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Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom *University

United Kingdom

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Foundation: 1821

Mission: Our mission is to create and exchange knowledge that benefits society.

Vision: Our vision is to be world-leading within all our areas of specialism.

History: www.hw.ac.uk

Subordinate organizations:

20th
Overall percentile
26th
Research percentile
25th
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.

 
AreaWorldWestern EuropeOECDUnited Kingdom
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +1993rd778th1327th98th
Arts and Humanities 1053rd450th845th114th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1653rd613th1245th79th
Business, Management and Accounting 449th184th318th56th
Chemistry 2460th863rd1562nd97th
Computer Science 1080th328th716th60th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +552nd164th303rd37th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 741st280th491st64th
Energy 930th255th525th40th
Engineering +896th271st578th58th
Environmental Science 1480th453rd863rd79th
Mathematics 796th240th501st47th
Medicine +2564th887th1829th125th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 994th329th678th44th
Physics and Astronomy 924th285th608th46th
Psychology 1231st487th1019th110th
Social Sciences +803rd308th596th72nd

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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