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Years of issue
2025
journal names
Statistics for Biology and Health
Publications
890
Citations
4 963
h-index
29
Publications
108
Citations
2 517
Top-3 citing journals
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (107 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (83 citations)
Statistics in Medicine
Statistics in Medicine (68 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Emory University
Emory University (42 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (38 publications)
University of Otago
University of Otago (29 publications)
Aarhus University
Aarhus University (26 publications)
Emory University
Emory University (15 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (14 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (411 publications)
Germany (81 publications)
Denmark (72 publications)
USA (35 publications)
Denmark (26 publications)
New Zealand (13 publications)

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Citing journals

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PLoS ONE
107 citations, 2.16%
Scientific Reports
83 citations, 1.67%
Statistics in Medicine
68 citations, 1.37%
Ecology and Evolution
41 citations, 0.83%
BMJ Open
34 citations, 0.69%
BMC Medical Research Methodology
28 citations, 0.56%
American Journal of Epidemiology
24 citations, 0.48%
BMC Bioinformatics
22 citations, 0.44%
Statistical Methods in Medical Research
21 citations, 0.42%
Marine Ecology - Progress Series
20 citations, 0.4%
Biometrical Journal
20 citations, 0.4%
Cancer
18 citations, 0.36%
Diagnostic and Prognostic Research
17 citations, 0.34%
Bioinformatics
16 citations, 0.32%
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
15 citations, 0.3%
Journal of the American Heart Association
15 citations, 0.3%
Ecosphere
14 citations, 0.28%
PeerJ
14 citations, 0.28%
Nature Communications
14 citations, 0.28%
JAMA network open
14 citations, 0.28%
BMC Medicine
14 citations, 0.28%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
13 citations, 0.26%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
13 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Clinical Oncology
13 citations, 0.26%
BMJ
13 citations, 0.26%
Global Change Biology
12 citations, 0.24%
Annals of Surgical Oncology
12 citations, 0.24%
Medical Decision Making
12 citations, 0.24%
BMC Genomics
12 citations, 0.24%
Landscape Ecology
12 citations, 0.24%
BMC Geriatrics
11 citations, 0.22%
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
11 citations, 0.22%
Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research
11 citations, 0.22%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
10 citations, 0.2%
Methods in Molecular Biology
10 citations, 0.2%
European Heart Journal
10 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Neurotrauma
10 citations, 0.2%
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
10 citations, 0.2%
British Journal of Cancer
10 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Animal Ecology
10 citations, 0.2%
Circulation
10 citations, 0.2%
Molecular Ecology
10 citations, 0.2%
Frontiers in Immunology
9 citations, 0.18%
Molecular Biology and Evolution
9 citations, 0.18%
Behavioral Ecology
9 citations, 0.18%
Biological Invasions
9 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Oncology
9 citations, 0.18%
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
9 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Genetics
9 citations, 0.18%
European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
9 citations, 0.18%
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
9 citations, 0.18%
Systematic Biology
9 citations, 0.18%
Heart
9 citations, 0.18%
SSRN Electronic Journal
9 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Plant Science
8 citations, 0.16%
Oecologia
8 citations, 0.16%
British Journal of Surgery
8 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
8 citations, 0.16%
Biometrics
8 citations, 0.16%
Ecology Letters
8 citations, 0.16%
Arthritis & Rheumatism
8 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Applied Ecology
7 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Experimental Biology
7 citations, 0.14%
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
7 citations, 0.14%
Pharmaceutical Statistics
7 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics
7 citations, 0.14%
ICES Journal of Marine Science
7 citations, 0.14%
British Journal of Dermatology
7 citations, 0.14%
IEEE Access
7 citations, 0.14%
Annals of Applied Statistics
6 citations, 0.12%
Development (Cambridge)
6 citations, 0.12%
Royal Society Open Science
6 citations, 0.12%
Ecology
6 citations, 0.12%
Science
6 citations, 0.12%
Communications in Computer and Information Science
6 citations, 0.12%
BMC Health Services Research
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
6 citations, 0.12%
Oikos
6 citations, 0.12%
Frontiers in Public Health
6 citations, 0.12%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
