摘要：Statistics from top world University and higher educational institution ranking agencies including Cybermetrics Lab reveal Ghanaian universities ranking relatively low among their African counterparts in particular and the world at large. To understand this trend of occurrence an online survey was conducted for an in depth study of Cybermetrics Lab ranking methodology to help create awareness of strategies Ghanaian universities can adopt to improve their ranking positions. This study, which employed the Review Research Method, brought to the fore, three key ranking indicators as bases for its rankings “Visibility, Transparency and Excellence”. Again, the best practices of the three topmost higher institutions on its ranking list were also examined to understand the secret behind their impressive performance. This paper reports on this study and proposes three strategic schemes that when considered effectively can help Higher Educational Institutions in Ghana improve their ranking standings. Firstly, the adoption of problem-based learning pedagogies, secondly, fostering of e-learning systems in tertiary institutions and thirdly, the promotion of open-access institutional repositories to publish and share high impact scientific, technological and cultural knowledge generated by the lecturers of the institutions.
