Leiden University

Leiden University
Short name
LU
Country, city
Netherlands, Leiden
Publications
61 021
Citations
2 285 325
h-index
452
Top-3 journals
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy and Astrophysics (1227 publications)
Astrophysical Journal
Astrophysical Journal (1011 publications)
Top-3 organizations
University of Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam (3044 publications)
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden University Medical Center (2583 publications)
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (2240 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (927 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (912 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (907 publications)
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Since 1882

Total publications
60990
Total citations
2284907
Citations per publication
37.46
Average publications per year
426.5
Average authors per publication
6.4
h-index
452
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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Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5380, 8.82%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
5380 publications, 8.82%
Space and Planetary Science, 5265, 8.63%
Space and Planetary Science
5265 publications, 8.63%
General Medicine, 4802, 7.87%
General Medicine
4802 publications, 7.87%
Biochemistry, 3320, 5.44%
Biochemistry
3320 publications, 5.44%
Molecular Biology, 2834, 4.65%
Molecular Biology
2834 publications, 4.65%
Genetics, 2595, 4.25%
Genetics
2595 publications, 4.25%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 2348, 3.85%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
2348 publications, 3.85%
Condensed Matter Physics, 2239, 3.67%
Condensed Matter Physics
2239 publications, 3.67%
General Physics and Astronomy, 2237, 3.67%
General Physics and Astronomy
2237 publications, 3.67%
Sociology and Political Science, 2154, 3.53%
Sociology and Political Science
2154 publications, 3.53%
General Chemistry, 1919, 3.15%
General Chemistry
1919 publications, 3.15%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 1908, 3.13%
Psychiatry and Mental health
1908 publications, 3.13%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 1901, 3.12%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
1901 publications, 3.12%
Cell Biology, 1798, 2.95%
Cell Biology
1798 publications, 2.95%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 1743, 2.86%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
1743 publications, 2.86%
History, 1604, 2.63%
History
1604 publications, 2.63%
Multidisciplinary, 1546, 2.53%
Multidisciplinary
1546 publications, 2.53%
Pharmacology, 1531, 2.51%
Pharmacology
1531 publications, 2.51%
Organic Chemistry, 1470, 2.41%
Organic Chemistry
1470 publications, 2.41%
Education, 1374, 2.25%
Education
1374 publications, 2.25%
Political Science and International Relations, 1334, 2.19%
Political Science and International Relations
1334 publications, 2.19%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 1324, 2.17%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
1324 publications, 2.17%
Plant Science, 1303, 2.14%
Plant Science
1303 publications, 2.14%
Linguistics and Language, 1197, 1.96%
Linguistics and Language
1197 publications, 1.96%
Materials Chemistry, 1136, 1.86%
Materials Chemistry
1136 publications, 1.86%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 1127, 1.85%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
1127 publications, 1.85%
Biophysics, 1058, 1.73%
Biophysics
1058 publications, 1.73%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 1039, 1.7%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
1039 publications, 1.7%
Language and Linguistics, 1026, 1.68%
Language and Linguistics
1026 publications, 1.68%
Law, 1000, 1.64%
Law
1000 publications, 1.64%
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Journals

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
1945 publications, 3.19%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
1227 publications, 2.01%
Astrophysical Journal
1011 publications, 1.66%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
799 publications, 1.31%
Physical Review B
726 publications, 1.19%
Physical Review Letters
549 publications, 0.9%
SSRN Electronic Journal
525 publications, 0.86%
Nature
358 publications, 0.59%
PLoS ONE
331 publications, 0.54%
Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis
318 publications, 0.52%
Journal of Chemical Physics
310 publications, 0.51%
Scientific Reports
306 publications, 0.5%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
276 publications, 0.45%
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
238 publications, 0.39%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
237 publications, 0.39%
Nucleic Acids Research
237 publications, 0.39%
Inorganica Chimica Acta
232 publications, 0.38%
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
231 publications, 0.38%
Astrophysical Journal Letters
228 publications, 0.37%
Physica B+C
214 publications, 0.35%
Frontiers in Psychology
209 publications, 0.34%
Physica B: Condensed Matter
194 publications, 0.32%
Physical Review A
192 publications, 0.31%
Physica
185 publications, 0.3%
Scientometrics
182 publications, 0.3%
Physical Review D
179 publications, 0.29%
Nature Communications
176 publications, 0.29%
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
165 publications, 0.27%
Blood
161 publications, 0.26%
Biophysical Journal
160 publications, 0.26%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
14249 publications, 23.36%
Springer Nature
10563 publications, 17.32%
Wiley
7077 publications, 11.6%
Oxford University Press
3734 publications, 6.12%
Taylor & Francis
2984 publications, 4.89%
SAGE
1966 publications, 3.22%
American Physical Society (APS)
1895 publications, 3.11%
Cambridge University Press
1678 publications, 2.75%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1513 publications, 2.48%
American Astronomical Society
1371 publications, 2.25%
EDP Sciences
1321 publications, 2.17%
Brill
797 publications, 1.31%
IOP Publishing
683 publications, 1.12%
Frontiers Media S.A.
678 publications, 1.11%
Wolters Kluwer Health
677 publications, 1.11%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
648 publications, 1.06%
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
592 publications, 0.97%
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
567 publications, 0.93%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
522 publications, 0.86%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
389 publications, 0.64%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
345 publications, 0.57%
BMJ
305 publications, 0.5%
SPIE
298 publications, 0.49%
American Society for Microbiology
293 publications, 0.48%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
237 publications, 0.39%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
208 publications, 0.34%
American Psychological Association (APA)
201 publications, 0.33%
Thieme
200 publications, 0.33%
IEEE
195 publications, 0.32%
Walter de Gruyter
178 publications, 0.29%
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With other organizations

