Louisiana State University, Baton RougeUniversity

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Foundation: 1806

Mission: Designated as a Land, Sea, and Space Grant institution, the mission of Louisiana State University is the generation, preservation, dissemination, and application of knowledge and cultivation of the arts.

Vision: As the Flagship institution of the state, the vision of Louisiana State University is to be a leading research-extensive university, challenging undergraduate and graduate students to achieve the highest levels of intellectual and personal development.

History: lsu.edu

13th
Overall percentile
20th
Research percentile
33rd
Innovation percentile
5th
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 +675th166th474th155th
Arts and Humanities +562nd180th480th159th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1310th402nd976th370th
Business, Management and Accounting 388th88th277th73rd
Chemistry 983rd275th675th252nd
Computer Science 712th198th481st175th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +581st130th358th118th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 637th113th416th94th
Energy 426th90th225th83rd
Engineering +901st229th584th205th
Environmental Science 830th174th473rd161st
Mathematics 933rd221st609th191st
Medicine +1301st352nd950th318th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 666th208th462nd198th
Physics and Astronomy 957th248th661st226th
Psychology 492nd202nd435th174th
Social Sciences +477th148th365th127th
Veterinary 332nd79th213th72nd

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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