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Northern Illinois University
Short name
NIU
Country, city
USA, Chicago
Publications
19 651
Citations
451 888
h-index
225
Top-3 journals
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal of High Energy Physics (379 publications)
European Physical Journal C
European Physical Journal C (331 publications)
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (298 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (818 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (814 publications)
University College London
University College London (807 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1957

Total publications
19651
Total citations
451888
Citations per publication
23
Average publications per year
284.8
Average authors per publication
116.1
h-index
225
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, 2057, 10.47%
Education
2057 publications, 10.47%
General Medicine, 1057, 5.38%
General Medicine
1057 publications, 5.38%
Sociology and Political Science, 934, 4.75%
Sociology and Political Science
934 publications, 4.75%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 912, 4.64%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
912 publications, 4.64%
History, 696, 3.54%
History
696 publications, 3.54%
Condensed Matter Physics, 673, 3.42%
Condensed Matter Physics
673 publications, 3.42%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 667, 3.39%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
667 publications, 3.39%
Biochemistry, 596, 3.03%
Biochemistry
596 publications, 3.03%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 594, 3.02%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
594 publications, 3.02%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 575, 2.93%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
575 publications, 2.93%
Applied Mathematics, 543, 2.76%
Applied Mathematics
543 publications, 2.76%
General Physics and Astronomy, 534, 2.72%
General Physics and Astronomy
534 publications, 2.72%
General Chemistry, 524, 2.67%
General Chemistry
524 publications, 2.67%
Clinical Psychology, 519, 2.64%
Clinical Psychology
519 publications, 2.64%
Social Psychology, 490, 2.49%
Social Psychology
490 publications, 2.49%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 488, 2.48%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
488 publications, 2.48%
Cultural Studies, 450, 2.29%
Cultural Studies
450 publications, 2.29%
Organic Chemistry, 445, 2.26%
Organic Chemistry
445 publications, 2.26%
General Psychology, 441, 2.24%
General Psychology
441 publications, 2.24%
Economics and Econometrics, 434, 2.21%
Economics and Econometrics
434 publications, 2.21%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 427, 2.17%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
427 publications, 2.17%
General Mathematics, 424, 2.16%
General Mathematics
424 publications, 2.16%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 421, 2.14%
Psychiatry and Mental health
421 publications, 2.14%
Materials Chemistry, 417, 2.12%
Materials Chemistry
417 publications, 2.12%
Applied Psychology, 413, 2.1%
Applied Psychology
413 publications, 2.1%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 407, 2.07%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
407 publications, 2.07%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous), 391, 1.99%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
391 publications, 1.99%
Molecular Biology, 379, 1.93%
Molecular Biology
379 publications, 1.93%
Statistics and Probability, 372, 1.89%
Statistics and Probability
372 publications, 1.89%
Inorganic Chemistry, 368, 1.87%
Inorganic Chemistry
368 publications, 1.87%
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Journals

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Journal of High Energy Physics
379 publications, 1.93%
European Physical Journal C
331 publications, 1.68%
Physical Review B
298 publications, 1.52%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
227 publications, 1.16%
SSRN Electronic Journal
180 publications, 0.92%
Physical Review Letters
149 publications, 0.76%
Physical Review D
143 publications, 0.73%
Journal of Asian Studies
117 publications, 0.6%
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
76 publications, 0.39%
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
74 publications, 0.38%
Journal of Teacher Education
74 publications, 0.38%
Psychological Reports
73 publications, 0.37%
Journal of Algebra
67 publications, 0.34%
Applied Physics Letters
66 publications, 0.34%
Journal of Applied Physics
66 publications, 0.34%
Community & Junior College Libraries
65 publications, 0.33%
Science
62 publications, 0.32%
Adult Learning
58 publications, 0.3%
Child Abuse and Neglect
57 publications, 0.29%
Politics and the Life Sciences
56 publications, 0.28%
Tetrahedron Letters
53 publications, 0.27%
Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
50 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Applied Probability
50 publications, 0.25%
FASEB Journal
49 publications, 0.25%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
49 publications, 0.25%
MRS Proceedings
49 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Organic Chemistry
48 publications, 0.24%
Organometallics
47 publications, 0.24%
American Political Science Review
47 publications, 0.24%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
46 publications, 0.23%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3452 publications, 17.57%
Springer Nature
3072 publications, 15.63%
Taylor & Francis
2139 publications, 10.88%
Wiley
2103 publications, 10.7%
SAGE
1882 publications, 9.58%
Cambridge University Press
769 publications, 3.91%
American Physical Society (APS)
701 publications, 3.57%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
476 publications, 2.42%
Oxford University Press
432 publications, 2.2%
Emerald
239 publications, 1.22%
MDPI
229 publications, 1.17%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
227 publications, 1.16%
AIP Publishing
224 publications, 1.14%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
205 publications, 1.04%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
177 publications, 0.9%
Human Kinetics
149 publications, 0.76%
IOP Publishing
136 publications, 0.69%
American Psychological Association (APA)
131 publications, 0.67%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
124 publications, 0.63%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
123 publications, 0.63%
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
99 publications, 0.5%
American Meteorological Society
87 publications, 0.44%
IGI Global
84 publications, 0.43%
The Electrochemical Society
74 publications, 0.38%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
72 publications, 0.37%
University of Chicago Press
70 publications, 0.36%
American Society for Microbiology
69 publications, 0.35%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
68 publications, 0.35%
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
67 publications, 0.34%
Brill
65 publications, 0.33%
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With other organizations