6 citations, 0.12%
Parasites and Vectors
6 citations, 0.12%
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
6 citations, 0.12%
BMC Infectious Diseases
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry
5 citations, 0.1%
Frontiers in Pediatrics
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
5 citations, 0.1%
Science of the Total Environment
5 citations, 0.1%
Frontiers in Marine Science
5 citations, 0.1%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
5 citations, 0.1%
Fisheries Oceanography
5 citations, 0.1%
Blood
5 citations, 0.1%
Marine Biology
5 citations, 0.1%
Epidemiology and Infection
5 citations, 0.1%
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
5 citations, 0.1%
Theoretical And Applied Genetics
5 citations, 0.1%
Animal Conservation
5 citations, 0.1%
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
5 citations, 0.1%
Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Proteome Research
5 citations, 0.1%
Genome Biology and Evolution
5 citations, 0.1%
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Citing publishers

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Springer Nature
1166 citations, 23.49%
Wiley
906 citations, 18.26%
Oxford University Press
293 citations, 5.9%
Elsevier
291 citations, 5.86%
Taylor & Francis
272 citations, 5.48%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
187 citations, 3.77%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
177 citations, 3.57%
SAGE
152 citations, 3.06%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
136 citations, 2.74%
Frontiers Media S.A.
133 citations, 2.68%
BMJ
102 citations, 2.06%
MDPI
72 citations, 1.45%
Cambridge University Press
71 citations, 1.43%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
56 citations, 1.13%
Mary Ann Liebert
33 citations, 0.66%
JMIR Publications
32 citations, 0.64%
American Medical Association (AMA)
27 citations, 0.54%
Inter-Research Science Center
26 citations, 0.52%
The Royal Society
24 citations, 0.48%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
24 citations, 0.48%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
23 citations, 0.46%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
19 citations, 0.38%
The Company of Biologists
15 citations, 0.3%
World Scientific
14 citations, 0.28%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
14 citations, 0.28%
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
14 citations, 0.28%
PeerJ
14 citations, 0.28%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
14 citations, 0.28%
Canadian Science Publishing
14 citations, 0.28%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
13 citations, 0.26%
Hindawi Limited
13 citations, 0.26%
American Thoracic Society
12 citations, 0.24%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
12 citations, 0.24%
Emerald
10 citations, 0.2%
American Academy of Pediatrics
10 citations, 0.2%
American Society of Hematology
10 citations, 0.2%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
10 citations, 0.2%
F1000 Research
10 citations, 0.2%
Walter de Gruyter
9 citations, 0.18%
American Diabetes Association
9 citations, 0.18%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
8 citations, 0.16%
American Society for Microbiology
8 citations, 0.16%
American Physiological Society
8 citations, 0.16%
Crop Science Society of America
8 citations, 0.16%
Pensoft Publishers
8 citations, 0.16%
8 citations, 0.16%
S. Karger AG
8 citations, 0.16%
AIP Publishing
7 citations, 0.14%
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
7 citations, 0.14%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
6 citations, 0.12%
British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
6 citations, 0.12%
Copernicus
6 citations, 0.12%
National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment
6 citations, 0.12%
EDP Sciences
5 citations, 0.1%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
5 citations, 0.1%
Baishideng Publishing Group
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT)
5 citations, 0.1%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
4 citations, 0.08%
Brill
4 citations, 0.08%
Impact Journals
4 citations, 0.08%
American Society of Nephrology
4 citations, 0.08%
4 citations, 0.08%
Massachusetts Medical Society
4 citations, 0.08%
American Society of Animal Science
4 citations, 0.08%
eLife Sciences Publications
4 citations, 0.08%
Scientific Societies
4 citations, 0.08%
IGI Global
4 citations, 0.08%
Environmental Health Perspectives
4 citations, 0.08%
American Society for Clinical Investigation
3 citations, 0.06%
Society of Nuclear Medicine
3 citations, 0.06%
The Endocrine Society
3 citations, 0.06%
Society for the Study of Reproduction
3 citations, 0.06%
Society for Neuroscience
3 citations, 0.06%
3 citations, 0.06%
American Society for Nutrition
3 citations, 0.06%
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
3 citations, 0.06%
Annual Reviews
3 citations, 0.06%
CSIRO Publishing
3 citations, 0.06%
CMA Impact Inc.
