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Abstract
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Purpose: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are presented by the United Nations as a solution to social, economic and environmental challenges. It is essential that all sectors of societies pay attention to the goals that are defined for them. As an important part of society, universities have the potential to play a significant role in this regard, so they need to dedicate some of their educational and research activities to these issues. The purpose of this research is to examine the degree of correlation between the responsiveness and contribution of the world's universities in mitigating the challenges facing humanity, based on their scientific outputs in the SDGs field and the ranks they have obtained in reputable global ranking systems. To achieve this goal, universities regarded as high-ranking in terms of their scientific productivity based on data extracted from the Web of Science database, were identified and compared according to their rankings in the global ranking systems.
Methodology: The current study is a type of quantitative research that uses the scientometric approach. The research population includes all universities that have published scientific documents for all of the 16 SDGs, equaling 3907. Following a screening process aligned with the research objectives, 1,798 of these universities were selected to be studied. The research data preparation process was conducted using Microsoft Excel and Access Software, with a significant portion of the process, including data standardization, carried out manually by the researcher. IBM SPSS Software package was used to analyze the research data. The degree of correlation was determined through the Kendall's tau-b test.
Findings: The research findings indicate that Harvard University was recognized as the most productive university in terms of scientific outputs related to goals 1 (No Poverty), 3 (Good Health and Well-being), 5 (Gender Equality), 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), 10 (Reduced Inequali
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