Leiden University *University

Netherlands

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Foundation: 1575

Mission: Leiden University is an internationally operating research-driven university with a wide range of academic disciplines and degree programmes. It aims for excellence in all its research and teaching. The University focuses its efforts on achieving the maximum impact from its research and teaching – academic, cultural, societal and economic. It does this in close collaboration with local, regional, national and international partners. Based on a careful consideration of its disciplinary structure, Leiden University focuses on disciplinary and interdisciplinary research and teaching. Leiden University trains students and PhD candidates for academic posts in academia and beyond. Its graduates are able to conduct a critical assessment of academic and societal problems and make considered choices when seeking solutions to these problems. Leiden University aspires to create a close academic community of staff and students. Leiden alumni inform this community with their experience, expertise and involvement. Leiden University also works closely with its university partners: Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam, and at European level with its partners in the League of European Research Universities (LERU).

Vision: As a prestigious European research university, Leiden University plays a foremost role in academic research and teaching. High-quality academic research and teaching are crucial to a safe, healthy, sustainable, prosperous and just world. The University is committed to developing, disseminating and applying academic knowledge and is a trusted figure in societal and political debates in the national and international arena.

History: www.universiteitleiden.nl

Subordinate organizations:

3rd
Overall percentile
2nd
Research percentile
14th
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.

 
AreaWorldWestern EuropeEU-27OECDNetherlands
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +482nd166th138th339th7th
Arts and Humanities +76th34th20th71st5th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 113th29th22nd86th4th
Business, Management and Accounting 408th162nd104th295th13th
Chemistry 429th118th88th298th13th
Computer Science 530th156th118th346th11th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +286th78th60th150th7th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 230th81st52nd154th9th
Energy 975th258th215th558th9th
Engineering +552nd144th106th349th13th
Environmental Science 495th121st94th263rd9th
Mathematics 649th196th155th419th9th
Medicine +104th27th21st84th7th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 108th20th16th64th1st
Physics and Astronomy 387th104th79th255th12th
Psychology 90th27th18th86th8th
Social Sciences +114th38th24th87th6th
Veterinary 385th102nd94th250th9th

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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