West Virginia University *University

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Foundation: 1867

Mission: As a land-grant institution, the faculty, staff and students at West Virginia University commit to creating a diverse and inclusive culture that advances education, healthcare and prosperity for all by providing access and opportunity; by advancing high-impact research; and by leading transformation in West Virginia and the world through local, state and global engagement.

Vision: As one West Virginia University, we are purposeful in our studies and our work so that we can partner with our communities – both near and far – to bring needed and valued solutions to real-life problems within the pillars of education, healthcare and prosperity.

Subordinate organizations:

14th
Overall percentile
18th
Research percentile
36th
Innovation percentile
6th
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 +1769th332nd1209th294th
Arts and Humanities +794th225th667th200th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1160th368th865th341st
Business, Management and Accounting 543rd123rd384th105th
Chemistry 1227th314th843rd289th
Computer Science 604th167th401st147th
Dentistry 459th89th324th81st
Earth and Planetary Sciences +597th134th367th122nd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 650th116th427th97th
Energy 590th124th324th112th
Engineering +863rd219th552nd197th
Environmental Science 1273rd250th744th225th
Mathematics 1528th305th976th265th
Medicine +1052nd304th774th274th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 959th266th668th251st
Physics and Astronomy 1161st281st803rd253rd
Psychology 324th149th293rd130th
Social Sciences +495th152nd381st130th
Veterinary 852nd152nd521st136th

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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