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Foundation: 1880

Mission: The central mission of the University of Southern California is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. The principal means by which our mission is accomplished are teaching, research, artistic creation, professional practice and selected forms of public service.

Vision: Information not localized

History: about.usc.edu

Subordinate organizations:

2nd
Overall percentile
2nd
Research percentile
10th
Innovation percentile
1st
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 +891st201st628th181st
Arts and Humanities +117th44th108th41st
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 152nd74th114th73rd
Business, Management and Accounting 83rd18th52nd17th
Chemistry 447th162nd310th150th
Computer Science 78th20th32nd19th
Dentistry 232nd52nd164th48th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +605th135th374th123rd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 70th21st46th20th
Energy 613th132nd338th119th
Engineering +184th57th100th55th
Environmental Science 650th134th361st125th
Mathematics 129th34th61st31st
Medicine +113th58th93rd54th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 294th101st189th97th
Physics and Astronomy 379th129th251st122nd
Psychology 28th19th28th17th
Social Sciences +68th33rd52nd30th

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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