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National Physical Laboratory
Short name
NPL
Country, city
United Kingdom, London
Publications
10 265
Citations
267 908
h-index
187
Top-3 journals
Metrologia
Metrologia (460 publications)
Nature
Nature (310 publications)
Top-3 organizations
University of Surrey
University of Surrey (523 publications)
University College London
University College London (446 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1899

Total publications
10265
Total citations
267908
Citations per publication
26.1
Average publications per year
80.2
Average authors per publication
5.35
h-index
187
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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Condensed Matter Physics, 1520, 14.81%
Condensed Matter Physics
1520 publications, 14.81%
General Engineering, 1226, 11.94%
General Engineering
1226 publications, 11.94%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1030, 10.03%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1030 publications, 10.03%
General Medicine, 943, 9.19%
General Medicine
943 publications, 9.19%
General Materials Science, 890, 8.67%
General Materials Science
890 publications, 8.67%
Instrumentation, 844, 8.22%
Instrumentation
844 publications, 8.22%
General Physics and Astronomy, 747, 7.28%
General Physics and Astronomy
747 publications, 7.28%
General Chemistry, 660, 6.43%
General Chemistry
660 publications, 6.43%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 620, 6.04%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
620 publications, 6.04%
Mechanics of Materials, 613, 5.97%
Mechanics of Materials
613 publications, 5.97%
Mechanical Engineering, 599, 5.84%
Mechanical Engineering
599 publications, 5.84%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 597, 5.82%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
597 publications, 5.82%
Materials Chemistry, 580, 5.65%
Materials Chemistry
580 publications, 5.65%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 523, 5.09%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
523 publications, 5.09%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, 455, 4.43%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
455 publications, 4.43%
Multidisciplinary, 423, 4.12%
Multidisciplinary
423 publications, 4.12%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 415, 4.04%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
415 publications, 4.04%
Applied Mathematics, 399, 3.89%
Applied Mathematics
399 publications, 3.89%
Radiation, 388, 3.78%
Radiation
388 publications, 3.78%
Surfaces and Interfaces, 342, 3.33%
Surfaces and Interfaces
342 publications, 3.33%
Analytical Chemistry, 262, 2.55%
Analytical Chemistry
262 publications, 2.55%
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 240, 2.34%
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
240 publications, 2.34%
General Chemical Engineering, 238, 2.32%
General Chemical Engineering
238 publications, 2.32%
Acoustics and Ultrasonics, 221, 2.15%
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
221 publications, 2.15%
Spectroscopy, 217, 2.11%
Spectroscopy
217 publications, 2.11%
Metals and Alloys, 211, 2.06%
Metals and Alloys
211 publications, 2.06%
Engineering (miscellaneous), 188, 1.83%
Engineering (miscellaneous)
188 publications, 1.83%
Atmospheric Science, 181, 1.76%
Atmospheric Science
181 publications, 1.76%
Biophysics, 180, 1.75%
Biophysics
180 publications, 1.75%
Ceramics and Composites, 177, 1.72%
Ceramics and Composites
177 publications, 1.72%
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Journals

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Metrologia
460 publications, 4.48%
Nature
310 publications, 3.02%
Journal of Scientific Instruments
257 publications, 2.5%
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
156 publications, 1.52%
Surface and Interface Analysis
154 publications, 1.5%
Physics in Medicine and Biology
150 publications, 1.46%
Measurement Science and Technology
147 publications, 1.43%
International Journal of Thermophysics
138 publications, 1.34%
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
134 publications, 1.31%
Proceedings of the Physical Society
115 publications, 1.12%
Applied Optics
102 publications, 0.99%
Physical Review B
98 publications, 0.95%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
89 publications, 0.87%
Applied Physics Letters
83 publications, 0.81%
Journal of Materials Science
81 publications, 0.79%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
79 publications, 0.77%
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
79 publications, 0.77%
Medical Physics
75 publications, 0.73%
Analytical Chemistry
75 publications, 0.73%
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
72 publications, 0.7%
Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
69 publications, 0.67%
Scientific Reports
68 publications, 0.66%
British Journal of Applied Physics
68 publications, 0.66%
Transactions of the Optical Society
65 publications, 0.63%
Journal of Applied Physics
64 publications, 0.62%
The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science
64 publications, 0.62%
Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation
62 publications, 0.6%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
58 publications, 0.57%
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
57 publications, 0.56%
Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
57 publications, 0.56%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
2441 publications, 23.78%
IOP Publishing
1799 publications, 17.53%
Springer Nature
1333 publications, 12.99%
Wiley
668 publications, 6.51%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
508 publications, 4.95%
Taylor & Francis
359 publications, 3.5%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
276 publications, 2.69%
AIP Publishing
269 publications, 2.62%
American Physical Society (APS)
266 publications, 2.59%
Optica Publishing Group
243 publications, 2.37%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
219 publications, 2.13%
SAGE
214 publications, 2.08%
MDPI
193 publications, 1.88%
Cambridge University Press
192 publications, 1.87%
Oxford University Press
192 publications, 1.87%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
95 publications, 0.93%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
93 publications, 0.91%
Emerald
77 publications, 0.75%
Copernicus
74 publications, 0.72%
EDP Sciences
66 publications, 0.64%
Trans Tech Publications
61 publications, 0.59%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
58 publications, 0.57%
American Vacuum Society
53 publications, 0.52%
The Royal Society
41 publications, 0.4%
Frontiers Media S.A.
40 publications, 0.39%
The Electrochemical Society
40 publications, 0.39%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
26 publications, 0.25%
British Institute of Radiology
25 publications, 0.24%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
23 publications, 0.22%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
23 publications, 0.22%
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With other organizations

