Lebanese American University *University

Lebanon

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Foundation: 1924

Mission: Lebanese American University is committed to academic excellence, student centeredness, civic engagement, the advancement of scholarship, the education of the whole person, and the formation of leaders in a diverse world.

Vision: The Vision of Lebanese American University is driven by its mission and values. The Vision for LAU will be carried out through: Providing access to a superior education for diverse undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners; Attracting and retaining distinguished faculty who excel in teaching, research and community service; Enrolling and retaining academically qualified and diverse students; Embracing liberal arts in all curricula; Creating opportunities for rigorous research and the dissemination of knowledge; Developing a close-knit community that excels academically, is intellectually stimulating, and is religiously, ethnically and socio-economically diverse; Attracting and retaining a highly qualified staff committed to excellence in service;

History: www.lau.edu.lb

Subordinate organizations:

  • Lebanese American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital
49th
Overall percentile
55th
Research percentile
51st
Innovation percentile
35th
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.

 
AreaWorldMiddle EastARAB COUNTRIESLebanon
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +1968th81st43rd2nd
Arts and Humanities +1079th29th9th1st
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3645th120th58th4th
Business, Management and Accounting 728th16th11th1st
Computer Science 1775th78th53rd2nd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 519th14th11th2nd
Energy 2413th199th113th2nd
Engineering +2166th103rd57th2nd
Environmental Science 4044th291st149th4th
Mathematics 1582nd83rd43rd1st
Medicine +4419th251st128th6th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 3639th276th151st6th
Psychology 1756th58th17th2nd
Social Sciences +1682nd73rd35th2nd

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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