Vanderbilt University *University

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Foundation: 1873

Mission: Vanderbilt University is a center for scholarly research, informed and creative teaching, and service to the community and society at large. Vanderbilt will uphold the highest standards and be a leader in the quest for new knowledge through scholarship, dissemination of knowledge through teaching and outreach, and creative experimentation of ideas and concepts. In pursuit of these goals, Vanderbilt values most highly intellectual freedom that supports open inquiry, equality, compassion, and excellence in all endeavors.

Vision: Information not localized

History: www.vanderbilt.edu

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3rd
Overall percentile
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Research percentile
13th
Innovation percentile
2nd
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 +947th213th666th190th
Arts and Humanities +169th63rd151st59th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 121st60th93rd59th
Business, Management and Accounting 540th122nd382nd104th
Chemistry 418th155th291st144th
Computer Science 495th137th319th124th
Dentistry 618th107th422nd93rd
Earth and Planetary Sciences +805th168th501st152nd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 320th70th215th61st
Energy 272nd57th132nd52nd
Engineering +555th158th350th146th
Environmental Science 256th49th113th46th
Mathematics 390th100th233rd92nd
Medicine +76th40th62nd39th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 220th78th136th77th
Physics and Astronomy 445th146th298th137th
Psychology 42nd29th41st26th
Social Sciences +148th55th119th50th
Veterinary 613th126th391st112th

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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