London School of Economics and Political ScienceUniversity

United Kingdom

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Foundation: 1895

Mission: Our mission is to advance knowledge in social science and a range of related fields so as to inform public policy, economic decision-making, and social welfare both nationally and globally.

Vision: Our ambition is to be the leading social science institution, with the greatest global impact.

History: www.lse.ac.uk

13th
Overall percentile
8th
Research percentile
93rd
Innovation percentile
4th
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 EuropeOECDUnited Kingdom
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +619th228th436th35th
Arts and Humanities +58th21st54th8th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3993rd1312th2714th169th
Business, Management and Accounting 102nd29th63rd14th
Computer Science 1602nd542nd1079th96th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +976th346th613th60th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7th3rd5th2nd
Energy 1583rd460th915th71st
Engineering 1620th552nd1055th94th
Environmental Science 1010th297th588th51st
Mathematics 1175th385th768th76th
Medicine +1658th587th1193rd94th
Psychology 337th119th303rd31st
Social Sciences +64th14th49th8th

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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