article_snippet: The results show that for the fifth year in a row there is an elite group of six US and UK
article_snippet: ‘super brands’, the authors suggested, which are ‘head and shoulders above the rest’.
article_snippet: Overall, the U.S. remains dominant with 43 top 100 places, compared with 46 last year.
article_snippet: The rankings are based on a survey of about 10,000 academics in 142 countries.
article_snippet: The rankings were asked to nominate up to ten of the best institutions in the world for teaching and research.
article_snippet: Responses were collected between November 2014 and January 2015.
article_snippet: Harvard has ranked number one for each of the five years that a survey of about 10,000 academics in 142 countries has been conducted.