University of Louisiana, LafayetteUniversity

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Foundation: 1898

Mission: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette offers an exceptional education informed by diverse worldviews grounded in tradition, heritage, and culture. We develop leaders and innovators who advance knowledge, cultivate aesthetic sensibility, and improve the human condition.

Vision: We strive to be included in the top 25% of our peer institutions by 2020, improving our national and international status and recognition.

History: louisiana.edu

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37th
Overall percentile
73rd
Research percentile
24th
Innovation percentile
34th
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 Rank200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252131st2136th2334th2473rd2809th3189th3183rd2631st3441st3036th4240th4147th5235th4845th3933rd3249th3590th
Research Rank200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252083rd2106th2235th2309th2613th2782nd2890th3170th3003rd3027th5033rd5053rd5409th5934th5776th6400th7074th
Innovation Rank200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252055th2042nd2301st2530th2801st3597th3297th2046th3476th3086th3114th3207th4493rd3490th2385th1978th2266th
Societal Rank201520162017201820192020202120222023202420251892nd2005th3136th1290th2523rd2582nd2798th2352nd2458th3122nd3306th

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 States37th73rd24th34th59th80th31st63rd52nd87th25th48th60th79th33rd65th
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)
OverallResearchInnovationSocietalWorldNorthern AmericaOECDUnited States26th63rd16th32nd42nd62nd20th62nd40th76th16th51st41st61st20th63rd

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
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +2923rd440th1788th390th
Arts and Humanities 2359th509th1628th459th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3203rd689th2304th613th
Business, Management and Accounting 2087th347th1231st309th
Chemistry 3567th505th2069th448th
Computer Science 1007th255th670th220th
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1314th256th802nd235th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2264th358th1253rd320th
Energy 1327th234th760th206th
Engineering +1153rd272nd749th245th
Environmental Science 887th185th491st172nd
Mathematics 1934th349th1199th307th
Medicine 2734th633rd1944th555th
Physics and Astronomy 1887th381st1246th340th
Psychology 2456th639th1845th561st
Social Sciences +2606th528th1677th463rd

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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