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Argonne National Laboratory
1901 publications, 9.67%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1008 publications, 5.13%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
954 publications, 4.85%
University of Chicago
921 publications, 4.69%
Michigan State University
905 publications, 4.61%
University of Michigan
894 publications, 4.55%
Ohio State University
881 publications, 4.48%
Yale University
874 publications, 4.45%
Iowa State University
869 publications, 4.42%
Southern Methodist University
863 publications, 4.39%
Indiana University Bloomington
863 publications, 4.39%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
851 publications, 4.33%
University of Iowa
841 publications, 4.28%
University of Arizona
836 publications, 4.25%
University of Pittsburgh
836 publications, 4.25%
Harvard University
833 publications, 4.24%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
824 publications, 4.19%
University of Washington
823 publications, 4.19%
University of Cambridge
818 publications, 4.16%
Duke University
818 publications, 4.16%
University of Oxford
814 publications, 4.14%
Brookhaven National Laboratory
814 publications, 4.14%
New York University
814 publications, 4.14%
Stony Brook University
812 publications, 4.13%
Boston University
812 publications, 4.13%
University College London
807 publications, 4.11%
University of California, Irvine
806 publications, 4.1%
Charles University
804 publications, 4.09%
University of New Mexico
804 publications, 4.09%
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
799 publications, 4.07%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Cambridge
818 publications, 4.16%
University of Oxford
814 publications, 4.14%
University College London
807 publications, 4.11%
Charles University
804 publications, 4.09%
University of Melbourne
798 publications, 4.06%
University of Birmingham
797 publications, 4.06%
Université Paris-Saclay
797 publications, 4.06%
European Organization for Nuclear Research
796 publications, 4.05%
University of Liverpool
794 publications, 4.04%
McGill University
791 publications, 4.03%
University of Edinburgh
790 publications, 4.02%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
790 publications, 4.02%
Nanjing University
784 publications, 3.99%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
784 publications, 3.99%
University of Tokyo
784 publications, 3.99%
University of SĂŁo Paulo
783 publications, 3.98%
University of Alberta
782 publications, 3.98%
University of Manchester
781 publications, 3.97%
Grenoble Alpes University
780 publications, 3.97%
Lancaster University
778 publications, 3.96%
University of Pavia
777 publications, 3.95%
University of Amsterdam
775 publications, 3.94%
University of Sheffield
775 publications, 3.94%
Kyoto University
774 publications, 3.94%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
774 publications, 3.94%
National Institute for Subatomic Physics
774 publications, 3.94%
Heidelberg University
773 publications, 3.93%
University of Milan
773 publications, 3.93%
University of Bern
772 publications, 3.93%
University of Copenhagen
772 publications, 3.93%
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With other countries

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China, 1572, 8%
China
1572 publications, 8%
United Kingdom, 1191, 6.06%
United Kingdom
1191 publications, 6.06%
Canada, 1108, 5.64%
Canada
1108 publications, 5.64%
Germany, 1099, 5.59%
Germany
1099 publications, 5.59%
France, 995, 5.06%
France
995 publications, 5.06%
Australia, 960, 4.89%
Australia
960 publications, 4.89%
Italy, 936, 4.76%
Italy
936 publications, 4.76%
Japan, 903, 4.6%
Japan
903 publications, 4.6%
Netherlands, 873, 4.44%
Netherlands
873 publications, 4.44%
Poland, 872, 4.44%
Poland
872 publications, 4.44%
Switzerland, 862, 4.39%
Switzerland
862 publications, 4.39%
Spain, 854, 4.35%
Spain
854 publications, 4.35%
Brazil, 842, 4.28%
Brazil
842 publications, 4.28%
Czech Republic, 816, 4.15%
Czech Republic
816 publications, 4.15%
Sweden, 816, 4.15%
Sweden
816 publications, 4.15%
Turkey, 798, 4.06%
Turkey
798 publications, 4.06%
Israel, 796, 4.05%
Israel
796 publications, 4.05%
Norway, 796, 4.05%
Norway
796 publications, 4.05%
Portugal, 781, 3.97%
Portugal
781 publications, 3.97%
Chile, 780, 3.97%
Chile
780 publications, 3.97%
Colombia, 776, 3.95%
Colombia
776 publications, 3.95%
Denmark, 773, 3.93%
Denmark
773 publications, 3.93%
Greece, 772, 3.93%
Greece
772 publications, 3.93%
Austria, 771, 3.92%
Austria
771 publications, 3.92%
Argentina, 763, 3.88%
Argentina
763 publications, 3.88%
South Africa, 762, 3.88%
South Africa
762 publications, 3.88%
Romania, 752, 3.83%
Romania
752 publications, 3.83%
Georgia, 750, 3.82%
Georgia
750 publications, 3.82%
Slovenia, 741, 3.77%
Slovenia
741 publications, 3.77%
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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.