Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Short name
HHMI
Country, city
USA, Chevy Chase
Publications
66 791
Citations
9 792 561
h-index
1061
Top-3 journals
Nature
Nature (3592 publications)
Science
Science (2633 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (9801 publications)
Stanford University
Stanford University (4767 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (4683 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (776 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (511 publications)
Paris Cité University
Paris Cité University (433 publications)
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Since 1948

Total publications
66788
Total citations
9791907
Citations per publication
146.61
Average publications per year
867.38
Average authors per publication
7.67
h-index
1061
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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Molecular Biology, 14813, 22.18%
Molecular Biology
14813 publications, 22.18%
Multidisciplinary, 12895, 19.31%
Multidisciplinary
12895 publications, 19.31%
Cell Biology, 11396, 17.06%
Cell Biology
11396 publications, 17.06%
Biochemistry, 8690, 13.01%
Biochemistry
8690 publications, 13.01%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8286, 12.41%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
8286 publications, 12.41%
Genetics, 7650, 11.45%
Genetics
7650 publications, 11.45%
Immunology, 5835, 8.74%
Immunology
5835 publications, 8.74%
General Neuroscience, 5292, 7.92%
General Neuroscience
5292 publications, 7.92%
General Medicine, 4787, 7.17%
General Medicine
4787 publications, 7.17%
Developmental Biology, 3480, 5.21%
Developmental Biology
3480 publications, 5.21%
Immunology and Allergy, 3446, 5.16%
Immunology and Allergy
3446 publications, 5.16%
Structural Biology, 2419, 3.62%
Structural Biology
2419 publications, 3.62%
General Chemistry, 2082, 3.12%
General Chemistry
2082 publications, 3.12%
Microbiology, 1945, 2.91%
Microbiology
1945 publications, 2.91%
General Immunology and Microbiology, 1865, 2.79%
General Immunology and Microbiology
1865 publications, 2.79%
Genetics (clinical), 1727, 2.59%
Genetics (clinical)
1727 publications, 2.59%
Biotechnology, 1694, 2.54%
Biotechnology
1694 publications, 2.54%
Cancer Research, 1651, 2.47%
Cancer Research
1651 publications, 2.47%
Molecular Medicine, 1589, 2.38%
Molecular Medicine
1589 publications, 2.38%
Virology, 1433, 2.15%
Virology
1433 publications, 2.15%
Hematology, 1399, 2.09%
Hematology
1399 publications, 2.09%
Physiology, 1334, 2%
Physiology
1334 publications, 2%
Oncology, 1333, 2%
Oncology
1333 publications, 2%
Biophysics, 1265, 1.89%
Biophysics
1265 publications, 1.89%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1248, 1.87%
General Physics and Astronomy
1248 publications, 1.87%
Infectious Diseases, 1236, 1.85%
Infectious Diseases
1236 publications, 1.85%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 1217, 1.82%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
1217 publications, 1.82%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 813, 1.22%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
813 publications, 1.22%
Insect Science, 769, 1.15%
Insect Science
769 publications, 1.15%
Pharmacology, 761, 1.14%
Pharmacology
761 publications, 1.14%
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Journals

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
5404 publications, 8.09%
Nature
3592 publications, 5.38%
Science
2633 publications, 3.94%
Cell
2410 publications, 3.61%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
1925 publications, 2.88%
eLife
1325 publications, 1.98%
Neuron
1145 publications, 1.71%
Nature Communications
1078 publications, 1.61%
Blood
1021 publications, 1.53%
Molecular Cell
1003 publications, 1.5%
Molecular and Cellular Biology
881 publications, 1.32%
Development (Cambridge)
870 publications, 1.3%
Genes and Development
798 publications, 1.19%
Current Biology
767 publications, 1.15%
Journal of Immunology
753 publications, 1.13%
Nature Genetics
748 publications, 1.12%
Journal of Virology
684 publications, 1.02%
Journal of Experimental Medicine
664 publications, 0.99%
Nucleic Acids Research
659 publications, 0.99%
Journal of Neuroscience
659 publications, 0.99%
Journal of Cell Biology
643 publications, 0.96%
Biochemistry
643 publications, 0.96%
Journal of Molecular Biology
642 publications, 0.96%
Biophysical Journal
501 publications, 0.75%
Nature Neuroscience
485 publications, 0.73%
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
481 publications, 0.72%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
464 publications, 0.69%
Immunity
446 publications, 0.67%
Developmental Biology
445 publications, 0.67%
Cell Reports
430 publications, 0.64%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
15636 publications, 23.41%
Springer Nature
13551 publications, 20.29%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
5404 publications, 8.09%
Wiley
3753 publications, 5.62%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
3264 publications, 4.89%
American Society for Microbiology
2226 publications, 3.33%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2001 publications, 3%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1925 publications, 2.88%
Oxford University Press
1865 publications, 2.79%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1508 publications, 2.26%
Rockefeller University Press
1435 publications, 2.15%
eLife Sciences Publications
1325 publications, 1.98%
The Company of Biologists
1123 publications, 1.68%
American Society of Hematology
1043 publications, 1.56%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
866 publications, 1.3%
The American Association of Immunologists
755 publications, 1.13%
Society for Neuroscience
667 publications, 1%
Annual Reviews
647 publications, 0.97%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
615 publications, 0.92%
Biophysical Society
488 publications, 0.73%
Genetics Society of America
432 publications, 0.65%
Wolters Kluwer Health
413 publications, 0.62%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
412 publications, 0.62%
The Endocrine Society
409 publications, 0.61%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
398 publications, 0.6%
Frontiers Media S.A.
340 publications, 0.51%
EMBO press
340 publications, 0.51%
American Physiological Society
331 publications, 0.5%
Taylor & Francis
289 publications, 0.43%
American Society for Clinical Investigation
256 publications, 0.38%
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With other organizations

