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Boston College
Short name
BC
Country, city
USA, Boston
Publications
25 601
Citations
929 308
h-index
345
Top-3 journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (1122 publications)
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (346 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (1461 publications)
Boston University
Boston University (606 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (131 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (107 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (105 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1935

Total publications
25601
Total citations
929308
Citations per publication
36.3
Average publications per year
281.33
Average authors per publication
4.12
h-index
345
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, 1737, 6.78%
Education
1737 publications, 6.78%
Sociology and Political Science, 1442, 5.63%
Sociology and Political Science
1442 publications, 5.63%
Economics and Econometrics, 1361, 5.32%
Economics and Econometrics
1361 publications, 5.32%
General Medicine, 1285, 5.02%
General Medicine
1285 publications, 5.02%
Biochemistry, 1283, 5.01%
Biochemistry
1283 publications, 5.01%
Religious studies, 1229, 4.8%
Religious studies
1229 publications, 4.8%
General Chemistry, 1063, 4.15%
General Chemistry
1063 publications, 4.15%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 1002, 3.91%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
1002 publications, 3.91%
History, 887, 3.46%
History
887 publications, 3.46%
Strategy and Management, 718, 2.8%
Strategy and Management
718 publications, 2.8%
Condensed Matter Physics, 679, 2.65%
Condensed Matter Physics
679 publications, 2.65%
Finance, 679, 2.65%
Finance
679 publications, 2.65%
Social Psychology, 678, 2.65%
Social Psychology
678 publications, 2.65%
Catalysis, 639, 2.5%
Catalysis
639 publications, 2.5%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 638, 2.49%
Psychiatry and Mental health
638 publications, 2.49%
Molecular Biology, 626, 2.45%
Molecular Biology
626 publications, 2.45%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous), 622, 2.43%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
622 publications, 2.43%
Cultural Studies, 620, 2.42%
Cultural Studies
620 publications, 2.42%
General Physics and Astronomy, 605, 2.36%
General Physics and Astronomy
605 publications, 2.36%
Philosophy, 597, 2.33%
Philosophy
597 publications, 2.33%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 578, 2.26%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
578 publications, 2.26%
Health (social science), 571, 2.23%
Health (social science)
571 publications, 2.23%
General Psychology, 559, 2.18%
General Psychology
559 publications, 2.18%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 556, 2.17%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
556 publications, 2.17%
Applied Psychology, 537, 2.1%
Applied Psychology
537 publications, 2.1%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 529, 2.07%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
529 publications, 2.07%
Business and International Management, 500, 1.95%
Business and International Management
500 publications, 1.95%
Organic Chemistry, 467, 1.82%
Organic Chemistry
467 publications, 1.82%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 458, 1.79%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
458 publications, 1.79%
General Nursing, 435, 1.7%
General Nursing
435 publications, 1.7%
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Journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
1122 publications, 4.38%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
404 publications, 1.58%
Physical Review B
346 publications, 1.35%
Theological Studies
325 publications, 1.27%
Academy of Management Proceedings
251 publications, 0.98%
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
173 publications, 0.68%
Innovation in Aging
172 publications, 0.67%
Horizons
154 publications, 0.6%
Physical Review Letters
151 publications, 0.59%
Angewandte Chemie
118 publications, 0.46%
Biochemistry
104 publications, 0.41%
PLoS ONE
103 publications, 0.4%
Nature Communications
95 publications, 0.37%
Applied Physics Letters
92 publications, 0.36%
Journal of Chemical Physics
89 publications, 0.35%
Organic Letters
86 publications, 0.34%
Journal of Financial Economics
84 publications, 0.33%
Journal of Geophysical Research
80 publications, 0.31%
Studies in East European Thought
80 publications, 0.31%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
79 publications, 0.31%
Nature
77 publications, 0.3%
Religion and the Arts
75 publications, 0.29%
Science
74 publications, 0.29%
Geophysical Research Letters
74 publications, 0.29%
Radio Science
71 publications, 0.28%
Sovietica
69 publications, 0.27%
Philosophy and Social Criticism
68 publications, 0.27%
FASEB Journal
67 publications, 0.26%
Journal of Organic Chemistry
66 publications, 0.26%
Management Science
65 publications, 0.25%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3935 publications, 15.37%
Springer Nature
3269 publications, 12.77%
Wiley
2770 publications, 10.82%
SAGE
2721 publications, 10.63%
Taylor & Francis
1760 publications, 6.87%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1113 publications, 4.35%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1087 publications, 4.25%
Cambridge University Press
983 publications, 3.84%
Oxford University Press
935 publications, 3.65%
American Physical Society (APS)
651 publications, 2.54%
American Psychological Association (APA)
464 publications, 1.81%
Academy of Management
392 publications, 1.53%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
360 publications, 1.41%
Brill
317 publications, 1.24%
AIP Publishing
306 publications, 1.2%
MDPI
232 publications, 0.91%
Frontiers Media S.A.
171 publications, 0.67%
Emerald
165 publications, 0.64%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
165 publications, 0.64%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
148 publications, 0.58%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
144 publications, 0.56%
IOP Publishing
118 publications, 0.46%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
109 publications, 0.43%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
98 publications, 0.38%
American Geophysical Union
97 publications, 0.38%
Mary Ann Liebert
92 publications, 0.36%
Copernicus
87 publications, 0.34%
American Accounting Association
80 publications, 0.31%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
79 publications, 0.31%
American Society for Microbiology
73 publications, 0.29%
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With other organizations

