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Short name

UWaterloo

Country, city

Canada, Waterloo

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Organization website

Publications

91 807

Citations

2 867 637

h-index

464

Top-3 journals

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2231 publications)

Physical Review A (667 publications)

SSRN Electronic Journal (655 publications)

Top-3 organizations

University of Toronto (4049 publications)

McMaster University (2421 publications)

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (2148 publications)

Top-3 foreign organizations

Harvard University (730 publications)

Stanford University (570 publications)

University College London (562 publications)

Top-3 researchers by h-index

Most cited in 5 years

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Publication title

Publisher

Journal

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Found

Since 1960

Total publications

91807

Total citations

2867637

Citations per publication

31.24

Average publications per year

1370.25

Average authors per publication

4.54

h-index

464

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.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0507655102

Top-30

Fields of science

	1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 6490, 7.07% Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6490 publications, 7.07%
General Medicine	General Medicine, 5231, 5.7% General Medicine 5231 publications, 5.7%
Condensed Matter Physics	Condensed Matter Physics, 4605, 5.02% Condensed Matter Physics 4605 publications, 5.02%
Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering, 4432, 4.83% Mechanical Engineering 4432 publications, 4.83%
Computer Science Applications	Computer Science Applications, 4095, 4.46% Computer Science Applications 4095 publications, 4.46%
General Materials Science	General Materials Science, 3843, 4.19% General Materials Science 3843 publications, 4.19%
General Chemistry	General Chemistry, 3660, 3.99% General Chemistry 3660 publications, 3.99%
Applied Mathematics	Applied Mathematics, 3660, 3.99% Applied Mathematics 3660 publications, 3.99%
General Physics and Astronomy	General Physics and Astronomy, 3012, 3.28% General Physics and Astronomy 3012 publications, 3.28%
Mechanics of Materials	Mechanics of Materials, 2856, 3.11% Mechanics of Materials 2856 publications, 3.11%
Software	Software, 2741, 2.99% Software 2741 publications, 2.99%
Materials Chemistry	Materials Chemistry, 2572, 2.8% Materials Chemistry 2572 publications, 2.8%
Biochemistry	Biochemistry, 2471, 2.69% Biochemistry 2471 publications, 2.69%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 2398, 2.61% Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2398 publications, 2.61%
General Chemical Engineering	General Chemical Engineering, 2337, 2.55% General Chemical Engineering 2337 publications, 2.55%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 2235, 2.43% Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 2235 publications, 2.43%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 2231, 2.43% Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2231 publications, 2.43%
Water Science and Technology	Water Science and Technology, 2204, 2.4% Water Science and Technology 2204 publications, 2.4%
General Engineering	General Engineering, 2078, 2.26% General Engineering 2078 publications, 2.26%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 2071, 2.26% Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2071 publications, 2.26%
Computer Networks and Communications	Computer Networks and Communications, 2000, 2.18% Computer Networks and Communications 2000 publications, 2.18%
Civil and Structural Engineering	Civil and Structural Engineering, 1936, 2.11% Civil and Structural Engineering 1936 publications, 2.11%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 1890, 2.06% Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1890 publications, 2.06%
Environmental Chemistry	Environmental Chemistry, 1793, 1.95% Environmental Chemistry 1793 publications, 1.95%
General Mathematics	General Mathematics, 1762, 1.92% General Mathematics 1762 publications, 1.92%
Control and Systems Engineering	Control and Systems Engineering, 1749, 1.91% Control and Systems Engineering 1749 publications, 1.91%
Geography, Planning and Development	Geography, Planning and Development, 1742, 1.9% Geography, Planning and Development 1742 publications, 1.9%
Statistics and Probability	Statistics and Probability, 1721, 1.87% Statistics and Probability 1721 publications, 1.87%
Theoretical Computer Science	Theoretical Computer Science, 1721, 1.87% Theoretical Computer Science 1721 publications, 1.87%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 1700, 1.85% Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1700 publications, 1.85%
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Journals

