University of Maryland, College Park *University

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Foundation: 1856

Mission: The mission of the University of Maryland, College Park is to provide excellent teaching, research, and service. The University educates students and advances knowledge in areas of importance to the State, the nation, and the world. The University is committed to being a preeminent national center for research and for graduate education, and the institution of choice for Maryland’s undergraduates of exceptional ability and promise.

Vision: Information not localized

History: www.umd.edu

Subordinate organizations:

3rd
Overall percentile
3rd
Research percentile
12th
Innovation percentile
2nd
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.

 
AreaWorldNorthern AmericaOECDUnited States
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +96th26th57th26th
Arts and Humanities +128th47th116th44th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 438th180th328th171st
Business, Management and Accounting 209th47th145th42nd
Chemistry 349th136th240th127th
Computer Science 130th37th63rd35th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +82nd18th37th18th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 220th52nd146th47th
Energy 95th18th36th18th
Engineering +210th67th115th65th
Environmental Science 324th67th158th62nd
Mathematics 145th38th71st35th
Medicine +625th222nd467th204th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 535th174th360th166th
Physics and Astronomy 182nd70th120th68th
Psychology 95th54th91st49th
Social Sciences +104th41st80th38th
Veterinary 162nd44th100th40th

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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