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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:

3rd
Overall percentile
2nd
Research percentile
38th
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 +310th93rd202nd86th
Arts and Humanities 356th122nd313th109th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1603rd454th1180th417th
Business, Management and Accounting 1588th318th1027th281st
Chemistry 1131st275th733rd256th
Computer Science 290th82nd178th73rd
Earth and Planetary Sciences +5th1st2nd1st
Energy 199th32nd82nd31st
Engineering +128th34th57th33rd
Environmental Science 167th31st71st30th
Mathematics 228th55th131st51st
Medicine +1433rd368th1022nd331st
Physics and Astronomy 101st37th62nd37th
Social Sciences +592nd172nd469th148th

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?

  • Government
  • Health
  • Universities
  • Companies
  • Non-Profit
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