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science	Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2231, 2.43% Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2231 publications, 2.43%
Physical Review A	Physical Review A, 667, 0.73% Physical Review A 667 publications, 0.73%
SSRN Electronic Journal	SSRN Electronic Journal, 655, 0.71% SSRN Electronic Journal 655 publications, 0.71%
Physical Review D	Physical Review D, 590, 0.64% Physical Review D 590 publications, 0.64%
Journal of Chemical Physics	Journal of Chemical Physics, 565, 0.62% Journal of Chemical Physics 565 publications, 0.62%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 512, 0.56% Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 512 publications, 0.56%
Physical Review Letters	Physical Review Letters, 458, 0.5% Physical Review Letters 458 publications, 0.5%
Physical Review B	Physical Review B, 455, 0.5% Physical Review B 455 publications, 0.5%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 423, 0.46% Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 423 publications, 0.46%
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering	Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 377, 0.41% Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 377 publications, 0.41%
Scientific Reports	Scientific Reports, 359, 0.39% Scientific Reports 359 publications, 0.39%
PLoS ONE	PLoS ONE, 321, 0.35% PLoS ONE 321 publications, 0.35%
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 313, 0.34% IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 313 publications, 0.34%
Astrophysical Journal	Astrophysical Journal, 287, 0.31% Astrophysical Journal 287 publications, 0.31%
Journal of Hydrology	Journal of Hydrology, 263, 0.29% Journal of Hydrology 263 publications, 0.29%
Optometry and Vision Science	Optometry and Vision Science, 262, 0.29% Optometry and Vision Science 262 publications, 0.29%
Journal of High Energy Physics	Journal of High Energy Physics, 252, 0.27% Journal of High Energy Physics 252 publications, 0.27%
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory	IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 251, 0.27% IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 251 publications, 0.27%
Journal of Applied Polymer Science	Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 242, 0.26% Journal of Applied Polymer Science 242 publications, 0.26%
Discrete Mathematics	Discrete Mathematics, 241, 0.26% Discrete Mathematics 241 publications, 0.26%
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 240, 0.26% IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 240 publications, 0.26%
Science of the Total Environment	Science of the Total Environment, 234, 0.25% Science of the Total Environment 234 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B	Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B, 221, 0.24% Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B 221 publications, 0.24%
Analytical Chemistry	Analytical Chemistry, 221, 0.24% Analytical Chemistry 221 publications, 0.24%
ECS Meeting Abstracts	ECS Meeting Abstracts, 218, 0.24% ECS Meeting Abstracts 218 publications, 0.24%
Transportation Research Record	Transportation Research Record, 208, 0.23% Transportation Research Record 208 publications, 0.23%
Journal of Mathematical Physics	Journal of Mathematical Physics, 207, 0.23% Journal of Mathematical Physics 207 publications, 0.23%
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 200, 0.22% IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 200 publications, 0.22%
Journal of Chromatography A	Journal of Chromatography A, 193, 0.21% Journal of Chromatography A 193 publications, 0.21%
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research	Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 189, 0.21% Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 189 publications, 0.21%
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Publishers

	5000 10000 15000 20000 25000
Elsevier	Elsevier, 22183, 24.16% Elsevier 22183 publications, 24.16%
Springer Nature	Springer Nature, 15391, 16.76% Springer Nature 15391 publications, 16.76%
Wiley	Wiley, 9089, 9.9% Wiley 9089 publications, 9.9%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 6296, 6.86% Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 6296 publications, 6.86%
Taylor & Francis	Taylor & Francis, 4705, 5.12% Taylor & Francis 4705 publications, 5.12%
American Chemical Society (ACS)	American Chemical Society (ACS), 2544, 2.77% American Chemical Society (ACS) 2544 publications, 2.77%
American Physical Society (APS)	American Physical Society (APS), 2530, 2.76% American Physical Society (APS) 2530 publications, 2.76%
SAGE	SAGE, 2496, 2.72% SAGE 2496 publications, 2.72%
MDPI	MDPI, 1875, 2.04% MDPI 1875 publications, 2.04%
Oxford University Press	Oxford University Press, 1778, 1.94% Oxford University Press 1778 publications, 1.94%
Cambridge University Press	Cambridge University Press, 1565, 1.7% Cambridge University Press 1565 publications, 1.7%
AIP Publishing	AIP Publishing, 1419, 1.55% AIP Publishing 1419 publications, 1.55%
IOP Publishing	IOP Publishing, 1259, 1.37% IOP Publishing 1259 publications, 1.37%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 972, 1.06% Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 972 publications, 1.06%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 952, 1.04% Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 952 publications, 1.04%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 793, 0.86% American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 793 publications, 0.86%
Social Science Electronic Publishing	Social Science Electronic Publishing, 634, 0.69% Social Science Electronic Publishing 634 publications, 0.69%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)	Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 609, 0.66% Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) 609 publications, 0.66%
ASME International	ASME International, 603, 0.66% ASME International 603 publications, 0.66%
Canadian Science Publishing	Canadian Science Publishing, 598, 0.65% Canadian Science Publishing 598 publications, 0.65%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng	SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng, 552, 0.6% SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng 552 publications, 0.6%
Frontiers Media S.A.	Frontiers Media S.A., 540, 0.59% Frontiers Media S.A. 540 publications, 0.59%
American Psychological Association (APA)	American Psychological Association (APA), 529, 0.58% American Psychological Association (APA) 529 publications, 0.58%
Optica Publishing Group	Optica Publishing Group, 436, 0.47% Optica Publishing Group 436 publications, 0.47%
World Scientific	World Scientific, 432, 0.47% World Scientific 432 publications, 0.47%
The Electrochemical Society	The Electrochemical Society, 407, 0.44% The Electrochemical Society 407 publications, 0.44%
BMJ	BMJ, 404, 0.44% BMJ 404 publications, 0.44%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 377, 0.41% Public Library of Science (PLoS) 377 publications, 0.41%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)	University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), 364, 0.4% University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 364 publications, 0.4%
American Astronomical Society	American Astronomical Society, 359, 0.39% American Astronomical Society 359 publications, 0.39%
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With other organizations