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University of Amsterdam
3044 publications, 4.99%
Leiden University Medical Center
2583 publications, 4.24%
Utrecht University
2240 publications, 3.67%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2018 publications, 3.31%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1547 publications, 2.54%
University of Groningen
1517 publications, 2.49%
Delft University of Technology
1046 publications, 1.72%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
927 publications, 1.52%
University of Cambridge
912 publications, 1.5%
University of Oxford
907 publications, 1.49%
National Institute for Astrophysics
869 publications, 1.42%
University College London
851 publications, 1.4%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
847 publications, 1.39%
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
741 publications, 1.21%
California Institute of Technology
738 publications, 1.21%
University of Edinburgh
682 publications, 1.12%
Harvard University
636 publications, 1.04%
University Medical Center Utrecht
629 publications, 1.03%
University of Copenhagen
625 publications, 1.02%
Vrije Universiteit Medical Center
621 publications, 1.02%
Durham University
611 publications, 1%
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
600 publications, 0.98%
European Southern Observatory
589 publications, 0.97%
University Medical Center Groningen
588 publications, 0.96%
Paris Cité University
547 publications, 0.9%
ETH Zurich
539 publications, 0.88%
Maastricht University
526 publications, 0.86%
Sorbonne University
525 publications, 0.86%
University of Arizona
520 publications, 0.85%
Johns Hopkins University
516 publications, 0.85%
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With foreign organizations

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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
927 publications, 1.52%
University of Cambridge
912 publications, 1.5%
University of Oxford
907 publications, 1.49%
National Institute for Astrophysics
869 publications, 1.42%
University College London
851 publications, 1.4%
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
741 publications, 1.21%
California Institute of Technology
738 publications, 1.21%
University of Edinburgh
682 publications, 1.12%
Harvard University
636 publications, 1.04%
University of Copenhagen
625 publications, 1.02%
Durham University
611 publications, 1%
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
600 publications, 0.98%
European Southern Observatory
589 publications, 0.97%
Paris Cité University
547 publications, 0.9%
ETH Zurich
539 publications, 0.88%
Sorbonne University
525 publications, 0.86%
University of Arizona
520 publications, 0.85%
Johns Hopkins University
516 publications, 0.85%
Yale University
492 publications, 0.81%
Ghent University
453 publications, 0.74%
University of Manchester
453 publications, 0.74%
University of Geneva
445 publications, 0.73%
Stanford University
421 publications, 0.69%
University of California, Berkeley
418 publications, 0.69%
Heidelberg University
404 publications, 0.66%
University of Michigan
403 publications, 0.66%
University of Antwerp
394 publications, 0.65%
Aix-Marseille University
369 publications, 0.61%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
363 publications, 0.6%
University of Vienna
359 publications, 0.59%
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With other countries

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USA, 10167, 16.67%
USA
10167 publications, 16.67%
United Kingdom, 7529, 12.34%
United Kingdom
7529 publications, 12.34%
Germany, 7380, 12.1%
Germany
7380 publications, 12.1%
France, 3760, 6.16%
France
3760 publications, 6.16%
Italy, 3518, 5.77%
Italy
3518 publications, 5.77%
Spain, 2665, 4.37%
Spain
2665 publications, 4.37%
Belgium, 2555, 4.19%
Belgium
2555 publications, 4.19%
China, 2408, 3.95%
China
2408 publications, 3.95%
Switzerland, 2209, 3.62%
Switzerland
2209 publications, 3.62%
Australia, 2105, 3.45%
Australia
2105 publications, 3.45%
Canada, 2022, 3.32%
Canada
2022 publications, 3.32%
Sweden, 1724, 2.83%
Sweden
1724 publications, 2.83%
Japan, 1411, 2.31%
Japan
1411 publications, 2.31%
Denmark, 1382, 2.27%
Denmark
1382 publications, 2.27%
Austria, 1002, 1.64%
Austria
1002 publications, 1.64%
Chile, 936, 1.53%
Chile
936 publications, 1.53%
Finland, 863, 1.41%
Finland
863 publications, 1.41%
Russia, 823, 1.35%
Russia
823 publications, 1.35%
South Africa, 809, 1.33%
South Africa
809 publications, 1.33%
Poland, 770, 1.26%
Poland
770 publications, 1.26%
Portugal, 757, 1.24%
Portugal
757 publications, 1.24%
Norway, 732, 1.2%
Norway
732 publications, 1.2%
Israel, 615, 1.01%
Israel
615 publications, 1.01%
Brazil, 570, 0.93%
Brazil
570 publications, 0.93%
Ireland, 499, 0.82%
Ireland
499 publications, 0.82%
India, 474, 0.78%
India
474 publications, 0.78%
Hungary, 420, 0.69%
Hungary
420 publications, 0.69%
Greece, 402, 0.66%
Greece
402 publications, 0.66%
Czech Republic, 388, 0.64%
Czech Republic
388 publications, 0.64%
Republic of Korea, 387, 0.63%
Republic of Korea
387 publications, 0.63%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1882 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
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