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Northern Illinois University
Short name
NIU
Country, city
USA, Chicago
Publications
20 187
Citations
482 802
h-index
234
Top-3 journals
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal of High Energy Physics (395 publications)
European Physical Journal C
European Physical Journal C (345 publications)
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (299 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (871 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (870 publications)
University College London
University College London (863 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1957

Total publications
20187
Total citations
482802
Citations per publication
23.92
Average publications per year
288.39
Average authors per publication
119.77
h-index
234
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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Education, 2068, 10.24%
Education
2068 publications, 10.24%
General Medicine, 1083, 5.36%
General Medicine
1083 publications, 5.36%
Sociology and Political Science, 953, 4.72%
Sociology and Political Science
953 publications, 4.72%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 932, 4.62%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
932 publications, 4.62%
History, 698, 3.46%
History
698 publications, 3.46%
Condensed Matter Physics, 673, 3.33%
Condensed Matter Physics
673 publications, 3.33%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 667, 3.3%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
667 publications, 3.3%
Biochemistry, 596, 2.95%
Biochemistry
596 publications, 2.95%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 594, 2.94%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
594 publications, 2.94%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 575, 2.85%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
575 publications, 2.85%
Applied Mathematics, 544, 2.69%
Applied Mathematics
544 publications, 2.69%
General Physics and Astronomy, 539, 2.67%
General Physics and Astronomy
539 publications, 2.67%
Clinical Psychology, 532, 2.64%
Clinical Psychology
532 publications, 2.64%
General Chemistry, 524, 2.6%
General Chemistry
524 publications, 2.6%
Social Psychology, 514, 2.55%
Social Psychology
514 publications, 2.55%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 488, 2.42%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
488 publications, 2.42%
Cultural Studies, 451, 2.23%
Cultural Studies
451 publications, 2.23%
General Psychology, 451, 2.23%
General Psychology
451 publications, 2.23%
Organic Chemistry, 445, 2.2%
Organic Chemistry
445 publications, 2.2%
Economics and Econometrics, 434, 2.15%
Economics and Econometrics
434 publications, 2.15%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 433, 2.14%
Psychiatry and Mental health
433 publications, 2.14%
General Mathematics, 430, 2.13%
General Mathematics
430 publications, 2.13%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 427, 2.12%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
427 publications, 2.12%
Materials Chemistry, 417, 2.07%
Materials Chemistry
417 publications, 2.07%
Applied Psychology, 416, 2.06%
Applied Psychology
416 publications, 2.06%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 407, 2.02%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
407 publications, 2.02%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous), 391, 1.94%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
391 publications, 1.94%
Molecular Biology, 379, 1.88%
Molecular Biology
379 publications, 1.88%
Statistics and Probability, 372, 1.84%
Statistics and Probability
372 publications, 1.84%
Inorganic Chemistry, 368, 1.82%
Inorganic Chemistry
368 publications, 1.82%
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Journals

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Journal of High Energy Physics
395 publications, 1.96%
European Physical Journal C
345 publications, 1.71%
Physical Review B
299 publications, 1.48%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
227 publications, 1.12%
SSRN Electronic Journal
182 publications, 0.9%
Physical Review Letters
155 publications, 0.77%
Physical Review D
153 publications, 0.76%
Journal of Asian Studies
117 publications, 0.58%
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
76 publications, 0.38%
Psychological Reports
76 publications, 0.38%
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
75 publications, 0.37%
Journal of Teacher Education
74 publications, 0.37%
Journal of Algebra
68 publications, 0.34%
Journal of Applied Physics
67 publications, 0.33%
Applied Physics Letters
66 publications, 0.33%
Community & Junior College Libraries
65 publications, 0.32%
Science
62 publications, 0.31%
Child Abuse and Neglect
58 publications, 0.29%
Adult Learning
58 publications, 0.29%
Politics and the Life Sciences
56 publications, 0.28%
Tetrahedron Letters
55 publications, 0.27%
Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
50 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Applied Probability
50 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Instrumentation
50 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Organic Chemistry
49 publications, 0.24%
FASEB Journal
49 publications, 0.24%
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
49 publications, 0.24%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
49 publications, 0.24%
MRS Proceedings
49 publications, 0.24%
Organometallics
47 publications, 0.23%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3555 publications, 17.61%
Springer Nature
3153 publications, 15.62%
Taylor & Francis
2168 publications, 10.74%
Wiley
2142 publications, 10.61%
SAGE
1908 publications, 9.45%
Cambridge University Press
775 publications, 3.84%
American Physical Society (APS)
722 publications, 3.58%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
487 publications, 2.41%
Oxford University Press
448 publications, 2.22%
Emerald
252 publications, 1.25%
MDPI
242 publications, 1.2%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
227 publications, 1.12%
AIP Publishing
226 publications, 1.12%
American Psychological Association (APA)
215 publications, 1.07%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
206 publications, 1.02%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
177 publications, 0.88%
Human Kinetics
150 publications, 0.74%
IOP Publishing
143 publications, 0.71%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
129 publications, 0.64%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
127 publications, 0.63%
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
99 publications, 0.49%
American Meteorological Society
91 publications, 0.45%
IGI Global
84 publications, 0.42%
The Electrochemical Society
76 publications, 0.38%
University of Chicago Press
74 publications, 0.37%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
73 publications, 0.36%
American Society for Microbiology
69 publications, 0.34%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
69 publications, 0.34%
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
67 publications, 0.33%
Brill
64 publications, 0.32%
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With other organizations

