How are the ranks calculated?
The ranking of the submitted articles is determined based on 3 factors that may totally give a maximum of 300 points:
Views - Summary of articles' number of views. Maximum 100 points, up to 4 articles. 10 external views have the same weight as 1 view of a registered DFC user.
Popularity - Summary of articles' and participant's popularity. Maximum 100 points, up to 4 articles. Popularity is measured as follows:
Numbers of unique IP visits to the profile page - 20%, 10 external views have the same weight as 1 view of a registered DFC user.
Number of comments made to the Contest articles - 40%
Number of votes for the Contest articles - 40%
Dukascopy - Expert's opinions of the most popular article submitted by the Participant for the Contest period. Top 20 Author's articles chosen by criteria 1 and 2 will be evaluated by the Dukascopy committee. Maximum 100 points