  Academic ranking is a public topic, such as for universities, colleges, or
departments, which has significant educational, administrative and social
effects. Popular ranking systems include the US News & World Report (USNWR),
the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), and others. The most popular
observables for such ranking are academic publications and their citations.
However, a rigorous, quantitative and thorough methodology has been missing for
this purpose. With modern web technology and axiomatic bibliometric analysis,
here we perform a feasibility study on Microsoft Academic Search metadata and
obtain the first-of-its-kind ranking results for American departments of
computer science. This approach can be extended for fully automatic intuitional
and college ranking based on comprehensive data on Internet.
