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London School of Economics and Political Science
Short name
LSE
Country, city
United Kingdom, London
Publications
29 645
Citations
873 994
h-index
329
Top-3 journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (1047 publications)
Economic Journal
Economic Journal (235 publications)
Top-3 organizations
University College London
University College London (1028 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (844 publications)
King's College London
King's College London (777 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (504 publications)
Stanford University
Stanford University (224 publications)
Columbia University
Columbia University (184 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1905

Total publications
29645
Total citations
873994
Citations per publication
29.48
Average publications per year
242.99
Average authors per publication
3.16
h-index
329
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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Economics and Econometrics, 4774, 16.1%
Economics and Econometrics
4774 publications, 16.1%
Sociology and Political Science, 4484, 15.13%
Sociology and Political Science
4484 publications, 15.13%
Political Science and International Relations, 2487, 8.39%
Political Science and International Relations
2487 publications, 8.39%
Geography, Planning and Development, 2232, 7.53%
Geography, Planning and Development
2232 publications, 7.53%
History, 1765, 5.95%
History
1765 publications, 5.95%
Law, 1259, 4.25%
Law
1259 publications, 4.25%
Finance, 1229, 4.15%
Finance
1229 publications, 4.15%
Health Policy, 1129, 3.81%
Health Policy
1129 publications, 3.81%
Development, 1106, 3.73%
Development
1106 publications, 3.73%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 1095, 3.69%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
1095 publications, 3.69%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 1053, 3.55%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
1053 publications, 3.55%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 1035, 3.49%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
1035 publications, 3.49%
General Medicine, 994, 3.35%
General Medicine
994 publications, 3.35%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous), 846, 2.85%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
846 publications, 2.85%
Cultural Studies, 822, 2.77%
Cultural Studies
822 publications, 2.77%
Philosophy, 817, 2.76%
Philosophy
817 publications, 2.76%
Statistics and Probability, 810, 2.73%
Statistics and Probability
810 publications, 2.73%
Strategy and Management, 785, 2.65%
Strategy and Management
785 publications, 2.65%
General Social Sciences, 764, 2.58%
General Social Sciences
764 publications, 2.58%
Applied Mathematics, 747, 2.52%
Applied Mathematics
747 publications, 2.52%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 739, 2.49%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
739 publications, 2.49%
Public Administration, 713, 2.41%
Public Administration
713 publications, 2.41%
Health (social science), 658, 2.22%
Health (social science)
658 publications, 2.22%
Accounting, 624, 2.1%
Accounting
624 publications, 2.1%
Business and International Management, 622, 2.1%
Business and International Management
622 publications, 2.1%
Environmental Science (miscellaneous), 609, 2.05%
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
609 publications, 2.05%
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 583, 1.97%
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
583 publications, 1.97%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 551, 1.86%
Psychiatry and Mental health
551 publications, 1.86%
Anthropology, 537, 1.81%
Anthropology
537 publications, 1.81%
Social Psychology, 532, 1.79%
Social Psychology
532 publications, 1.79%
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Journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
1047 publications, 3.53%
Millennium: Journal of International Studies
482 publications, 1.63%
Economic Journal
235 publications, 0.79%
Business History
199 publications, 0.67%
Social Science and Medicine
189 publications, 0.64%
Review of Economic Studies
157 publications, 0.53%
European Economic Review
152 publications, 0.51%
American Economic Review
140 publications, 0.47%
The Lancet
139 publications, 0.47%
PLoS ONE
136 publications, 0.46%
Modern Law Review
134 publications, 0.45%
Value in Health
132 publications, 0.45%
Journal of Econometrics
131 publications, 0.44%
Academy of Management Proceedings
130 publications, 0.44%
Environment and Planning A
129 publications, 0.44%
Urban Studies
125 publications, 0.42%
Economic History Review
124 publications, 0.42%
British Journal of Industrial Relations
122 publications, 0.41%
Sociology
120 publications, 0.4%
Nations and Nationalism
120 publications, 0.4%
Journal of Social Policy
120 publications, 0.4%
World Development
119 publications, 0.4%
BMJ
119 publications, 0.4%
Health Policy
114 publications, 0.38%
Journal of Public Economics
111 publications, 0.37%
Economics Letters
110 publications, 0.37%
Quarterly Journal of Economics
93 publications, 0.31%
Environment and Planning C Government and Policy
91 publications, 0.31%
Journal of Latin American Studies
90 publications, 0.3%
Sociological Review
89 publications, 0.3%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
4851 publications, 16.36%
Springer Nature
4607 publications, 15.54%
Wiley
4152 publications, 14.01%
SAGE
3809 publications, 12.85%
Taylor & Francis
3639 publications, 12.28%
Oxford University Press
1838 publications, 6.2%
Cambridge University Press
1741 publications, 5.87%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1024 publications, 3.45%
Emerald
307 publications, 1.04%
American Economic Association
289 publications, 0.97%
MDPI
219 publications, 0.74%
BMJ
195 publications, 0.66%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
191 publications, 0.64%
Frontiers Media S.A.
160 publications, 0.54%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
149 publications, 0.5%
Academy of Management
142 publications, 0.48%
Brill
118 publications, 0.4%
University of Chicago Press
105 publications, 0.35%
Annual Reviews
103 publications, 0.35%
The Royal Society
94 publications, 0.32%
Walter de Gruyter
87 publications, 0.29%
Bristol University Press
84 publications, 0.28%
American Psychological Association (APA)
70 publications, 0.24%
World Scientific
65 publications, 0.22%
MIT Press
65 publications, 0.22%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
63 publications, 0.21%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
62 publications, 0.21%
American Medical Association (AMA)
60 publications, 0.2%
IGI Global
58 publications, 0.2%
The Econometric Society
56 publications, 0.19%
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With other organizations