	500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500
University of Toronto	University of Toronto, 4049, 4.41% University of Toronto 4049 publications, 4.41%
McMaster University	McMaster University, 2421, 2.64% McMaster University 2421 publications, 2.64%
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics	Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2148, 2.34% Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics 2148 publications, 2.34%
University of British Columbia	University of British Columbia, 1750, 1.91% University of British Columbia 1750 publications, 1.91%
University of Guelph	University of Guelph, 1502, 1.64% University of Guelph 1502 publications, 1.64%
Western University	Western University, 1475, 1.61% Western University 1475 publications, 1.61%
University of Alberta	University of Alberta, 1393, 1.52% University of Alberta 1393 publications, 1.52%
Wilfrid Laurier University	Wilfrid Laurier University, 1346, 1.47% Wilfrid Laurier University 1346 publications, 1.47%
University of Ottawa	University of Ottawa, 988, 1.08% University of Ottawa 988 publications, 1.08%
McGill University	McGill University, 983, 1.07% McGill University 983 publications, 1.07%
University of Calgary	University of Calgary, 945, 1.03% University of Calgary 945 publications, 1.03%
Queen's University at Kingston	Queen's University at Kingston, 811, 0.88% Queen's University at Kingston 811 publications, 0.88%
University of Manitoba	University of Manitoba, 798, 0.87% University of Manitoba 798 publications, 0.87%
Toronto Metropolitan University	Toronto Metropolitan University, 756, 0.82% Toronto Metropolitan University 756 publications, 0.82%
Harvard University	Harvard University, 730, 0.8% Harvard University 730 publications, 0.8%
York University	York University, 697, 0.76% York University 697 publications, 0.76%
University of Saskatchewan	University of Saskatchewan, 693, 0.75% University of Saskatchewan 693 publications, 0.75%
Dalhousie University	Dalhousie University, 640, 0.7% Dalhousie University 640 publications, 0.7%
University of Victoria	University of Victoria, 594, 0.65% University of Victoria 594 publications, 0.65%
Stanford University	Stanford University, 570, 0.62% Stanford University 570 publications, 0.62%
University College London	University College London, 562, 0.61% University College London 562 publications, 0.61%
University of Michigan	University of Michigan, 561, 0.61% University of Michigan 561 publications, 0.61%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 524, 0.57% Massachusetts Institute of Technology 524 publications, 0.57%
Tsinghua University	Tsinghua University, 523, 0.57% Tsinghua University 523 publications, 0.57%
Simon Fraser University	Simon Fraser University, 510, 0.56% Simon Fraser University 510 publications, 0.56%
Carleton University	Carleton University, 484, 0.53% Carleton University 484 publications, 0.53%
University of Oxford	University of Oxford, 476, 0.52% University of Oxford 476 publications, 0.52%
University of Cambridge	University of Cambridge, 462, 0.5% University of Cambridge 462 publications, 0.5%
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 459, 0.5% Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 459 publications, 0.5%
University of California, Berkeley	University of California, Berkeley, 453, 0.49% University of California, Berkeley 453 publications, 0.49%
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With foreign organizations

