Universidad de Malaga *University

Spain

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Foundation: 1972

Mission: The University of Málaga is an institution of public law, which generates and transmits knowledge, and provides higher education services through teaching, study and research in an environment characterized by technological, cultural and tourist activity. It was created in 1972 following the initiative of a popular movement that resulted in the constitution of the citizen's platform "Friends of the University of Málaga". It is a dynamic and innovative University, socially recognised for its prestige and leadership, open and participative at the service of society, committed to quality and excellence, with lifelong learning, integrated into the European Higher Education and Research Area, concerned with professional insertion, linked to the business world, the Andalusian Technology Park and the public sector, competitive and outstanding in the Andalusian, national and international environment, as well as oriented towards the global and knowledge society.

Vision: 1º A University characterized by excellence in the teaching-learning process. 2º A University recognised for research excellence, knowledge transfer and the promotion of innovation. 3º A University that guarantees personal and professional development, equality and the conciliation of family and work life. 4º A University that conserves its heritage and develops its university campus with criteria of unsustainability, integration into the city and future perspectives. 5º A University committed to its technological, environmental, economic, social, historical and cultural surroundings, and which incorporates the principles of social responsibility into its activity. 6º A University of reference, integrating, intercultural, strategically positioned in Malaga and its province, with national and international projection, open to students and professionals from all over the world. 7º A University strategically allied with other universities, institutions and companies in the area in order to develop and consolidate a Campus of Excellence

History: www.uma.es

Subordinate organizations:

  • Centro Tecnologico del Agua Andalucia
  • Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterranea La Mayora
  • Instituto Interuniversitario Carlos I de Fisica Teorica y Computacional
  • Laboratorio de Materiales y Superficies
14th
Overall percentile
10th
Research percentile
42nd
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 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 EuropeEU-27IBEROAMERICAOECDSpain
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +1237th481st400th136th858th100th
Arts and Humanities +312th134th98th30th277th20th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1486th536th439th111th1107th89th
Business, Management and Accounting 403rd159th102nd24th290th11th
Chemistry 1280th441st352nd105th878th90th
Computer Science 601st179th139th28th399th22nd
Earth and Planetary Sciences +1565th550th470th117th981st70th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 685th264th205th51st454th27th
Energy 1225th341st283rd68th699th46th
Engineering +813th231st173rd40th519th29th
Environmental Science 1570th488th399th114th922nd79th
Mathematics 836th259th212th36th537th24th
Medicine +1515th533rd441st114th1101st85th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1445th473rd410th118th1005th76th
Physics and Astronomy 940th322nd253rd46th647th38th
Psychology 408th150th101st27th361st17th
Social Sciences +377th127th85th33rd286th17th

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?

  • Government
  • Health
  • Universities
  • Companies
  • Non-Profit
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