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King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyUniversity

Saudi Arabia

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Foundation: 2009

Mission: KAUST advances science and technology through distinctive and collaborative research integrated with graduate education. We are a catalyst for innovation, economic development and social prosperity in Saudi Arabia and the world. We exist for the pursuit and advancement of scientific knowledge and its broad dissemination and benevolent application. We strive to enhance the welfare of society with a special focus on four areas of global significance – food, water, energy and the environment.

Vision: KAUST aspires to be a destination for scientific and technological education and research. By inspiring discoveries to address global challenges, we strive to serve as a beacon of knowledge that bridges people and cultures for the betterment of humanity.

History: www.kaust.edu.sa

6th
Overall percentile
5th
Research percentile
6th
Innovation percentile
21st
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.

 
AreaWorldMiddle EastARAB COUNTRIESSaudi Arabia
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +567th9th8th3rd
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 465th4th2nd2nd
Chemistry 152nd1st1st1st
Computer Science 323rd5th5th3rd
Earth and Planetary Sciences +325th8th6th4th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1584th106th72nd17th
Energy 91st3rd3rd2nd
Engineering +179th3rd3rd2nd
Environmental Science 263rd3rd2nd2nd
Mathematics 314th5th5th3rd
Medicine +772nd11th3rd2nd
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1651st66th39th12th
Physics and Astronomy 285th2nd2nd1st
Social Sciences +1467th60th34th13th

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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