University of HoustonUniversity

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Foundation: 1927

Mission: The mission of the University of Houston is to offer nationally competitive and internationally recognized opportunities for learning, discovery and engagement to a diverse population of students in a real-world setting. The University of Houston offers a full range of degree programs at the baccalaureate, master's, doctoral and professional levels and pursues a broad agenda of research and creative activities. As a knowledge resource to the public, the university builds partnerships with other educational institutions, community organizations, government agencies, and the private sector to serve the region and impact the world.

Vision: Information not localized

History: uh.edu

9th
Overall percentile
16th
Research percentile
14th
Innovation percentile
5th
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 +2197th378th1451st334th
Arts and Humanities +542nd175th465th154th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 717th260th537th244th
Business, Management and Accounting 257th59th181st50th
Chemistry 522nd178th361st164th
Computer Science 347th103rd217th92nd
Earth and Planetary Sciences +464th100th270th91st
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 883rd162nd580th139th
Energy 250th52nd121st47th
Engineering +384th109th237th100th
Environmental Science 886th182nd513th169th
Mathematics 231st65th130th61st
Medicine +1078th309th796th278th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1565th373rd1084th341st
Physics and Astronomy 605th181st412th169th
Psychology 137th76th128th67th
Social Sciences +368th115th280th101st

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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