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University of the West of ScotlandUniversity

United Kingdom

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Foundation: 1897

Mission: To change lives, transform communities and encourage enterprise through outstanding, distinctive and progressive higher education.

Vision: Information not localized

History: en.wikipedia.org

32nd
Overall percentile
22nd
Research percentile
44th
Innovation percentile
40th
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
Arts and Humanities 754th329th623rd87th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2429th905th1799th112th
Business, Management and Accounting 949th368th637th82nd
Chemistry 1142nd392nd759th52nd
Computer Science 832nd252nd549th50th
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1526th525th938th74th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1059th391st678th82nd
Energy 721st193rd407th34th
Engineering +890th269th574th57th
Environmental Science 1031st294th586th53rd
Mathematics 1097th337th695th64th
Medicine +2454th860th1749th122nd
Physics and Astronomy 2116th723rd1377th86th
Psychology 1100th435th914th103rd
Social Sciences +920th352nd678th82nd

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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