Smithsonian Institution *Government

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Foundation: 1855

Mission: Information not localized

Vision: By 2022, the Smithsonian will build on its unique strengths to engage and to inspire more people, where they are, with greater impact, while catalyzing critical conversation on issues affecting our nation and the world.

History: www.si.edu

Subordinate organizations:

10th
Overall percentile
5th
Research percentile
86th
Innovation percentile
3rd
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 +181st59th123rd57th
Arts and Humanities +360th121st316th107th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1705th466th1262nd421st
Chemistry 92nd37th56th35th
Computer Science 1460th330th981st290th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +56th11th21st11th
Engineering +1095th266th721st236th
Environmental Science 508th108th271st101st
Mathematics 939th222nd613th192nd
Medicine 2019th471st1451st415th
Physics and Astronomy 206th81st139th78th
Social Sciences +899th236th675th204th
Veterinary 475th112th308th99th

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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