3 citations, 0.06%
Scientific Research Publishing
3 citations, 0.06%
The American Association of Immunologists
3 citations, 0.06%
SLACK
3 citations, 0.06%
IOS Press
2 citations, 0.04%
University of California Press
2 citations, 0.04%
University of Chicago Press
2 citations, 0.04%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2 citations, 0.04%
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
2 citations, 0.04%
Spandidos Publications
2 citations, 0.04%
IOP Publishing
2 citations, 0.04%
Society for Translational Oncology
2 citations, 0.04%
Entomological Society of America
2 citations, 0.04%
American Public Health Association
2 citations, 0.04%
British Institute of Radiology
2 citations, 0.04%
Medknow
2 citations, 0.04%
American Psychological Association (APA)
2 citations, 0.04%
Akademiai Kiado
2 citations, 0.04%
SciELO
2 citations, 0.04%
Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
2 citations, 0.04%
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
2 citations, 0.04%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
2 citations, 0.04%
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Emory University
42 publications, 4.72%
Yale University
38 publications, 4.27%
University of Otago
29 publications, 3.26%
University of Auckland
28 publications, 3.15%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
28 publications, 3.15%
Aarhus University
26 publications, 2.92%
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
26 publications, 2.92%
Medical College of Wisconsin
26 publications, 2.92%
University of California, San Francisco
25 publications, 2.81%
Erasmus University Medical Center
25 publications, 2.81%
Boston University
24 publications, 2.7%
University of Minnesota
24 publications, 2.7%
Leiden University Medical Center
24 publications, 2.7%
Bath Spa University
24 publications, 2.7%
Kazan Federal University
21 publications, 2.36%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
20 publications, 2.25%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
20 publications, 2.25%
Hasselt University
17 publications, 1.91%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
17 publications, 1.91%
University of Antwerp
16 publications, 1.8%
University of California, Los Angeles
16 publications, 1.8%
University of Pittsburgh
16 publications, 1.8%
Novo Nordisk
15 publications, 1.69%
University of Washington
15 publications, 1.69%
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
15 publications, 1.69%
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
15 publications, 1.69%
University of Copenhagen
14 publications, 1.57%
University of Pennsylvania
14 publications, 1.57%
Case Western Reserve University
13 publications, 1.46%
Harvard University
13 publications, 1.46%
University of Science and Technology of China
13 publications, 1.46%
University of Michigan
13 publications, 1.46%
University of Georgia
12 publications, 1.35%
Princeton University
11 publications, 1.24%
ETH Zurich
10 publications, 1.12%
University of Zurich
10 publications, 1.12%
University of Southern Queensland
10 publications, 1.12%
Seoul National University
10 publications, 1.12%
Pukyong National University
10 publications, 1.12%
McGill University
10 publications, 1.12%
Mayo Clinic
10 publications, 1.12%
Columbia University
9 publications, 1.01%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
9 publications, 1.01%
Duke University
9 publications, 1.01%
National Institute of Public Health of Japan
9 publications, 1.01%
University of Missouri
9 publications, 1.01%
University of Southern California
8 publications, 0.9%
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
8 publications, 0.9%
University of Queensland
7 publications, 0.79%
Stony Brook University
6 publications, 0.67%
Queensland University of Technology
6 publications, 0.67%
Chung-Ang University
6 publications, 0.67%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
6 publications, 0.67%
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
6 publications, 0.67%
Bielefeld University
6 publications, 0.67%
Food and Drug Administration
5 publications, 0.56%
Technical University of Denmark
4 publications, 0.45%
University Medical Center Utrecht
4 publications, 0.45%
University of Leeds
4 publications, 0.45%
University of Toronto
4 publications, 0.45%
National Cancer Institute
4 publications, 0.45%
Qatar University
3 publications, 0.34%
University of Aberdeen
2 publications, 0.22%
Paris Cité University
2 publications, 0.22%
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
