Western Michigan UniversityUniversity

United States

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Foundation: 1903

Mission: Western Michigan University is a learner-centered, research university, building intellectual inquiry and discovery into undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in a way that fosters knowledge and innovation, and transforms wisdom into action. As a public university, WMU provides leadership in teaching, research, learning, and service, and is committed to enhancing the future of our global citizenry.

Vision: Nationally and internationally recognized, the University aspires to distinguish itself as learner centered, discovery driven, and globally engaged.

History: wmich.edu

39th
Overall percentile
54th
Research percentile
51st
Innovation percentile
17th
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 +3351st507th2007th441st
Arts and Humanities +955th258th780th230th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3662nd712th2556th619th
Business, Management and Accounting 939th195th645th168th
Chemistry 2250th442nd1500th394th
Computer Science 1012th269th694th237th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +2265th369th1352nd323rd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1821st291st1057th256th
Energy 1254th237th713th208th
Engineering +1113th272nd734th240th
Environmental Science 1926th336th1130th302nd
Mathematics 2087th361st1275th316th
Medicine +4124th779th2727th679th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 2404th473rd1587th423rd
Physics and Astronomy 446th147th299th138th
Psychology 1087th367th905th324th
Social Sciences +1116th283rd825th246th

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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