Brigham Young UniversityUniversity

United States

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Foundation: 1875

Mission: The mission of Brigham Young University — founded, supported, and guided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — is to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life. That assistance should provide a period of intensive learning in a stimulating setting where a commitment to excellence is expected and the full realization of human potential is pursued.

Vision: Information not localized

History:

21st
Overall percentile
31st
Research percentile
50th
Innovation percentile
7th
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 +2185th374th1444th330th
Arts and Humanities +372nd125th326th111th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1673rd460th1239th417th
Business, Management and Accounting 584th131st409th113th
Chemistry 1427th336th980th308th
Computer Science 1327th316th900th278th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +1793rd309th1116th270th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 567th101st368th83rd
Energy 1782nd281st1016th245th
Engineering +1448th319th955th281st
Environmental Science 1576th294th926th263rd
Mathematics 1308th281st852nd241st
Medicine +2171st495th1555th432nd
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 2531st484th1644th430th
Physics and Astronomy 1381st310th951st276th
Psychology 239th117th218th101st
Social Sciences +421st131st319th114th

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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