Leaving aside how unhelpful league table rankings of scholars and pundits are in the first place, this Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings is even more worthless than most. Yes, I said worthless. First of all, the 'rankings' are only of a set of already pre-selected subjects. The selection process occurs in some back room, then the people are ranked. As a result, they're all American, all have American university affiliation, and all of the politician-pundit variety. Second, the criteria used to measure rank - Google Scholar, book sales, newspaper mentions, Congressional record mentions - are strictly old school. Not to mention biased toward politician-types who foster more heat than light.
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