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Birkbeck, University of London
Short name
BBK
Country, city
United Kingdom, London
Publications
18 108
Citations
591 510
h-index
272
Top-3 journals
Nature
Nature (266 publications)
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (202 publications)
Top-3 organizations
University College London
University College London (2265 publications)
King's College London
King's College London (657 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (497 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (93 publications)
Karolinska Institute
Karolinska Institute (84 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1875

Total publications
18108
Total citations
591510
Citations per publication
32.67
Average publications per year
119.13
Average authors per publication
4.09
h-index
272
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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Biochemistry, 1056, 5.83%
Biochemistry
1056 publications, 5.83%
General Medicine, 1014, 5.6%
General Medicine
1014 publications, 5.6%
Molecular Biology, 1009, 5.57%
Molecular Biology
1009 publications, 5.57%
History, 973, 5.37%
History
973 publications, 5.37%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 869, 4.8%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
869 publications, 4.8%
Sociology and Political Science, 788, 4.35%
Sociology and Political Science
788 publications, 4.35%
Linguistics and Language, 774, 4.27%
Linguistics and Language
774 publications, 4.27%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 766, 4.23%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
766 publications, 4.23%
Language and Linguistics, 697, 3.85%
Language and Linguistics
697 publications, 3.85%
Cognitive Neuroscience, 684, 3.78%
Cognitive Neuroscience
684 publications, 3.78%
Economics and Econometrics, 642, 3.55%
Economics and Econometrics
642 publications, 3.55%
Multidisciplinary, 607, 3.35%
Multidisciplinary
607 publications, 3.35%
Cultural Studies, 594, 3.28%
Cultural Studies
594 publications, 3.28%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 576, 3.18%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
576 publications, 3.18%
Structural Biology, 548, 3.03%
Structural Biology
548 publications, 3.03%
Education, 531, 2.93%
Education
531 publications, 2.93%
Literature and Literary Theory, 519, 2.87%
Literature and Literary Theory
519 publications, 2.87%
Geography, Planning and Development, 488, 2.69%
Geography, Planning and Development
488 publications, 2.69%
Philosophy, 478, 2.64%
Philosophy
478 publications, 2.64%
Geology, 460, 2.54%
Geology
460 publications, 2.54%
Geochemistry and Petrology, 456, 2.52%
Geochemistry and Petrology
456 publications, 2.52%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 452, 2.5%
Psychiatry and Mental health
452 publications, 2.5%
General Psychology, 433, 2.39%
General Psychology
433 publications, 2.39%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 428, 2.36%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
428 publications, 2.36%
Geophysics, 424, 2.34%
Geophysics
424 publications, 2.34%
General Chemistry, 414, 2.29%
General Chemistry
414 publications, 2.29%
Condensed Matter Physics, 386, 2.13%
Condensed Matter Physics
386 publications, 2.13%
Law, 383, 2.12%
Law
383 publications, 2.12%
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, 367, 2.03%
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
367 publications, 2.03%
General Physics and Astronomy, 355, 1.96%
General Physics and Astronomy
355 publications, 1.96%
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Journals

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Nature
266 publications, 1.47%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
260 publications, 1.44%
SSRN Electronic Journal
202 publications, 1.12%
Journal of Molecular Biology
154 publications, 0.85%
Journal of Vision
125 publications, 0.69%
The Classical Review
116 publications, 0.64%
Nature Communications
90 publications, 0.5%
Scientific Reports
90 publications, 0.5%
Frontiers in Psychology
88 publications, 0.49%
Biochemical Society Transactions
85 publications, 0.47%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
83 publications, 0.46%
Cognition
82 publications, 0.45%
Law and Critique
77 publications, 0.43%
PLoS ONE
76 publications, 0.42%
Developmental Science
74 publications, 0.41%
Psychodynamic Practice
68 publications, 0.38%
Journal of Chemical Crystallography
67 publications, 0.37%
Biochemist
65 publications, 0.36%
Neuropsychologia
64 publications, 0.35%
Protein Science
59 publications, 0.33%
Cortex
56 publications, 0.31%
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
55 publications, 0.3%
Structure
55 publications, 0.3%
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
55 publications, 0.3%
Biophysical Journal
53 publications, 0.29%
Geological Society Special Publication
53 publications, 0.29%
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
53 publications, 0.29%
Academy of Management Proceedings
53 publications, 0.29%
Food Security
52 publications, 0.29%
Journal of the Geological Society
51 publications, 0.28%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3919 publications, 21.64%
Springer Nature
3149 publications, 17.39%
Wiley
2252 publications, 12.44%
Taylor & Francis
1798 publications, 9.93%
SAGE
1004 publications, 5.54%
Oxford University Press
928 publications, 5.12%
Cambridge University Press
828 publications, 4.57%
Emerald
219 publications, 1.21%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
199 publications, 1.1%
MDPI
194 publications, 1.07%
Frontiers Media S.A.
175 publications, 0.97%
American Psychological Association (APA)
170 publications, 0.94%
IOP Publishing
169 publications, 0.93%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
159 publications, 0.88%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
147 publications, 0.81%
Portland Press
143 publications, 0.79%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
140 publications, 0.77%
Geological Society of London
137 publications, 0.76%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
131 publications, 0.72%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
100 publications, 0.55%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
97 publications, 0.54%
Walter de Gruyter
87 publications, 0.48%
American Geophysical Union
87 publications, 0.48%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
83 publications, 0.46%
The Royal Society
74 publications, 0.41%
Brill
72 publications, 0.4%
AIP Publishing
68 publications, 0.38%
Biochemical Society
65 publications, 0.36%
American Physical Society (APS)
63 publications, 0.35%
BMJ
63 publications, 0.35%
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With other organizations

