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Massachusetts Institute of Technology *University

United States

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Foundation: 1861

Mission: The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges. MIT is dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind.

Vision: Information not localized

History: mitstory.mit.edu

Subordinate organizations:

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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 +81st17th45th17th
Arts and Humanities +17th6th13th5th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17th7th10th7th
Business, Management and Accounting 43rd6th24th5th
Chemistry 24th8th12th8th
Computer Science 26th6th7th6th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +90th15th31st15th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 25th7th16th7th
Energy 34th3rd7th3rd
Engineering +35th7th9th7th
Environmental Science 68th14th25th14th
Mathematics 28th3rd5th3rd
Medicine +93rd47th76th44th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 37th10th14th10th
Physics and Astronomy 15th4th7th4th
Psychology 149th78th138th68th
Social Sciences +58th26th42nd24th

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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