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Harvard University	Harvard University, 730, 0.8% Harvard University 730 publications, 0.8%
Stanford University	Stanford University, 570, 0.62% Stanford University 570 publications, 0.62%
University College London	University College London, 562, 0.61% University College London 562 publications, 0.61%
University of Michigan	University of Michigan, 561, 0.61% University of Michigan 561 publications, 0.61%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 524, 0.57% Massachusetts Institute of Technology 524 publications, 0.57%
Tsinghua University	Tsinghua University, 523, 0.57% Tsinghua University 523 publications, 0.57%
University of Oxford	University of Oxford, 476, 0.52% University of Oxford 476 publications, 0.52%
University of Cambridge	University of Cambridge, 462, 0.5% University of Cambridge 462 publications, 0.5%
University of California, Berkeley	University of California, Berkeley, 453, 0.49% University of California, Berkeley 453 publications, 0.49%
California Institute of Technology	California Institute of Technology, 439, 0.48% California Institute of Technology 439 publications, 0.48%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 408, 0.44% Shanghai Jiao Tong University 408 publications, 0.44%
Durham University	Durham University, 395, 0.43% Durham University 395 publications, 0.43%
University of Queensland	University of Queensland, 389, 0.42% University of Queensland 389 publications, 0.42%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 382, 0.42% University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 382 publications, 0.42%
Ohio State University	Ohio State University, 363, 0.4% Ohio State University 363 publications, 0.4%
University of Arizona	University of Arizona, 349, 0.38% University of Arizona 349 publications, 0.38%
University of Maryland, College Park	University of Maryland, College Park, 348, 0.38% University of Maryland, College Park 348 publications, 0.38%
Princeton University	Princeton University, 346, 0.38% Princeton University 346 publications, 0.38%
Pennsylvania State University	Pennsylvania State University, 341, 0.37% Pennsylvania State University 341 publications, 0.37%
University of Edinburgh	University of Edinburgh, 330, 0.36% University of Edinburgh 330 publications, 0.36%
Nanyang Technological University	Nanyang Technological University, 327, 0.36% Nanyang Technological University 327 publications, 0.36%
Sorbonne University	Sorbonne University, 320, 0.35% Sorbonne University 320 publications, 0.35%
University of Tehran	University of Tehran, 316, 0.34% University of Tehran 316 publications, 0.34%
Yale University	Yale University, 312, 0.34% Yale University 312 publications, 0.34%
ETH Zurich	ETH Zurich, 308, 0.34% ETH Zurich 308 publications, 0.34%
University of Melbourne	University of Melbourne, 305, 0.33% University of Melbourne 305 publications, 0.33%
University of New South Wales	University of New South Wales, 303, 0.33% University of New South Wales 303 publications, 0.33%
University of Washington	University of Washington, 303, 0.33% University of Washington 303 publications, 0.33%
Cornell University	Cornell University, 293, 0.32% Cornell University 293 publications, 0.32%
Khalifa University	Khalifa University, 291, 0.32% Khalifa University 291 publications, 0.32%
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With other countries

	2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000
USA	USA, 15371, 16.74% USA 15371 publications, 16.74%
China	China, 8460, 9.21% China 8460 publications, 9.21%
United Kingdom	United Kingdom, 4141, 4.51% United Kingdom 4141 publications, 4.51%
Germany	Germany, 2803, 3.05% Germany 2803 publications, 3.05%
Australia	Australia, 2518, 2.74% Australia 2518 publications, 2.74%
France	France, 1875, 2.04% France 1875 publications, 2.04%
Iran	Iran, 1381, 1.5% Iran 1381 publications, 1.5%
Netherlands	Netherlands, 1319, 1.44% Netherlands 1319 publications, 1.44%
Japan	Japan, 1229, 1.34% Japan 1229 publications, 1.34%
Italy	Italy, 1158, 1.26% Italy 1158 publications, 1.26%
India	India, 1140, 1.24% India 1140 publications, 1.24%
Switzerland	Switzerland, 977, 1.06% Switzerland 977 publications, 1.06%
Spain	Spain, 950, 1.03% Spain 950 publications, 1.03%
Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea, 919, 1% Republic of Korea 919 publications, 1%
Brazil	Brazil, 886, 0.97% Brazil 886 publications, 0.97%
Sweden	Sweden, 752, 0.82% Sweden 752 publications, 0.82%
Singapore	Singapore, 679, 0.74% Singapore 679 publications, 0.74%
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia, 559, 0.61% Saudi Arabia 559 publications, 0.61%
Denmark	Denmark, 553, 0.6% Denmark 553 publications, 0.6%
Belgium	Belgium, 511, 0.56% Belgium 511 publications, 0.56%
New Zealand	New Zealand, 498, 0.54% New Zealand 498 publications, 0.54%
Poland	Poland, 492, 0.54% Poland 492 publications, 0.54%
Mexico	Mexico, 483, 0.53% Mexico 483 publications, 0.53%
UAE	UAE, 481, 0.52% UAE 481 publications, 0.52%
Austria	Austria, 464, 0.51% Austria 464 publications, 0.51%
Israel	Israel, 451, 0.49% Israel 451 publications, 0.49%
Norway	Norway, 432, 0.47% Norway 432 publications, 0.47%
Egypt	Egypt, 416, 0.45% Egypt 416 publications, 0.45%
Finland	Finland, 398, 0.43% Finland 398 publications, 0.43%
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Statistics recalculated daily.
Publications published earlier than 1960 are ignored in the statistics.
The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
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