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Physical Research Laboratory
Short name
PRL
Country, city
India, Ahmedabad
Publications
6 825
Citations
129 651
h-index
120
Top-3 journals
Physical Review D
Physical Review D (352 publications)
Physical Review A
Physical Review A (250 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center (82 publications)
University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo (62 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1922

Total publications
6825
Total citations
129651
Citations per publication
19
Average publications per year
65
Average authors per publication
7.92
h-index
120
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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Space and Planetary Science, 1794, 26.29%
Space and Planetary Science
1794 publications, 26.29%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1418, 20.78%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
1418 publications, 20.78%
Geophysics, 849, 12.44%
Geophysics
849 publications, 12.44%
Atmospheric Science, 800, 11.72%
Atmospheric Science
800 publications, 11.72%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 659, 9.66%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
659 publications, 9.66%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 606, 8.88%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
606 publications, 8.88%
General Physics and Astronomy, 565, 8.28%
General Physics and Astronomy
565 publications, 8.28%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 475, 6.96%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
475 publications, 6.96%
Geochemistry and Petrology, 364, 5.33%
Geochemistry and Petrology
364 publications, 5.33%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 337, 4.94%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
337 publications, 4.94%
Earth-Surface Processes, 296, 4.34%
Earth-Surface Processes
296 publications, 4.34%
Geology, 295, 4.32%
Geology
295 publications, 4.32%
General Environmental Science, 251, 3.68%
General Environmental Science
251 publications, 3.68%
Condensed Matter Physics, 238, 3.49%
Condensed Matter Physics
238 publications, 3.49%
Oceanography, 228, 3.34%
Oceanography
228 publications, 3.34%
Water Science and Technology, 211, 3.09%
Water Science and Technology
211 publications, 3.09%
Paleontology, 178, 2.61%
Paleontology
178 publications, 2.61%
Aquatic Science, 169, 2.48%
Aquatic Science
169 publications, 2.48%
Aerospace Engineering, 160, 2.34%
Aerospace Engineering
160 publications, 2.34%
Environmental Chemistry, 159, 2.33%
Environmental Chemistry
159 publications, 2.33%
Ecology, 152, 2.23%
Ecology
152 publications, 2.23%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 143, 2.1%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
143 publications, 2.1%
General Medicine, 142, 2.08%
General Medicine
142 publications, 2.08%
General Engineering, 140, 2.05%
General Engineering
140 publications, 2.05%
Pollution, 126, 1.85%
Pollution
126 publications, 1.85%
Soil Science, 121, 1.77%
Soil Science
121 publications, 1.77%
Multidisciplinary, 116, 1.7%
Multidisciplinary
116 publications, 1.7%
General Chemistry, 114, 1.67%
General Chemistry
114 publications, 1.67%
Forestry, 113, 1.66%
Forestry
113 publications, 1.66%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 108, 1.58%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
108 publications, 1.58%
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Journals

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Physical Review D
352 publications, 5.16%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
259 publications, 3.79%
Physical Review A
250 publications, 3.66%
Astrophysical Journal
217 publications, 3.18%
Pramana - Journal of Physics
182 publications, 2.67%
Advances in Space Research
177 publications, 2.59%
Journal of Earth System Science
162 publications, 2.37%
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
155 publications, 2.27%
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
115 publications, 1.68%
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
108 publications, 1.58%
Solar Physics
107 publications, 1.57%
Journal of Geophysical Research
107 publications, 1.57%
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
101 publications, 1.48%
Atmospheric Environment
99 publications, 1.45%
Journal of High Energy Physics
94 publications, 1.38%
Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
93 publications, 1.36%
Geophysical Research Letters
89 publications, 1.3%
Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
88 publications, 1.29%
Planetary and Space Science
87 publications, 1.27%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
82 publications, 1.2%
Springer Proceedings in Physics
74 publications, 1.08%
Astrophysics and Space Science
66 publications, 0.97%
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
63 publications, 0.92%
Icarus
63 publications, 0.92%
Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Section A
62 publications, 0.91%
Physical Review Letters
59 publications, 0.86%
Nature
58 publications, 0.85%
Physical Review E
57 publications, 0.84%
Physical Review C
55 publications, 0.81%
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
54 publications, 0.79%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
1840 publications, 26.96%
Springer Nature
1615 publications, 23.66%
American Physical Society (APS)
793 publications, 11.62%
Wiley
384 publications, 5.63%
Oxford University Press
308 publications, 4.51%
IOP Publishing
275 publications, 4.03%
American Astronomical Society
269 publications, 3.94%
American Geophysical Union
180 publications, 2.64%
Cambridge University Press
154 publications, 2.26%
Taylor & Francis
130 publications, 1.9%
AIP Publishing
126 publications, 1.85%
World Scientific
105 publications, 1.54%
Optica Publishing Group
104 publications, 1.52%
EDP Sciences
98 publications, 1.44%
Copernicus
94 publications, 1.38%
MDPI
47 publications, 0.69%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
41 publications, 0.6%
Frontiers Media S.A.
25 publications, 0.37%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
20 publications, 0.29%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
19 publications, 0.28%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
19 publications, 0.28%
SAGE
17 publications, 0.25%
Hindawi Limited
15 publications, 0.22%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
14 publications, 0.21%
Walter de Gruyter
12 publications, 0.18%
Geological Society of America
10 publications, 0.15%
Pleiades Publishing
7 publications, 0.1%
American Vacuum Society
6 publications, 0.09%
The Geochemical Society of Japan
6 publications, 0.09%
Geological Society of London
5 publications, 0.07%
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With other organizations

