George Mason UniversityUniversity

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Foundation: 1949

Mission: A public, comprehensive, research university established by the Commonwealth of Virginia in the National Capital Region, we are an innovative and inclusive academic community committed to creating a more just, free, and prosperous world.

Vision: Information not localized

History: ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu

18th
Overall percentile
20th
Research percentile
37th
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 +1568th303rd1043rd265th
Arts and Humanities +395th134th344th120th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2041st528th1513th479th
Business, Management and Accounting 282nd70th206th59th
Chemistry 2774th461st1713th411th
Computer Science 445th113th286th100th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +485th112th300th102nd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 159th46th110th43rd
Energy 1640th247th950th218th
Engineering +720th170th450th156th
Environmental Science 1852nd327th1120th291st
Mathematics 829th175th548th157th
Medicine +2087th501st1479th443rd
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 838th267th581st253rd
Physics and Astronomy 1502nd319th1039th289th
Psychology 300th143rd273rd126th
Social Sciences +194th76th161st65th

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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