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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
10th
Research percentile
9th
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 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 2793rd430th1682nd380th
Arts and Humanities 365th125th321st112th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 640th232nd480th219th
Chemistry 794th222nd516th207th
Computer Science 506th131st332nd118th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +602nd133rd380th122nd
Energy 887th160th499th145th
Engineering +454th110th275th102nd
Environmental Science 1103rd198th653rd181st
Mathematics 617th134th401st123rd
Medicine +1384th361st989th327th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 2357th481st1546th433rd
Physics and Astronomy 142nd53rd91st53rd
Social Sciences +1331st312th979th274th

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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