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Foundation: 1911

Mission: The university's mission is to conduct academic research and education, a goal that can only be achieved through the continuous engagement of the diverse group of staff

Vision: The University of Iceland’s vision is to strengthen its position as a leading university.

History: english.hi.is

29th
Overall percentile
31st
Research percentile
45th
Innovation percentile
21st
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 Universities 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.

 
AreaWorldWestern EuropeNORDIC COUNTRIESOECDIceland
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +2870th937th73rd1815th1st
Arts and Humanities +733rd312th30th613th1st
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2192nd811th55th1628th2nd
Business, Management and Accounting 1238th443rd52nd826th1st
Chemistry 2159th783rd52nd1442nd1st
Computer Science 2790th837th62nd1666th1st
Earth and Planetary Sciences +737th259th23rd463rd1st
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1670th514th54th997th2nd
Energy 1152nd320th33rd667th1st
Engineering +1849th625th47th1187th1st
Environmental Science 1565th486th55th918th2nd
Mathematics 3116th827th65th1717th1st
Medicine +2081st754th58th1489th1st
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1289th422nd27th908th1st
Physics and Astronomy 2403rd821st52nd1521st1st
Psychology 971st386th41st815th1st
Social Sciences +947th369th39th712th1st
Veterinary 254th72nd9th166th1st

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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