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University of Waterloo *University

Canada

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Foundation: 1957

Mission: Information not localized

Vision: Information not localized

History: uwaterloo.ca

Subordinate organizations:

  • Balsillie School of International Affairs
5th
Overall percentile
5th
Research percentile
13th
Innovation percentile
3rd
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldNorthern AmericaOECDCanada
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +1440th286th986th36th
Arts and Humanities +324th107th287th13th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1257th405th943rd29th
Business, Management and Accounting 148th28th96th2nd
Chemistry 847th237th567th16th
Computer Science 126th29th52nd2nd
Earth and Planetary Sciences +283rd53rd125th3rd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 176th38th109th4th
Energy 146th26th56th1st
Engineering +182nd51st92nd2nd
Environmental Science 381st70th182nd5th
Mathematics 113th24th47th1st
Medicine +1002nd303rd730th29th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1495th360th1011th32nd
Physics and Astronomy 368th124th232nd4th
Psychology 202nd100th185th13th
Social Sciences +137th49th106th4th
Veterinary 637th139th409th16th

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

Where is the institution located?

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  • Health
  • Universities
  • Companies
  • Non-Profit
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