from a catalog of various institutions is also offered as regional lists: USA & Canada Europe, including Turkey, Caucasus & Israel Central & Eastern Europe Asia, excluding the Middle East South East Asia South Asia, Indian Subcontinent Arab & Persian World (North Africa & Middle East) Africa Latin America: Central, South America & Caribbean Oceania Authorship The Webometrics Ranking is produced by the Cybermetrics Lab, a unit of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the main public research body in Spain. The Lab acts as an Observatory of the Science and Technology on the Web. Isidro F. Aguillo is the head of the Laboratory and the editor-in-chief of the Rankings. Notes and references Rankings by Webometrics in this article are licensed CC-BY 2.5 which permits reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. All relevant terms must be followed. External links University and college rankings