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Foundation: 1947

Mission: The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight and win in air, space and cyberspace. Our rich history and our vision guide our Airmen as we pursue our mission with excellence and integrity to become leaders, innovators and warriors.

Vision: The U.S. Air Force is the world’s preeminent force in air, space and cyberspace. We maintain that distinction by maintaining our objective of global vigilance, reach and power and remaining true to our vision statement: The World’s Greatest Air Force—Powered by Airmen, Fueled by Innovation. Through shared values, key capabilities and upholding our Airman’s Creed, we continue to achieve our mission and aim high in all we do.

History: www.airforce.com

21st
Overall percentile
49th
Research percentile
23rd
Innovation percentile
12th
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 Government 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
Arts and Humanities 1423rd341st1102nd303rd
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1251st392nd926th363rd
Business, Management and Accounting 1202nd244th799th214th
Chemistry 1263rd322nd866th296th
Computer Science 1155th294th788th257th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +778th163rd484th147th
Energy 1928th289th1086th251st
Engineering +839th215th535th193rd
Environmental Science 2752nd419th1557th373rd
Mathematics 1116th253rd733rd216th
Medicine +2443rd537th1742nd468th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 3586th570th2102nd501st
Physics and Astronomy 957th248th661st226th
Psychology 1168th391st973rd346th
Social Sciences +1461st335th1041st294th

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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