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

36th
Overall percentile
71st
Research percentile
22nd
Innovation percentile
35th
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.

 
AreaWorldNorthern AmericaOECDUnited States
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +3439th518th2041st452nd
Arts and Humanities 2253rd521st1565th468th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2580th599th1898th532nd
Business, Management and Accounting 2001st356th1200th316th
Chemistry 3302nd496th1986th436th
Computer Science 879th245th608th215th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +1887th321st1168th282nd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2147th340th1202nd302nd
Energy 1771st280th1011th244th
Engineering +1150th278th760th246th
Environmental Science 1462nd275th858th246th
Mathematics 1751st326th1101st283rd
Medicine +    
Physics and Astronomy 1182nd283rd819th255th
Psychology 2324th636th1774th556th
Social Sciences +2258th472nd1495th414th

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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