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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
12th
Research percentile
8th
Innovation percentile
6th
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 116th35th74th35th
Arts and Humanities 340th113th299th99th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 456th186th340th176th
Chemistry 658th205th450th191st
Computer Science 514th144th336th129th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +538th121st323rd110th
Energy 536th113th292nd103rd
Engineering +403rd120th253rd111th
Environmental Science 669th138th374th129th
Mathematics 517th127th323rd116th
Medicine +895th280th665th254th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1525th367th1057th335th
Physics and Astronomy 181st69th119th67th
Social Sciences +976th257th734th225th

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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