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Northern Illinois University
Short name
NIU
Country, city
USA, Chicago
Publications
20 224
Citations
486 308
h-index
234
Top-3 journals
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal of High Energy Physics (398 publications)
European Physical Journal C
European Physical Journal C (348 publications)
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (299 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (879 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (878 publications)
University College London
University College London (871 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1957

Total publications
20224
Total citations
486308
Citations per publication
24.05
Average publications per year
288.91
Average authors per publication
120.71
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, 10.23%
Education
2068 publications, 10.23%
General Medicine, 1083, 5.36%
General Medicine
1083 publications, 5.36%
Sociology and Political Science, 953, 4.71%
Sociology and Political Science
953 publications, 4.71%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 932, 4.61%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
932 publications, 4.61%
History, 698, 3.45%
History
698 publications, 3.45%
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, 2.84%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
575 publications, 2.84%
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, 2.63%
Clinical Psychology
532 publications, 2.63%
General Chemistry, 524, 2.59%
General Chemistry
524 publications, 2.59%
Social Psychology, 514, 2.54%
Social Psychology
514 publications, 2.54%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 488, 2.41%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
488 publications, 2.41%
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, 2.11%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
427 publications, 2.11%
Materials Chemistry, 417, 2.06%
Materials Chemistry
417 publications, 2.06%
Applied Psychology, 416, 2.06%
Applied Psychology
416 publications, 2.06%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 407, 2.01%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
407 publications, 2.01%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous), 391, 1.93%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
391 publications, 1.93%
Molecular Biology, 379, 1.87%
Molecular Biology
379 publications, 1.87%
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
398 publications, 1.97%
European Physical Journal C
348 publications, 1.72%
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
156 publications, 0.77%
Physical Review D
154 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%
Inorganic Chemistry
48 publications, 0.24%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3560 publications, 17.6%
Springer Nature
3158 publications, 15.62%
Taylor & Francis
2176 publications, 10.76%
Wiley
2147 publications, 10.62%
SAGE
1910 publications, 9.44%
Cambridge University Press
776 publications, 3.84%
American Physical Society (APS)
725 publications, 3.58%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
489 publications, 2.42%
Oxford University Press
448 publications, 2.22%
Emerald
253 publications, 1.25%
MDPI
243 publications, 1.2%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
227 publications, 1.12%
AIP Publishing
226 publications, 1.12%
American Psychological Association (APA)
215 publications, 1.06%
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)
126 publications, 0.62%
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
66 publications, 0.33%
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With other organizations

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Argonne National Laboratory
1990 publications, 9.84%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1081 publications, 5.35%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1008 publications, 4.98%
University of Chicago
988 publications, 4.89%
Michigan State University
973 publications, 4.81%
University of Michigan
958 publications, 4.74%
Ohio State University
948 publications, 4.69%
Yale University
935 publications, 4.62%
Iowa State University
931 publications, 4.6%
Southern Methodist University
923 publications, 4.56%
Indiana University Bloomington
923 publications, 4.56%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
913 publications, 4.51%
University of Iowa
903 publications, 4.46%
University of Arizona
900 publications, 4.45%
University of Pittsburgh
899 publications, 4.45%
Harvard University
892 publications, 4.41%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
885 publications, 4.38%
Duke University
882 publications, 4.36%
Brookhaven National Laboratory
880 publications, 4.35%
University of Washington
880 publications, 4.35%
University of Cambridge
879 publications, 4.35%
University of Oxford
878 publications, 4.34%
Boston University
874 publications, 4.32%
Stony Brook University
872 publications, 4.31%
University College London
871 publications, 4.31%
New York University
871 publications, 4.31%
University of California, Irvine
868 publications, 4.29%
Charles University
865 publications, 4.28%
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
861 publications, 4.26%
University of Birmingham
860 publications, 4.25%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Cambridge
879 publications, 4.35%
University of Oxford
878 publications, 4.34%
University College London
871 publications, 4.31%
Charles University
865 publications, 4.28%
University of Birmingham
860 publications, 4.25%
European Organization for Nuclear Research
857 publications, 4.24%
University of Liverpool
854 publications, 4.22%
University of Melbourne
852 publications, 4.21%
University of Edinburgh
851 publications, 4.21%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
851 publications, 4.21%
McGill University
848 publications, 4.19%
Université Paris-Saclay
848 publications, 4.19%
University of British Columbia
843 publications, 4.17%
University of Manchester
842 publications, 4.16%
University of Tokyo
841 publications, 4.16%
Nanjing University
840 publications, 4.15%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
840 publications, 4.15%
University of SĂŁo Paulo
840 publications, 4.15%
University of Alberta
839 publications, 4.15%
Lancaster University
836 publications, 4.13%
University of Sheffield
836 publications, 4.13%
University of Pisa
835 publications, 4.13%
University of Pavia
835 publications, 4.13%
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
835 publications, 4.13%
National Institute for Subatomic Physics
834 publications, 4.12%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
833 publications, 4.12%
University of Bern
832 publications, 4.11%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
831 publications, 4.11%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
831 publications, 4.11%
Heidelberg University
830 publications, 4.1%
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With other countries

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China, 1621, 8.02%
China
1621 publications, 8.02%
United Kingdom, 1239, 6.13%
United Kingdom
1239 publications, 6.13%
Canada, 1154, 5.71%
Canada
1154 publications, 5.71%
Germany, 1144, 5.66%
Germany
1144 publications, 5.66%
France, 1038, 5.13%
France
1038 publications, 5.13%
Australia, 1002, 4.95%
Australia
1002 publications, 4.95%
Italy, 979, 4.84%
Italy
979 publications, 4.84%
Japan, 946, 4.68%
Japan
946 publications, 4.68%
Netherlands, 921, 4.55%
Netherlands
921 publications, 4.55%
Poland, 913, 4.51%
Poland
913 publications, 4.51%
Switzerland, 905, 4.47%
Switzerland
905 publications, 4.47%
Spain, 896, 4.43%
Spain
896 publications, 4.43%
Brazil, 887, 4.39%
Brazil
887 publications, 4.39%
Czech Republic, 858, 4.24%
Czech Republic
858 publications, 4.24%
Sweden, 858, 4.24%
Sweden
858 publications, 4.24%
Israel, 839, 4.15%
Israel
839 publications, 4.15%
Turkey, 839, 4.15%
Turkey
839 publications, 4.15%
Norway, 836, 4.13%
Norway
836 publications, 4.13%
Portugal, 823, 4.07%
Portugal
823 publications, 4.07%
Chile, 820, 4.05%
Chile
820 publications, 4.05%
Colombia, 817, 4.04%
Colombia
817 publications, 4.04%
Greece, 813, 4.02%
Greece
813 publications, 4.02%
Denmark, 813, 4.02%
Denmark
813 publications, 4.02%
Austria, 811, 4.01%
Austria
811 publications, 4.01%
Argentina, 804, 3.98%
Argentina
804 publications, 3.98%
South Africa, 803, 3.97%
South Africa
803 publications, 3.97%
Romania, 793, 3.92%
Romania
793 publications, 3.92%
Georgia, 791, 3.91%
Georgia
791 publications, 3.91%
Slovenia, 779, 3.85%
Slovenia
779 publications, 3.85%
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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.