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University College London
2265 publications, 12.51%
King's College London
657 publications, 3.63%
University of Cambridge
497 publications, 2.74%
University of Oxford
447 publications, 2.47%
Imperial College London
385 publications, 2.13%
University of Southampton
196 publications, 1.08%
Queen Mary University of London
194 publications, 1.07%
University of Manchester
189 publications, 1.04%
University of Leeds
187 publications, 1.03%
Royal Holloway University of London
183 publications, 1.01%
University of Bristol
161 publications, 0.89%
University of Leicester
157 publications, 0.87%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
155 publications, 0.86%
University of Edinburgh
148 publications, 0.82%
University of Birmingham
137 publications, 0.76%
University of Sheffield
129 publications, 0.71%
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Center
127 publications, 0.7%
University of Reading
126 publications, 0.7%
Lancaster University
125 publications, 0.69%
University of Nottingham
124 publications, 0.68%
University of Warwick
123 publications, 0.68%
Durham University
122 publications, 0.67%
Goldsmiths University of London
113 publications, 0.62%
London School of Economics and Political Science
109 publications, 0.6%
University of Exeter
109 publications, 0.6%
Brunel University London
108 publications, 0.6%
University of York
104 publications, 0.57%
University of Kent
104 publications, 0.57%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
100 publications, 0.55%
University of Sussex
100 publications, 0.55%
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With foreign organizations

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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
155 publications, 0.86%
Harvard University
93 publications, 0.51%
Karolinska Institute
84 publications, 0.46%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
78 publications, 0.43%
University of California, San Diego
77 publications, 0.43%
Utrecht University
72 publications, 0.4%
University of Vienna
71 publications, 0.39%
University of Toronto
71 publications, 0.39%
Radboud University Nijmegen
70 publications, 0.39%
University of California, Los Angeles
69 publications, 0.38%
University of Padua
66 publications, 0.36%
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
64 publications, 0.35%
Ege University
63 publications, 0.35%
Sorbonne University
62 publications, 0.34%
University of Southern California
61 publications, 0.34%
University of Maryland, College Park
60 publications, 0.33%
Uppsala University
58 publications, 0.32%
Yale University
58 publications, 0.32%
University of Iceland
57 publications, 0.31%
University of New South Wales
55 publications, 0.3%
ETH Zurich
53 publications, 0.29%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
53 publications, 0.29%
McGill University
53 publications, 0.29%
Johns Hopkins University
51 publications, 0.28%
Paris Cité University
51 publications, 0.28%
University of Amsterdam
51 publications, 0.28%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
50 publications, 0.28%
University of Copenhagen
49 publications, 0.27%
Institut Pasteur
49 publications, 0.27%
University of Melbourne
47 publications, 0.26%
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With other countries

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USA, 1955, 10.8%
USA
1955 publications, 10.8%
Germany, 876, 4.84%
Germany
876 publications, 4.84%
Italy, 606, 3.35%
Italy
606 publications, 3.35%
France, 593, 3.27%
France
593 publications, 3.27%
China, 544, 3%
China
544 publications, 3%
Australia, 433, 2.39%
Australia
433 publications, 2.39%
Netherlands, 389, 2.15%
Netherlands
389 publications, 2.15%
Canada, 384, 2.12%
Canada
384 publications, 2.12%
Switzerland, 276, 1.52%
Switzerland
276 publications, 1.52%
Spain, 273, 1.51%
Spain
273 publications, 1.51%
Sweden, 272, 1.5%
Sweden
272 publications, 1.5%
Russia, 231, 1.28%
Russia
231 publications, 1.28%
Japan, 211, 1.17%
Japan
211 publications, 1.17%
Belgium, 196, 1.08%
Belgium
196 publications, 1.08%
Austria, 194, 1.07%
Austria
194 publications, 1.07%
India, 157, 0.87%
India
157 publications, 0.87%
Greece, 144, 0.8%
Greece
144 publications, 0.8%
Denmark, 143, 0.79%
Denmark
143 publications, 0.79%
Turkey, 138, 0.76%
Turkey
138 publications, 0.76%
Israel, 134, 0.74%
Israel
134 publications, 0.74%
Portugal, 127, 0.7%
Portugal
127 publications, 0.7%
Norway, 113, 0.62%
Norway
113 publications, 0.62%
Hungary, 108, 0.6%
Hungary
108 publications, 0.6%
Ireland, 99, 0.55%
Ireland
99 publications, 0.55%
New Zealand, 99, 0.55%
New Zealand
99 publications, 0.55%
South Africa, 91, 0.5%
South Africa
91 publications, 0.5%
Poland, 88, 0.49%
Poland
88 publications, 0.49%
Finland, 88, 0.49%
Finland
88 publications, 0.49%
Brazil, 76, 0.42%
Brazil
76 publications, 0.42%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1875 are ignored in the statistics.
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