2 publications, 0.22%
AstraZeneca
2 publications, 0.22%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.11%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.11%
University of Malaya
1 publication, 0.11%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.11%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.11%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.11%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.11%
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
1 publication, 0.11%
Imperial College London
1 publication, 0.11%
University College London
1 publication, 0.11%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.11%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
1 publication, 0.11%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.11%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.11%
Monash Medical Centre
1 publication, 0.11%
The Alfred Hospital
1 publication, 0.11%
Dalhousie University
1 publication, 0.11%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.11%
Harbor–UCLA Medical Center
1 publication, 0.11%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.11%
Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
1 publication, 0.11%
Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen
1 publication, 0.11%
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
1 publication, 0.11%
Helmholtz Zentrum München
1 publication, 0.11%
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
1 publication, 0.11%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1 publication, 0.11%
Michigan Technological University
1 publication, 0.11%
University of British Columbia
1 publication, 0.11%
University of Waterloo
1 publication, 0.11%
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
1 publication, 0.11%
Utrecht University
1 publication, 0.11%
American Cancer Society
1 publication, 0.11%
Robert Koch Institute
1 publication, 0.11%
University of Groningen
1 publication, 0.11%
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Aarhus University
26 publications, 24.07%
Emory University
15 publications, 13.89%
Yale University
14 publications, 12.96%
Boston University
14 publications, 12.96%
University of Minnesota
14 publications, 12.96%
University of Otago
13 publications, 12.04%
University of Auckland
12 publications, 11.11%
ETH Zurich
10 publications, 9.26%
Stony Brook University
6 publications, 5.56%
Chung-Ang University
6 publications, 5.56%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
6 publications, 5.56%
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USA, 411, 46.18%
USA
411 publications, 46.18%
Germany, 81, 9.1%
Germany
81 publications, 9.1%
Denmark, 72, 8.09%
Denmark
72 publications, 8.09%
Netherlands, 60, 6.74%
Netherlands
60 publications, 6.74%
United Kingdom, 59, 6.63%
United Kingdom
59 publications, 6.63%
Vietnam, 57, 6.4%
Vietnam
57 publications, 6.4%
Belgium, 30, 3.37%
Belgium
30 publications, 3.37%
New Zealand, 29, 3.26%
New Zealand
29 publications, 3.26%
Switzerland, 27, 3.03%
Switzerland
27 publications, 3.03%
China, 22, 2.47%
China
22 publications, 2.47%
Canada, 22, 2.47%
Canada
22 publications, 2.47%
Russia, 21, 2.36%
Russia
21 publications, 2.36%
Australia, 19, 2.13%
Australia
19 publications, 2.13%
Republic of Korea, 16, 1.8%
Republic of Korea
16 publications, 1.8%
Brazil, 15, 1.69%
Brazil
15 publications, 1.69%
Japan, 10, 1.12%
Japan
10 publications, 1.12%
France, 6, 0.67%
France
6 publications, 0.67%
Qatar, 3, 0.34%
Qatar
3 publications, 0.34%
Israel, 2, 0.22%
Israel
2 publications, 0.22%
Spain, 2, 0.22%
Spain
2 publications, 0.22%
Portugal, 1, 0.11%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.11%
Argentina, 1, 0.11%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.11%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.11%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 0.11%
Ireland, 1, 0.11%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.11%
Malaysia, 1, 0.11%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.11%
Finland, 1, 0.11%
Finland
1 publication, 0.11%
Sweden, 1, 0.11%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.11%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 35, 32.41%
USA
35 publications, 32.41%
Denmark, 26, 24.07%
Denmark
26 publications, 24.07%
New Zealand, 13, 12.04%
New Zealand
13 publications, 12.04%
Switzerland, 10, 9.26%
Switzerland
10 publications, 9.26%
Republic of Korea, 6, 5.56%
Republic of Korea
6 publications, 5.56%
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