Universities X Factor: The ARWU Ranking

I love following University Rankings! Partly, because it quenches my competitive nature. Partly, because I've had my PhD from Cambridge and want to tease my Oxford friends. Plus it keeps me motivated and wanting to aim higher.

This ranking presented here is the ARWU and got just e-mailed to me by the UCL Provost, Malcom Grant. I am just copying the top 21 for your satisfaction. The ranking goes as follows. Obviously Harvard is on top again! Only three British Universities make it to the top 21, that is Cambridge (4th), Oxford (10th) and surprise UCL (21st)! The only non-American/non-British University that makes it just about to the top 20 is the Japanese University of Tokyo. In total, USA rules in research-based University Rankings (17/21 Universties = 80.95% domination). Any comments?

New ARWU Ranking published!
1 Harvard University*
2 Stanford University
3 University of California, Berkeley
4 University of Cambridge, UK *
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)*
6 California Institute of Technology
7 Columbia University
8 Princeton University
9 University of Chicago
10 University of Oxford,UK
11 Yale University
12 Cornell University
13 University of California, Los Angeles
14 University of California, San Diego
15 University of Pennsylvania
16 University of Washington
17 University of Wisconsin - Madison
18 University of California, San Francisco
19 The Johns Hopkins University
20 The University of Tokyo
21 University College London, UK *
22 University of Michigan

Asterisk (*) denotes any of my past/present affiliations or future/prospective univeristies I would like to go