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United States

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Foundation: 1893

Mission: To advance knowledge, foster intellectual curiosity, build community, and empower lives of purpose, service, and leadership.

Vision: American University is a leading student-centered research university where passionate learners, bold leaders, engaged scholars, innovators, and active citizens unleash the power of collaborative discovery. We partner with key organizations in the Washington, DC, region, and around the globe to better the human condition, learn from a vast array of experiences and internships, create meaningful change, and address society’s current and emerging challenges.

History: www.american.edu

49th
Overall percentile
63rd
Research percentile
72nd
Innovation percentile
15th
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 AmericaOECDUnited States
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +1515th298th1049th264th
Arts and Humanities +817th231st684th206th
Business, Management and Accounting 656th149th460th127th
Chemistry 1290th326th885th300th
Computer Science 2409th416th1504th366th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +1130th213th713th192nd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 567th101st368th83rd
Energy 961st197th548th175th
Environmental Science 3853rd511th2056th449th
Mathematics 2169th371st1321st326th
Medicine +4047th768th2686th668th
Physics and Astronomy 2099th389th1364th343rd
Psychology 1128th381st942nd337th
Social Sciences +684th194th528th167th

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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