Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *University

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Foundation: 1872

Mission: Inspired by our land-grant identity and guided by our motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech is an inclusive community of knowledge, discovery, and creativity dedicated to improving the quality of life and the human condition within the Commonwealth of Virginia and throughout the world.

Vision:

History: vt.edu

Subordinate organizations:

5th
Overall percentile
5th
Research percentile
15th
Innovation percentile
4th
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 +408th124th286th117th
Arts and Humanities +393rd133rd342nd118th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 851st299th644th280th
Business, Management and Accounting 150th32nd100th30th
Chemistry 592nd190th402nd176th
Computer Science 160th49th83rd47th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +466th101st271st92nd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 381st80th251st70th
Energy 118th23rd47th23rd
Engineering +158th53rd85th51st
Environmental Science 500th106th266th99th
Mathematics 192nd51st104th48th
Medicine +888th277th659th252nd
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1467th361st1019th331st
Physics and Astronomy 568th174th384th162nd
Psychology 162nd88th150th77th
Social Sciences +177th64th142nd58th
Veterinary 114th29th72nd27th

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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