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Argonne National Laboratory
1982 publications, 9.82%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1072 publications, 5.31%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1005 publications, 4.98%
University of Chicago
980 publications, 4.85%
Michigan State University
964 publications, 4.78%
University of Michigan
951 publications, 4.71%
Ohio State University
940 publications, 4.66%
Yale University
927 publications, 4.59%
Iowa State University
923 publications, 4.57%
Southern Methodist University
915 publications, 4.53%
Indiana University Bloomington
915 publications, 4.53%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
904 publications, 4.48%
University of Iowa
895 publications, 4.43%
University of Arizona
892 publications, 4.42%
University of Pittsburgh
891 publications, 4.41%
Harvard University
884 publications, 4.38%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
877 publications, 4.34%
Duke University
874 publications, 4.33%
Brookhaven National Laboratory
872 publications, 4.32%
University of Washington
872 publications, 4.32%
University of Cambridge
871 publications, 4.31%
University of Oxford
870 publications, 4.31%
Boston University
867 publications, 4.29%
Stony Brook University
864 publications, 4.28%
New York University
864 publications, 4.28%
University College London
863 publications, 4.28%
University of California, Irvine
860 publications, 4.26%
Charles University
857 publications, 4.25%
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
853 publications, 4.23%
University of Birmingham
852 publications, 4.22%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Cambridge
871 publications, 4.31%
University of Oxford
870 publications, 4.31%
University College London
863 publications, 4.28%
Charles University
857 publications, 4.25%
University of Birmingham
852 publications, 4.22%
European Organization for Nuclear Research
849 publications, 4.21%
University of Liverpool
846 publications, 4.19%
University of Melbourne
844 publications, 4.18%
Université Paris-Saclay
844 publications, 4.18%
University of Edinburgh
843 publications, 4.18%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
843 publications, 4.18%
McGill University
839 publications, 4.16%
University of British Columbia
835 publications, 4.14%
University of Manchester
834 publications, 4.13%
University of Tokyo
833 publications, 4.13%
Nanjing University
832 publications, 4.12%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
832 publications, 4.12%
University of SĂŁo Paulo
832 publications, 4.12%
University of Alberta
831 publications, 4.12%
Lancaster University
828 publications, 4.1%
University of Sheffield
828 publications, 4.1%
University of Pisa
827 publications, 4.1%
University of Pavia
827 publications, 4.1%
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
827 publications, 4.1%
National Institute for Subatomic Physics
826 publications, 4.09%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
825 publications, 4.09%
University of Bern
824 publications, 4.08%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
823 publications, 4.08%
Heidelberg University
822 publications, 4.07%
Stockholm University
822 publications, 4.07%
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With other countries

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China, 1612, 7.99%
China
1612 publications, 7.99%
United Kingdom, 1231, 6.1%
United Kingdom
1231 publications, 6.1%
Canada, 1145, 5.67%
Canada
1145 publications, 5.67%
Germany, 1134, 5.62%
Germany
1134 publications, 5.62%
France, 1030, 5.1%
France
1030 publications, 5.1%
Australia, 994, 4.92%
Australia
994 publications, 4.92%
Italy, 971, 4.81%
Italy
971 publications, 4.81%
Japan, 938, 4.65%
Japan
938 publications, 4.65%
Netherlands, 910, 4.51%
Netherlands
910 publications, 4.51%
Poland, 905, 4.48%
Poland
905 publications, 4.48%
Switzerland, 897, 4.44%
Switzerland
897 publications, 4.44%
Spain, 888, 4.4%
Spain
888 publications, 4.4%
Brazil, 879, 4.35%
Brazil
879 publications, 4.35%
Czech Republic, 850, 4.21%
Czech Republic
850 publications, 4.21%
Sweden, 850, 4.21%
Sweden
850 publications, 4.21%
Israel, 831, 4.12%
Israel
831 publications, 4.12%
Turkey, 831, 4.12%
Turkey
831 publications, 4.12%
Norway, 828, 4.1%
Norway
828 publications, 4.1%
Portugal, 815, 4.04%
Portugal
815 publications, 4.04%
Chile, 812, 4.02%
Chile
812 publications, 4.02%
Colombia, 810, 4.01%
Colombia
810 publications, 4.01%
Greece, 805, 3.99%
Greece
805 publications, 3.99%
Denmark, 805, 3.99%
Denmark
805 publications, 3.99%
Austria, 803, 3.98%
Austria
803 publications, 3.98%
Argentina, 796, 3.94%
Argentina
796 publications, 3.94%
South Africa, 795, 3.94%
South Africa
795 publications, 3.94%
Romania, 785, 3.89%
Romania
785 publications, 3.89%
Georgia, 783, 3.88%
Georgia
783 publications, 3.88%
Slovenia, 771, 3.82%
Slovenia
771 publications, 3.82%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1957 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.