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University of Surrey
523 publications, 5.09%
University College London
446 publications, 4.34%
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
412 publications, 4.01%
Imperial College London
374 publications, 3.64%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
256 publications, 2.49%
University of Cambridge
233 publications, 2.27%
University of Oxford
176 publications, 1.71%
University of Manchester
163 publications, 1.59%
University of Strathclyde
161 publications, 1.57%
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica
147 publications, 1.43%
University of Nottingham
143 publications, 1.39%
University of Birmingham
133 publications, 1.3%
University of Edinburgh
126 publications, 1.23%
Royal Holloway University of London
122 publications, 1.19%
Chalmers University of Technology
118 publications, 1.15%
University of Southampton
110 publications, 1.07%
King's College London
98 publications, 0.95%
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
97 publications, 0.94%
National Research Council Canada
88 publications, 0.86%
University of Bristol
81 publications, 0.79%
University of Glasgow
78 publications, 0.76%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
73 publications, 0.71%
Queen Mary University of London
68 publications, 0.66%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
66 publications, 0.64%
University of Sheffield
65 publications, 0.63%
Queen's University Belfast
63 publications, 0.61%
Cranfield University
63 publications, 0.61%
Université Paris-Saclay
63 publications, 0.61%
University of Liverpool
60 publications, 0.58%
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
60 publications, 0.58%
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With foreign organizations

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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
412 publications, 4.01%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
256 publications, 2.49%
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica
147 publications, 1.43%
Chalmers University of Technology
118 publications, 1.15%
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
97 publications, 0.94%
National Research Council Canada
88 publications, 0.86%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
66 publications, 0.64%
Université Paris-Saclay
63 publications, 0.61%
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
60 publications, 0.58%
Hanyang University
53 publications, 0.52%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
52 publications, 0.51%
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
51 publications, 0.5%
Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
51 publications, 0.5%
D.I. Mendeleyev All-Russian Institute for Metrology
50 publications, 0.49%
Linköping University
50 publications, 0.49%
Joint Research Centre Ispra
50 publications, 0.49%
Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
50 publications, 0.49%
Technical University of Denmark
49 publications, 0.48%
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
48 publications, 0.47%
Medical University of Vienna
43 publications, 0.42%
Lund University
42 publications, 0.41%
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
41 publications, 0.4%
University of Tokyo
41 publications, 0.4%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
40 publications, 0.39%
Ghent University
40 publications, 0.39%
Aalto University
38 publications, 0.37%
Sorbonne University
38 publications, 0.37%
Sejong University
38 publications, 0.37%
International Atomic Energy Agency
37 publications, 0.36%
Grenoble Alpes University
36 publications, 0.35%
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With other countries

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Germany, 943, 9.19%
Germany
943 publications, 9.19%
USA, 931, 9.07%
USA
931 publications, 9.07%
France, 717, 6.98%
France
717 publications, 6.98%
Italy, 537, 5.23%
Italy
537 publications, 5.23%
China, 376, 3.66%
China
376 publications, 3.66%
Netherlands, 348, 3.39%
Netherlands
348 publications, 3.39%
Sweden, 297, 2.89%
Sweden
297 publications, 2.89%
Japan, 287, 2.8%
Japan
287 publications, 2.8%
Canada, 282, 2.75%
Canada
282 publications, 2.75%
Spain, 280, 2.73%
Spain
280 publications, 2.73%
Belgium, 265, 2.58%
Belgium
265 publications, 2.58%
Switzerland, 245, 2.39%
Switzerland
245 publications, 2.39%
Australia, 233, 2.27%
Australia
233 publications, 2.27%
India, 226, 2.2%
India
226 publications, 2.2%
Republic of Korea, 224, 2.18%
Republic of Korea
224 publications, 2.18%
Austria, 215, 2.09%
Austria
215 publications, 2.09%
Russia, 191, 1.86%
Russia
191 publications, 1.86%
Finland, 166, 1.62%
Finland
166 publications, 1.62%
Denmark, 155, 1.51%
Denmark
155 publications, 1.51%
Czech Republic, 139, 1.35%
Czech Republic
139 publications, 1.35%
Poland, 131, 1.28%
Poland
131 publications, 1.28%
Ireland, 81, 0.79%
Ireland
81 publications, 0.79%
Norway, 75, 0.73%
Norway
75 publications, 0.73%
Hungary, 66, 0.64%
Hungary
66 publications, 0.64%
Turkey, 65, 0.63%
Turkey
65 publications, 0.63%
Portugal, 62, 0.6%
Portugal
62 publications, 0.6%
Slovenia, 59, 0.57%
Slovenia
59 publications, 0.57%
Romania, 57, 0.56%
Romania
57 publications, 0.56%
Brazil, 55, 0.54%
Brazil
55 publications, 0.54%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1899 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.