Howard University *University

United States

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Foundation: 1867

Mission: Howard University, a culturally diverse, comprehensive, research intensive and historically Black private university, provides an educational experience of exceptional quality at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels to students of high academic standing and potential, with particular emphasis upon educational opportunities for Black students. Moreover, the University is dedicated to attracting and sustaining a cadre of faculty who are, through their teaching, research and service, committed to the development of distinguished, historically aware, and compassionate graduates and to the discovery of solutions to human problems in the United States and throughout the world. With an abiding interest in both domestic and international affairs, the University is committed to continuing to produce leaders for America and the global community.

Vision: Information not localized

History: www2.howard.edu

Subordinate organizations:

34th
Overall percentile
61st
Research percentile
38th
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 1954th351st1316th310th
Arts and Humanities 1909th431st1392nd385th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2237th559th1661st501st
Business, Management and Accounting 2423rd405th1377th360th
Chemistry 3150th490th1930th432nd
Computer Science 2015th385th1307th338th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +1906th324th1180th285th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1438th240th894th207th
Energy 2262nd313th1224th272nd
Engineering +1982nd365th1253rd322nd
Environmental Science 2986th441st1679th393rd
Mathematics 2539th407th1496th361st
Medicine +2411th529th1716th463rd
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 2009th429th1362nd383rd
Physics and Astronomy 2316th406th1480th359th
Psychology 1637th486th1312th430th
Social Sciences +1979th429th1344th380th

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.

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