Rankings of genes or institutions will differ depending on methodologies

What is it about?

Rankings of genes or institutions will differ depending on the methodology used to create the ranking. We give a method which shows how well two sets of rankings agree (and therefore to what extent a ranking may be trusted.

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Why is it important?

People often think that rankings arrived at by some mathematical method are inherently trustable (true). The method we give indicates to what extent a ranking is to be relied on.