University of South Alabama *University

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Foundation: 1963

Mission: The University of South Alabama, with a global reach and special focus on the Gulf Coast, strives to make a difference in the lives of those it serves through promoting discovery, health, and learning.

Vision: The University of South Alabama will be a leading comprehensive public university internationally recognized for educational, research, and healthcare excellence as well as for its positive intellectual, cultural, and economic impact on those it serves.

History: www.southalabama.edu

Subordinate organizations:

39th
Overall percentile
62nd
Research percentile
33rd
Innovation percentile
29th
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 +3422nd513th2031st447th
Arts and Humanities 1679th379th1262nd339th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1499th431st1117th393rd
Business, Management and Accounting 868th184th598th159th
Chemistry 1129th299th775th274th
Computer Science 3415th473rd1879th418th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +3147th441st1692nd381st
Engineering +2840th425th1650th377th
Environmental Science 4244th543rd2201st471st
Mathematics 3215th451st1752nd400th
Medicine +2718th588th1925th511th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 548th180th370th172nd
Psychology 1046th356th871st314th
Social Sciences +2596th518th1666th454th

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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