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University of Southern California *University

United States

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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
12th
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 +781st191st532nd172nd
Arts and Humanities +120th41st107th38th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 152nd72nd116th71st
Business, Management and Accounting 90th18th57th17th
Chemistry 527th176th365th164th
Computer Science 101st21st40th20th
Dentistry 161st35th106th32nd
Earth and Planetary Sciences +501st106th268th96th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 80th22nd49th20th
Energy 516th125th297th114th
Engineering +207th58th111th56th
Environmental Science 581st121st302nd114th
Mathematics 136th31st60th29th
Medicine +109th54th89th51st
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 272nd96th179th91st
Physics and Astronomy 355th123rd225th120th
Psychology 28th19th27th17th
Social Sciences +77th35th56th32nd

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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