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United States

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Foundation: 1958

Mission: Drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality and stewardship of Earth.

Vision: To discover and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity.

History: www.nasa.gov

Subordinate organizations:

4th
Overall percentile
2nd
Research percentile
44th
Innovation percentile
2nd
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 Government 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 +104th30th64th30th
Arts and Humanities 420th144th364th128th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1420th418th1063rd383rd
Business, Management and Accounting 1319th264th870th231st
Chemistry 802nd239th557th220th
Computer Science 312th93rd193rd84th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +7th1st3rd1st
Energy 99th19th38th19th
Engineering +111th28th48th28th
Environmental Science 222nd39th91st38th
Mathematics 210th55th116th52nd
Medicine +1395th372nd1015th334th
Physics and Astronomy 81st36th51st36th
Social Sciences +666th190th513th163rd

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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  • Health
  • Universities
  • Companies
  • Non-Profit
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