Southern Methodist UniversityUniversity

United States

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Foundation: 1911

Mission: Southern Methodist University will create, expand, and impart knowledge through teaching, research, and service, shaping world changers who contribute to their communities and excel in their professions in a global society. Among its faculty, students, and staff, the University will cultivate principled thought, develop intellectual skills, and promote an environment emphasizing individual dignity and worth. SMU affirms its historical commitment to academic freedom and open inquiry, to moral and ethical values, and to its United Methodist heritage.

Vision: Information not localized

31st
Overall percentile
49th
Research percentile
34th
Innovation percentile
19th
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 2752nd444th1753rd387th
Arts and Humanities +1156th291st913th259th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1946th508th1449th459th
Business, Management and Accounting 976th207th671st177th
Chemistry 1385th333rd953rd305th
Computer Science 1033rd272nd708th238th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +1468th266th924th239th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 808th144th529th123rd
Energy 522nd108th283rd98th
Engineering +1225th289th806th255th
Environmental Science 1137th228th661st206th
Mathematics 1773rd330th1114th287th
Medicine +2994th625th2097th543rd
Physics and Astronomy 1702nd351st1153rd313th
Psychology 777th286th670th250th
Social Sciences +1217th303rd895th265th

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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