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Northwestern University
Short name
NU
Country, city
USA, Evanston

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1880

Total publications
201862
Total citations
9100819
Citations per publication
45.08
Average publications per year
1373.21
Average authors per publication
11.77
h-index
845
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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General Medicine, 16686, 8.27%
General Medicine
16686 publications, 8.27%
Oncology, 9771, 4.84%
Oncology
9771 publications, 4.84%
Biochemistry, 9368, 4.64%
Biochemistry
9368 publications, 4.64%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 9244, 4.58%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
9244 publications, 4.58%
General Chemistry, 8274, 4.1%
General Chemistry
8274 publications, 4.1%
Neurology (clinical), 7422, 3.68%
Neurology (clinical)
7422 publications, 3.68%
Cancer Research, 7351, 3.64%
Cancer Research
7351 publications, 3.64%
Molecular Biology, 6926, 3.43%
Molecular Biology
6926 publications, 3.43%
General Materials Science, 6909, 3.42%
General Materials Science
6909 publications, 3.42%
Surgery, 6836, 3.39%
Surgery
6836 publications, 3.39%
Condensed Matter Physics, 6751, 3.34%
Condensed Matter Physics
6751 publications, 3.34%
Cell Biology, 6513, 3.23%
Cell Biology
6513 publications, 3.23%
Immunology, 6442, 3.19%
Immunology
6442 publications, 3.19%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 5807, 2.88%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
5807 publications, 2.88%
Mechanical Engineering, 5738, 2.84%
Mechanical Engineering
5738 publications, 2.84%
General Physics and Astronomy, 5484, 2.72%
General Physics and Astronomy
5484 publications, 2.72%
Multidisciplinary, 5077, 2.52%
Multidisciplinary
5077 publications, 2.52%
Mechanics of Materials, 5060, 2.51%
Mechanics of Materials
5060 publications, 2.51%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 4849, 2.4%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
4849 publications, 2.4%
Immunology and Allergy, 4712, 2.33%
Immunology and Allergy
4712 publications, 2.33%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, 4019, 1.99%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
4019 publications, 1.99%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 3831, 1.9%
Psychiatry and Mental health
3831 publications, 1.9%
Materials Chemistry, 3825, 1.89%
Materials Chemistry
3825 publications, 1.89%
General Neuroscience, 3816, 1.89%
General Neuroscience
3816 publications, 1.89%
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 3742, 1.85%
Obstetrics and Gynecology
3742 publications, 1.85%
Catalysis, 3636, 1.8%
Catalysis
3636 publications, 1.8%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 3446, 1.71%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
3446 publications, 1.71%
Economics and Econometrics, 3406, 1.69%
Economics and Econometrics
3406 publications, 1.69%
Hematology, 3399, 1.68%
Hematology
3399 publications, 1.68%
Sociology and Political Science, 3362, 1.67%
Sociology and Political Science
3362 publications, 1.67%
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Journals

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
2392 publications, 1.18%
SSRN Electronic Journal
2212 publications, 1.1%
Journal of Clinical Oncology
1933 publications, 0.96%
Blood
1630 publications, 0.81%
Circulation
1509 publications, 0.75%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
1334 publications, 0.66%
Physical Review B
1313 publications, 0.65%
Cancer Research
1229 publications, 0.61%
Science
1083 publications, 0.54%
PLoS ONE
1044 publications, 0.52%
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1016 publications, 0.5%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
995 publications, 0.49%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
965 publications, 0.48%
Astrophysical Journal
958 publications, 0.47%
Nature Communications
884 publications, 0.44%
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
876 publications, 0.43%
Journal of Chemical Physics
861 publications, 0.43%
Journal of Urology
856 publications, 0.42%
Physical Review Letters
850 publications, 0.42%
Neuro-Oncology
821 publications, 0.41%
Applied Physics Letters
792 publications, 0.39%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
733 publications, 0.36%
Scientific Reports
722 publications, 0.36%
Journal of Immunology
707 publications, 0.35%
Inorganic Chemistry
670 publications, 0.33%
Nature
637 publications, 0.32%
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
611 publications, 0.3%
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
600 publications, 0.3%
Fertility and Sterility
599 publications, 0.3%
Physical Review D
583 publications, 0.29%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
47523 publications, 23.54%
Springer Nature
24557 publications, 12.17%
Wiley
21715 publications, 10.76%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
9602 publications, 4.76%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
9551 publications, 4.73%
Oxford University Press
7980 publications, 3.95%
SAGE
7207 publications, 3.57%
Taylor & Francis
5610 publications, 2.78%
American Physical Society (APS)
3847 publications, 1.91%
Cambridge University Press
3012 publications, 1.49%
AIP Publishing
2933 publications, 1.45%
American Medical Association (AMA)
2472 publications, 1.22%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2371 publications, 1.17%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
2154 publications, 1.07%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2127 publications, 1.05%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
1916 publications, 0.95%
American Society of Hematology
1770 publications, 0.88%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1619 publications, 0.8%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1537 publications, 0.76%
MDPI
1412 publications, 0.7%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1388 publications, 0.69%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1382 publications, 0.68%
American Society for Microbiology
1360 publications, 0.67%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1334 publications, 0.66%
American Astronomical Society
1271 publications, 0.63%
American Physiological Society
1194 publications, 0.59%
The Endocrine Society
1115 publications, 0.55%
Mary Ann Liebert
1084 publications, 0.54%
ASME International
1082 publications, 0.54%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
1081 publications, 0.54%
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With other organizations