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Harvard University
1461 publications, 5.71%
Boston University
606 publications, 2.37%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
546 publications, 2.13%
Massachusetts General Hospital
405 publications, 1.58%
Northeastern University
354 publications, 1.38%
Tufts University
319 publications, 1.25%
Yale University
302 publications, 1.18%
University of Michigan
286 publications, 1.12%
University of Pennsylvania
286 publications, 1.12%
Columbia University
264 publications, 1.03%
Stanford University
253 publications, 0.99%
University of Massachusetts Boston
240 publications, 0.94%
New York University
233 publications, 0.91%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
227 publications, 0.89%
University of Texas at Austin
224 publications, 0.87%
Brown University
223 publications, 0.87%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
215 publications, 0.84%
University of Maryland, College Park
209 publications, 0.82%
Cornell University
205 publications, 0.8%
University of Washington
197 publications, 0.77%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
190 publications, 0.74%
Pennsylvania State University
185 publications, 0.72%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
185 publications, 0.72%
Boston Children's Hospital
183 publications, 0.71%
University of California, Los Angeles
183 publications, 0.71%
University of California, Berkeley
180 publications, 0.7%
University of California, San Diego
177 publications, 0.69%
University of Chicago
177 publications, 0.69%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
176 publications, 0.69%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
174 publications, 0.68%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Toronto
131 publications, 0.51%
University of Cambridge
107 publications, 0.42%
University of Oxford
105 publications, 0.41%
University College London
95 publications, 0.37%
Imperial College London
88 publications, 0.34%
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
88 publications, 0.34%
South China Normal University
86 publications, 0.34%
McGill University
86 publications, 0.34%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
84 publications, 0.33%
Peking University
80 publications, 0.31%
University of British Columbia
80 publications, 0.31%
Nanjing University
78 publications, 0.3%
Tsinghua University
77 publications, 0.3%
University of Alberta
69 publications, 0.27%
University of Tokyo
64 publications, 0.25%
Université Paris-Saclay
62 publications, 0.24%
University of Melbourne
59 publications, 0.23%
University of Zurich
58 publications, 0.23%
Tohoku University
56 publications, 0.22%
ETH Zurich
55 publications, 0.21%
Tel Aviv University
54 publications, 0.21%
Utrecht University
52 publications, 0.2%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
51 publications, 0.2%
Sorbonne University
51 publications, 0.2%
University of Exeter
51 publications, 0.2%
Zhejiang University
50 publications, 0.2%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
49 publications, 0.19%
Paul Scherrer Institute
48 publications, 0.19%
University of Oslo
48 publications, 0.19%
University of Hong Kong
48 publications, 0.19%
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With other countries

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China, 992, 3.87%
China
992 publications, 3.87%
United Kingdom, 908, 3.55%
United Kingdom
908 publications, 3.55%
Canada, 754, 2.95%
Canada
754 publications, 2.95%
Germany, 615, 2.4%
Germany
615 publications, 2.4%
Italy, 484, 1.89%
Italy
484 publications, 1.89%
France, 446, 1.74%
France
446 publications, 1.74%
Australia, 380, 1.48%
Australia
380 publications, 1.48%
Japan, 330, 1.29%
Japan
330 publications, 1.29%
Switzerland, 303, 1.18%
Switzerland
303 publications, 1.18%
Netherlands, 224, 0.87%
Netherlands
224 publications, 0.87%
Spain, 215, 0.84%
Spain
215 publications, 0.84%
Republic of Korea, 211, 0.82%
Republic of Korea
211 publications, 0.82%
Israel, 182, 0.71%
Israel
182 publications, 0.71%
Sweden, 170, 0.66%
Sweden
170 publications, 0.66%
India, 161, 0.63%
India
161 publications, 0.63%
Turkey, 136, 0.53%
Turkey
136 publications, 0.53%
Norway, 120, 0.47%
Norway
120 publications, 0.47%
Brazil, 94, 0.37%
Brazil
94 publications, 0.37%
Mexico, 90, 0.35%
Mexico
90 publications, 0.35%
New Zealand, 90, 0.35%
New Zealand
90 publications, 0.35%
Belgium, 87, 0.34%
Belgium
87 publications, 0.34%
Hungary, 83, 0.32%
Hungary
83 publications, 0.32%
South Africa, 82, 0.32%
South Africa
82 publications, 0.32%
Singapore, 81, 0.32%
Singapore
81 publications, 0.32%
Austria, 79, 0.31%
Austria
79 publications, 0.31%
Denmark, 77, 0.3%
Denmark
77 publications, 0.3%
Poland, 76, 0.3%
Poland
76 publications, 0.3%
Russia, 75, 0.29%
Russia
75 publications, 0.29%
Ireland, 74, 0.29%
Ireland
74 publications, 0.29%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1935 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.
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