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Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
560 publications, 8.21%
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
254 publications, 3.72%
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
155 publications, 2.27%
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
154 publications, 2.26%
Indian Space Research Organisation
132 publications, 1.93%
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
126 publications, 1.85%
Indian Institute of Science
124 publications, 1.82%
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
119 publications, 1.74%
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
108 publications, 1.58%
University of Hyderabad
91 publications, 1.33%
California Institute of Technology
83 publications, 1.22%
Goddard Space Flight Center
82 publications, 1.2%
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
79 publications, 1.16%
National Institute of Oceanography
78 publications, 1.14%
Harish-Chandra Research Institute
75 publications, 1.1%
National Geophysical Research Institute
70 publications, 1.03%
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
69 publications, 1.01%
University of Delhi
68 publications, 1%
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
64 publications, 0.94%
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
63 publications, 0.92%
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
63 publications, 0.92%
University of Tokyo
62 publications, 0.91%
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
61 publications, 0.89%
Gujarat University
58 publications, 0.85%
S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
58 publications, 0.85%
Peking University
58 publications, 0.85%
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
57 publications, 0.84%
University of Helsinki
56 publications, 0.82%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
55 publications, 0.81%
University of Arizona
55 publications, 0.81%
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With foreign organizations

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California Institute of Technology
83 publications, 1.22%
Goddard Space Flight Center
82 publications, 1.2%
University of Tokyo
62 publications, 0.91%
Peking University
58 publications, 0.85%
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
57 publications, 0.84%
University of Helsinki
56 publications, 0.82%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
55 publications, 0.81%
University of Arizona
55 publications, 0.81%
University of Manchester
52 publications, 0.76%
University of Colorado Boulder
52 publications, 0.76%
University of California, Riverside
51 publications, 0.75%
European Organization for Nuclear Research
50 publications, 0.73%
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
50 publications, 0.73%
University of Minnesota
50 publications, 0.73%
University of California, Berkeley
49 publications, 0.72%
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas espaciais
49 publications, 0.72%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
48 publications, 0.7%
University of Texas at Austin
46 publications, 0.67%
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
44 publications, 0.64%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
43 publications, 0.63%
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
43 publications, 0.63%
University of California, Los Angeles
42 publications, 0.62%
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
42 publications, 0.62%
University College London
40 publications, 0.59%
Pennsylvania State University
40 publications, 0.59%
Nagoya University
40 publications, 0.59%
University of Rochester
40 publications, 0.59%
National Institute for Astrophysics
39 publications, 0.57%
Ruhr University Bochum
39 publications, 0.57%
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
39 publications, 0.57%
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With other countries

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USA, 926, 13.57%
USA
926 publications, 13.57%
Germany, 457, 6.7%
Germany
457 publications, 6.7%
United Kingdom, 342, 5.01%
United Kingdom
342 publications, 5.01%
China, 314, 4.6%
China
314 publications, 4.6%
Japan, 314, 4.6%
Japan
314 publications, 4.6%
France, 236, 3.46%
France
236 publications, 3.46%
Italy, 195, 2.86%
Italy
195 publications, 2.86%
Canada, 149, 2.18%
Canada
149 publications, 2.18%
Republic of Korea, 130, 1.9%
Republic of Korea
130 publications, 1.9%
Spain, 124, 1.82%
Spain
124 publications, 1.82%
Switzerland, 114, 1.67%
Switzerland
114 publications, 1.67%
Australia, 107, 1.57%
Australia
107 publications, 1.57%
Brazil, 103, 1.51%
Brazil
103 publications, 1.51%
Russia, 90, 1.32%
Russia
90 publications, 1.32%
Finland, 83, 1.22%
Finland
83 publications, 1.22%
Sweden, 81, 1.19%
Sweden
81 publications, 1.19%
Netherlands, 65, 0.95%
Netherlands
65 publications, 0.95%
Poland, 64, 0.94%
Poland
64 publications, 0.94%
South Africa, 64, 0.94%
South Africa
64 publications, 0.94%
Chile, 62, 0.91%
Chile
62 publications, 0.91%
Greece, 60, 0.88%
Greece
60 publications, 0.88%
Mexico, 58, 0.85%
Mexico
58 publications, 0.85%
Denmark, 45, 0.66%
Denmark
45 publications, 0.66%
Portugal, 43, 0.63%
Portugal
43 publications, 0.63%
Austria, 40, 0.59%
Austria
40 publications, 0.59%
Belgium, 36, 0.53%
Belgium
36 publications, 0.53%
Israel, 32, 0.47%
Israel
32 publications, 0.47%
Hungary, 31, 0.45%
Hungary
31 publications, 0.45%
Czech Republic, 29, 0.42%
Czech Republic
29 publications, 0.42%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1922 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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