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National Institute of Standards and Technology *Government

United States

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Foundation: 1901

Mission: To promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

Vision: NIST will be the world's leader in creating critical measurement solutions and promoting equitable standards. Our efforts stimulate innovation, foster industrial competitiveness, and improve the quality of life.

History: www.nist.gov

Subordinate organizations:

7th
Overall percentile
13th
Research percentile
8th
Innovation percentile
8th
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 491st134th335th122nd
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 628th232nd473rd220th
Chemistry 895th250th598th233rd
Computer Science 493rd124th308th111th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +888th176th515th162nd
Energy 299th61st149th54th
Engineering +399th114th242nd108th
Environmental Science 694th141st369th134th
Mathematics 341st86th193rd81st
Medicine +734th249th549th225th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1075th290th738th267th
Physics and Astronomy 156th53rd96th52nd
Social Sciences +862nd222nd635th194th

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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