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Foundation: 1837

Mission: NKUA is a research University and, as a leader since 1837, it aims to advance knowledge and educate students in sciences and arts that will best serve the nation and the community of the twenty first century. Committed to innovation and academic excellence, we seek to infuse each member of our academic community with the passion of research and knowledge gain. We encourage cultivation of creativity, maturation of social and cultural sensibilities as well as critical thinking, by supporting free and open dialogue and a culture of integrity and diversity

Vision: The vision of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) is based on four main principles: research, education and training shall be characterized by a quest for high quality and distinction; the University’s leading role shall be safeguarded by a constant engagement to innovation and creativity; the academic community members shall participate actively in scientific, social and cultural events; our standpoints shall reflect our historical and contemporary Greek culture worldwide through scientific activities

History: en.uoa.gr

7th
Overall percentile
5th
Research percentile
35th
Innovation percentile
3rd
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-27OECDGreece
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +951st368th298th668th3rd
Arts and Humanities +523rd222nd172nd452nd2nd
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 448th128th96th336th1st
Business, Management and Accounting 1156th428th350th777th9th
Chemistry 1298th448th357th889th3rd
Computer Science 791st242nd193rd538th4th
Dentistry 79th26th19th52nd1st
Earth and Planetary Sciences +883rd313th247th555th3rd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 817th312th248th535th4th
Energy 1483rd426th371st860th6th
Engineering +1093rd342nd266th719th5th
Environmental Science 971st286th231st564th3rd
Mathematics 1354th453rd374th882nd4th
Medicine +210th55th43rd168th1st
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 353rd97th83rd235th1st
Physics and Astronomy 1562nd585th502nd1066th7th
Psychology 511th191st133rd450th2nd
Social Sciences +695th270th200th537th3rd
Veterinary 262nd75th63rd171st2nd

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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