William Paterson UniversityUniversity

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Foundation: 1855

Mission: William Paterson University of New Jersey is a public institution that offers an outstanding and affordable education to a diverse traditional and nontraditional student body through baccalaureate, graduate and continuing education programs. The University's distinguished teachers, scholars and professionals actively challenge students to high levels of intellectual and professional accomplishment and personal growth in preparation for careers, advanced studies and productive citizenship.  Faculty and staff use innovative approaches to research, learning and student support to expand students’ awareness of what they can accomplish.  The University’s graduates embody a profound sense of responsibility to their communities, commitment to a sustainable environment and active involvement in a multicultural world.

Vision: William Paterson University will be widely recognized as the model of outstanding and affordable public higher education characterized by rigorous academic preparation and a wide array of experiential, co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities.  The University will be distinctive for nationally recognized programs that prepare its students for the careers of today and tomorrow and known for its support of the personal growth and academic success of a highly diverse student body.  It will be an institution of first choice for students committed to transforming their lives and making a difference.

History: www.wpunj.edu

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76th
Overall percentile
78th
Research percentile
73rd
Innovation percentile
50th
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.

Overall Rank201820192020202120222023202420255174th6197th5569th7047th6656th6887th6758th7366th
Research Rank201820192020202120222023202420254334th5666th5423rd6413th6496th6456th6661st7548th
Innovation Rank201820192020202120222023202420255303rd6044th4714th6835th5581st6102nd6727th7076th
Societal Rank201820192020202120222023202420251733rd3813th3527th3812th3926th4342nd4240th4859th

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)
OverallResearchInnovationSocietalWorldNorthern AmericaOECDUnited States76th78th73rd50th90th83rd82nd83rd91st91st79th66th90th82nd82nd85th
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)
OverallResearchInnovationSocietalWorldNorthern AmericaOECDUnited States68th70th67th51st82nd69th77th88th86th82nd76th75th81st68th77th89th

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.

 
AreaWorldNorthern AmericaOECDUnited States
Psychology 2390th623rd1805th548th
Social Sciences 3094th587th1908th513th

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.

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