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Harvard University
9801 publications, 14.67%
Stanford University
4767 publications, 7.14%
Yale University
4683 publications, 7.01%
University of California, San Francisco
4417 publications, 6.61%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3546 publications, 5.31%
University of Washington
3480 publications, 5.21%
Rockefeller University
3349 publications, 5.01%
University of California, Berkeley
3150 publications, 4.72%
University of California, San Diego
3001 publications, 4.49%
Johns Hopkins University
2873 publications, 4.3%
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2626 publications, 3.93%
Columbia University
2587 publications, 3.87%
Massachusetts General Hospital
2336 publications, 3.5%
Boston Children's Hospital
2126 publications, 3.18%
University of California, Los Angeles
2062 publications, 3.09%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2045 publications, 3.06%
University of Michigan
1977 publications, 2.96%
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
1962 publications, 2.94%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
1841 publications, 2.76%
Duke University Hospital
1818 publications, 2.72%
University of Chicago
1808 publications, 2.71%
Baylor College of Medicine
1790 publications, 2.68%
California Institute of Technology
1642 publications, 2.46%
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
1539 publications, 2.3%
Washington University in St. Louis
1536 publications, 2.3%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1453 publications, 2.18%
New York University
1316 publications, 1.97%
Cornell University
1246 publications, 1.87%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1129 publications, 1.69%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
1030 publications, 1.54%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Cambridge
776 publications, 1.16%
University of Oxford
511 publications, 0.77%
Paris Cité University
433 publications, 0.65%
University College London
386 publications, 0.58%
Karolinska Institute
330 publications, 0.49%
McGill University
296 publications, 0.44%
University of Copenhagen
271 publications, 0.41%
University of British Columbia
259 publications, 0.39%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
257 publications, 0.38%
Imperial College London
256 publications, 0.38%
Weizmann Institute of Science
255 publications, 0.38%
Institut Pasteur
247 publications, 0.37%
ETH Zurich
235 publications, 0.35%
University of Edinburgh
215 publications, 0.32%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
207 publications, 0.31%
University of Melbourne
206 publications, 0.31%
University of Zurich
201 publications, 0.3%
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
197 publications, 0.29%
Sorbonne University
195 publications, 0.29%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
189 publications, 0.28%
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
185 publications, 0.28%
Kyoto University
184 publications, 0.28%
Fudan University
182 publications, 0.27%
Osaka University
180 publications, 0.27%
Peking University
178 publications, 0.27%
National University of Singapore
172 publications, 0.26%
Tel Aviv University
169 publications, 0.25%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
162 publications, 0.24%
University of Queensland
154 publications, 0.23%
Uppsala University
152 publications, 0.23%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 3716, 5.56%
United Kingdom
3716 publications, 5.56%
Germany, 3362, 5.03%
Germany
3362 publications, 5.03%
China, 2227, 3.33%
China
2227 publications, 3.33%
France, 2194, 3.29%
France
2194 publications, 3.29%
Canada, 2055, 3.08%
Canada
2055 publications, 3.08%
Japan, 1875, 2.81%
Japan
1875 publications, 2.81%
Switzerland, 1271, 1.9%
Switzerland
1271 publications, 1.9%
Italy, 1122, 1.68%
Italy
1122 publications, 1.68%
Australia, 1085, 1.62%
Australia
1085 publications, 1.62%
Netherlands, 1083, 1.62%
Netherlands
1083 publications, 1.62%
Spain, 917, 1.37%
Spain
917 publications, 1.37%
Sweden, 847, 1.27%
Sweden
847 publications, 1.27%
Israel, 807, 1.21%
Israel
807 publications, 1.21%
Republic of Korea, 778, 1.16%
Republic of Korea
778 publications, 1.16%
Austria, 560, 0.84%
Austria
560 publications, 0.84%
Denmark, 541, 0.81%
Denmark
541 publications, 0.81%
Belgium, 516, 0.77%
Belgium
516 publications, 0.77%
Brazil, 350, 0.52%
Brazil
350 publications, 0.52%
Singapore, 338, 0.51%
Singapore
338 publications, 0.51%
Finland, 258, 0.39%
Finland
258 publications, 0.39%
Turkey, 251, 0.38%
Turkey
251 publications, 0.38%
India, 248, 0.37%
India
248 publications, 0.37%
Russia, 244, 0.37%
Russia
244 publications, 0.37%
Portugal, 240, 0.36%
Portugal
240 publications, 0.36%
South Africa, 231, 0.35%
South Africa
231 publications, 0.35%
Norway, 215, 0.32%
Norway
215 publications, 0.32%
Mexico, 183, 0.27%
Mexico
183 publications, 0.27%
Ireland, 169, 0.25%
Ireland
169 publications, 0.25%
Czech Republic, 167, 0.25%
Czech Republic
167 publications, 0.25%
Saudi Arabia, 158, 0.24%
Saudi Arabia
158 publications, 0.24%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1948 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.