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Lurie Children's Hospital
11271 publications, 5.58%
Harvard University
7779 publications, 3.85%
Johns Hopkins University
6422 publications, 3.18%
University of Chicago
6220 publications, 3.08%
University of Michigan
5733 publications, 2.84%
University of Illinois at Chicago
5360 publications, 2.66%
Stanford University
4954 publications, 2.45%
University of Pennsylvania
4856 publications, 2.41%
University of California, San Francisco
4741 publications, 2.35%
University of Washington
4617 publications, 2.29%
University of California, Los Angeles
4605 publications, 2.28%
Argonne National Laboratory
4371 publications, 2.17%
Columbia University
3839 publications, 1.9%
University of Minnesota
3513 publications, 1.74%
University of California, San Diego
3460 publications, 1.71%
Cornell University
3350 publications, 1.66%
University of Pittsburgh
3334 publications, 1.65%
Mayo Clinic
3275 publications, 1.62%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
3211 publications, 1.59%
Emory University
3181 publications, 1.58%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3067 publications, 1.52%
Yale University
2952 publications, 1.46%
Massachusetts General Hospital
2945 publications, 1.46%
Ohio State University
2921 publications, 1.45%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2723 publications, 1.35%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2659 publications, 1.32%
Washington University in St. Louis
2645 publications, 1.31%
Vanderbilt University
2594 publications, 1.29%
Duke University
2489 publications, 1.23%
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2429 publications, 1.2%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Toronto
2231 publications, 1.11%
Imperial College London
1310 publications, 0.65%
University College London
1076 publications, 0.53%
University of British Columbia
1007 publications, 0.5%
Peking University
1004 publications, 0.5%
University of Oxford
996 publications, 0.49%
Tsinghua University
945 publications, 0.47%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
928 publications, 0.46%
University of Cambridge
912 publications, 0.45%
McGill University
882 publications, 0.44%
University of Zurich
866 publications, 0.43%
Seoul National University
851 publications, 0.42%
ETH Zurich
803 publications, 0.4%
University of Calgary
794 publications, 0.39%
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
793 publications, 0.39%
Sungkyunkwan University
789 publications, 0.39%
University of Padua
782 publications, 0.39%
University of Sydney
767 publications, 0.38%
Tel Aviv University
740 publications, 0.37%
University of Bristol
725 publications, 0.36%
Sapienza University of Rome
704 publications, 0.35%
Korea University
698 publications, 0.35%
University of Bologna
693 publications, 0.34%
Ghent University
691 publications, 0.34%
Université Paris-Saclay
688 publications, 0.34%
Zhejiang University
686 publications, 0.34%
Monash University
668 publications, 0.33%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
657 publications, 0.33%
University of Milano-Bicocca
646 publications, 0.32%
University of Southampton
632 publications, 0.31%
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With other countries

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China, 8870, 4.39%
China
8870 publications, 4.39%
United Kingdom, 8397, 4.16%
United Kingdom
8397 publications, 4.16%
Canada, 7840, 3.88%
Canada
7840 publications, 3.88%
Germany, 6273, 3.11%
Germany
6273 publications, 3.11%
Italy, 5014, 2.48%
Italy
5014 publications, 2.48%
Republic of Korea, 4638, 2.3%
Republic of Korea
4638 publications, 2.3%
France, 4631, 2.29%
France
4631 publications, 2.29%
Australia, 3864, 1.91%
Australia
3864 publications, 1.91%
Netherlands, 3433, 1.7%
Netherlands
3433 publications, 1.7%
Japan, 3190, 1.58%
Japan
3190 publications, 1.58%
Spain, 3176, 1.57%
Spain
3176 publications, 1.57%
Switzerland, 2964, 1.47%
Switzerland
2964 publications, 1.47%
Belgium, 2052, 1.02%
Belgium
2052 publications, 1.02%
Israel, 2027, 1%
Israel
2027 publications, 1%
Sweden, 1781, 0.88%
Sweden
1781 publications, 0.88%
India, 1739, 0.86%
India
1739 publications, 0.86%
Brazil, 1737, 0.86%
Brazil
1737 publications, 0.86%
Denmark, 1446, 0.72%
Denmark
1446 publications, 0.72%
Austria, 1349, 0.67%
Austria
1349 publications, 0.67%
Mexico, 1210, 0.6%
Mexico
1210 publications, 0.6%
Poland, 1129, 0.56%
Poland
1129 publications, 0.56%
Turkey, 1121, 0.56%
Turkey
1121 publications, 0.56%
Singapore, 1092, 0.54%
Singapore
1092 publications, 0.54%
Greece, 1091, 0.54%
Greece
1091 publications, 0.54%
Russia, 1056, 0.52%
Russia
1056 publications, 0.52%
Finland, 1017, 0.5%
Finland
1017 publications, 0.5%
Ireland, 916, 0.45%
Ireland
916 publications, 0.45%
New Zealand, 868, 0.43%
New Zealand
868 publications, 0.43%
Saudi Arabia, 838, 0.42%
Saudi Arabia
838 publications, 0.42%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1880 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.
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