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University College London
1028 publications, 3.47%
University of Oxford
844 publications, 2.85%
King's College London
777 publications, 2.62%
Harvard University
504 publications, 1.7%
Imperial College London
496 publications, 1.67%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
486 publications, 1.64%
University of Cambridge
467 publications, 1.58%
Queen Mary University of London
342 publications, 1.15%
University of Manchester
310 publications, 1.05%
University of Warwick
270 publications, 0.91%
University of Leeds
247 publications, 0.83%
University of Exeter
240 publications, 0.81%
University of York
235 publications, 0.79%
University of Bristol
225 publications, 0.76%
University of Sussex
225 publications, 0.76%
Stanford University
224 publications, 0.76%
University of Edinburgh
207 publications, 0.7%
Centre for Economic Policy Research
205 publications, 0.69%
University of Kent
191 publications, 0.64%
University of Birmingham
190 publications, 0.64%
Newcastle University
185 publications, 0.62%
University of Southampton
184 publications, 0.62%
Columbia University
184 publications, 0.62%
University of Sheffield
170 publications, 0.57%
University of Essex
170 publications, 0.57%
University of Toronto
169 publications, 0.57%
Yale University
154 publications, 0.52%
Brunel University London
151 publications, 0.51%
University of Liverpool
147 publications, 0.5%
University of Amsterdam
144 publications, 0.49%
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With foreign organizations

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Harvard University
504 publications, 1.7%
Stanford University
224 publications, 0.76%
Columbia University
184 publications, 0.62%
University of Toronto
169 publications, 0.57%
Yale University
154 publications, 0.52%
University of Amsterdam
144 publications, 0.49%
New York University
140 publications, 0.47%
Stockholm University
136 publications, 0.46%
University of California, Berkeley
133 publications, 0.45%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
132 publications, 0.45%
University of New South Wales
124 publications, 0.42%
Bocconi University
124 publications, 0.42%
University of Melbourne
123 publications, 0.41%
University of Barcelona
121 publications, 0.41%
University of Sydney
117 publications, 0.39%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
114 publications, 0.38%
Johns Hopkins University
114 publications, 0.38%
University of Pennsylvania
113 publications, 0.38%
University of Oslo
112 publications, 0.38%
Princeton University
112 publications, 0.38%
University of Helsinki
110 publications, 0.37%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
110 publications, 0.37%
Tilburg University
109 publications, 0.37%
University of Zurich
107 publications, 0.36%
University of Copenhagen
107 publications, 0.36%
Maastricht University
106 publications, 0.36%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
105 publications, 0.35%
University of Hong Kong
104 publications, 0.35%
University of Chicago
104 publications, 0.35%
Pompeu Fabra University
103 publications, 0.35%
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With other countries

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USA, 3879, 13.08%
USA
3879 publications, 13.08%
Italy, 1491, 5.03%
Italy
1491 publications, 5.03%
Germany, 1313, 4.43%
Germany
1313 publications, 4.43%
Netherlands, 886, 2.99%
Netherlands
886 publications, 2.99%
Canada, 795, 2.68%
Canada
795 publications, 2.68%
Australia, 761, 2.57%
Australia
761 publications, 2.57%
France, 715, 2.41%
France
715 publications, 2.41%
China, 698, 2.35%
China
698 publications, 2.35%
Spain, 683, 2.3%
Spain
683 publications, 2.3%
Switzerland, 534, 1.8%
Switzerland
534 publications, 1.8%
Sweden, 444, 1.5%
Sweden
444 publications, 1.5%
Belgium, 415, 1.4%
Belgium
415 publications, 1.4%
Norway, 344, 1.16%
Norway
344 publications, 1.16%
Austria, 325, 1.1%
Austria
325 publications, 1.1%
Denmark, 323, 1.09%
Denmark
323 publications, 1.09%
India, 291, 0.98%
India
291 publications, 0.98%
Greece, 282, 0.95%
Greece
282 publications, 0.95%
Portugal, 277, 0.93%
Portugal
277 publications, 0.93%
South Africa, 272, 0.92%
South Africa
272 publications, 0.92%
Brazil, 269, 0.91%
Brazil
269 publications, 0.91%
Finland, 227, 0.77%
Finland
227 publications, 0.77%
Ireland, 208, 0.7%
Ireland
208 publications, 0.7%
Japan, 188, 0.63%
Japan
188 publications, 0.63%
Israel, 159, 0.54%
Israel
159 publications, 0.54%
New Zealand, 141, 0.48%
New Zealand
141 publications, 0.48%
Hungary, 131, 0.44%
Hungary
131 publications, 0.44%
Turkey, 129, 0.44%
Turkey
129 publications, 0.44%
Poland, 125, 0.42%
Poland
125 publications, 0.42%
Chile, 125, 0.42%
Chile
125 publications, 0.42%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1905 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.