École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Short name
EPFL
Country, city
Switzerland, Lausanne
Publications
68 305
Citations
3 078 838
h-index
541
Top-3 organizations
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich (8054 publications)
Paul Scherrer Institute
Paul Scherrer Institute (2346 publications)
University of Lausanne
University of Lausanne (2023 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (1092 publications)
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University (1076 publications)
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Since 1931

Total publications
68305
Total citations
3078372
Citations per publication
45.07
Average publications per year
719
Average authors per publication
15.2
h-index
541
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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Condensed Matter Physics, 7784, 11.4%
Condensed Matter Physics
7784 publications, 11.4%
General Chemistry, 5918, 8.66%
General Chemistry
5918 publications, 8.66%
General Materials Science, 5627, 8.24%
General Materials Science
5627 publications, 8.24%
General Physics and Astronomy, 5353, 7.84%
General Physics and Astronomy
5353 publications, 7.84%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 5298, 7.76%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
5298 publications, 7.76%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 5035, 7.37%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
5035 publications, 7.37%
Mechanical Engineering, 4246, 6.22%
Mechanical Engineering
4246 publications, 6.22%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 3165, 4.63%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
3165 publications, 4.63%
Mechanics of Materials, 3119, 4.57%
Mechanics of Materials
3119 publications, 4.57%
Materials Chemistry, 3056, 4.47%
Materials Chemistry
3056 publications, 4.47%
General Medicine, 3025, 4.43%
General Medicine
3025 publications, 4.43%
Computer Science Applications, 2721, 3.98%
Computer Science Applications
2721 publications, 3.98%
Biochemistry, 2647, 3.88%
Biochemistry
2647 publications, 3.88%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 2401, 3.52%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
2401 publications, 3.52%
Applied Mathematics, 2290, 3.35%
Applied Mathematics
2290 publications, 3.35%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 2168, 3.17%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
2168 publications, 3.17%
Multidisciplinary, 2168, 3.17%
Multidisciplinary
2168 publications, 3.17%
Catalysis, 2098, 3.07%
Catalysis
2098 publications, 3.07%
Civil and Structural Engineering, 2007, 2.94%
Civil and Structural Engineering
2007 publications, 2.94%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 1798, 2.63%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
1798 publications, 2.63%
Software, 1768, 2.59%
Software
1768 publications, 2.59%
Molecular Biology, 1736, 2.54%
Molecular Biology
1736 publications, 2.54%
General Engineering, 1728, 2.53%
General Engineering
1728 publications, 2.53%
Organic Chemistry, 1571, 2.3%
Organic Chemistry
1571 publications, 2.3%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 1562, 2.29%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
1562 publications, 2.29%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 1553, 2.27%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
1553 publications, 2.27%
Bioengineering, 1533, 2.24%
Bioengineering
1533 publications, 2.24%
General Chemical Engineering, 1488, 2.18%
General Chemical Engineering
1488 publications, 2.18%
Biomedical Engineering, 1414, 2.07%
Biomedical Engineering
1414 publications, 2.07%
Instrumentation, 1370, 2.01%
Instrumentation
1370 publications, 2.01%
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Journals

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science
1835 publications, 2.69%
Physical Review B
1760 publications, 2.58%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
970 publications, 1.42%
Physical Review Letters
937 publications, 1.37%
Nature Communications
782 publications, 1.14%
Applied Physics Letters
725 publications, 1.06%
Journal of High Energy Physics
627 publications, 0.92%
Scientific Reports
555 publications, 0.81%
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
539 publications, 0.79%
SSRN Electronic Journal
495 publications, 0.72%
Journal of Applied Physics
478 publications, 0.7%
Journal of Chemical Physics
403 publications, 0.59%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
395 publications, 0.58%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
395 publications, 0.58%
Angewandte Chemie
383 publications, 0.56%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
374 publications, 0.55%
Nuclear Fusion
357 publications, 0.52%
Optics Express
343 publications, 0.5%
PLoS ONE
337 publications, 0.49%
Nano Letters
330 publications, 0.48%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
285 publications, 0.42%
Chemistry - A European Journal
275 publications, 0.4%
Nature
274 publications, 0.4%
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
266 publications, 0.39%
Physics of Plasmas
266 publications, 0.39%
Acta Materialia
261 publications, 0.38%
Advanced Materials
255 publications, 0.37%
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
254 publications, 0.37%
Fusion Engineering and Design
249 publications, 0.36%
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
247 publications, 0.36%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
15221 publications, 22.28%
Springer Nature
11994 publications, 17.56%
Wiley
6602 publications, 9.67%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
3917 publications, 5.73%
American Physical Society (APS)
3541 publications, 5.18%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
3527 publications, 5.16%
AIP Publishing
2486 publications, 3.64%
IOP Publishing
2319 publications, 3.4%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
2060 publications, 3.02%
Taylor & Francis
1188 publications, 1.74%
Oxford University Press
1146 publications, 1.68%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
1038 publications, 1.52%
MDPI
1007 publications, 1.47%
Optica Publishing Group
788 publications, 1.15%
Frontiers Media S.A.
750 publications, 1.1%
EDP Sciences
638 publications, 0.93%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
610 publications, 0.89%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
549 publications, 0.8%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
490 publications, 0.72%
Cambridge University Press
465 publications, 0.68%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
427 publications, 0.63%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
395 publications, 0.58%
SAGE
391 publications, 0.57%
The Electrochemical Society
384 publications, 0.56%
Copernicus
296 publications, 0.43%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
291 publications, 0.43%
World Scientific
224 publications, 0.33%
Materials Research Society
219 publications, 0.32%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
205 publications, 0.3%
American Society for Microbiology
175 publications, 0.26%
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With other organizations

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ETH Zurich
8054 publications, 11.79%
Paul Scherrer Institute
2346 publications, 3.43%
University of Lausanne
2023 publications, 2.96%
University of Geneva
2023 publications, 2.96%
Lausanne University Hospital
1883 publications, 2.76%
University of Zurich
1278 publications, 1.87%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1104 publications, 1.62%
University of Cambridge
1092 publications, 1.6%
Sorbonne University
1076 publications, 1.58%
European Organization for Nuclear Research
1067 publications, 1.56%
Imperial College London
1021 publications, 1.49%
University of Oxford
956 publications, 1.4%
University of Padua
913 publications, 1.34%
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
885 publications, 1.3%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
859 publications, 1.26%
Sapienza University of Rome
849 publications, 1.24%
University of Bologna
781 publications, 1.14%
Aix-Marseille University
755 publications, 1.11%
University of Edinburgh
732 publications, 1.07%
Paris Cité University
713 publications, 1.04%
Harvard University
684 publications, 1%
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
674 publications, 0.99%
Tsinghua University
670 publications, 0.98%
Geneva University Hospitals
662 publications, 0.97%
University of Bristol
647 publications, 0.95%
Grenoble Alpes University
643 publications, 0.94%
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
640 publications, 0.94%
Polytechnic University of Milan
640 publications, 0.94%
University of Milano-Bicocca
636 publications, 0.93%
RWTH Aachen University
626 publications, 0.92%
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With foreign organizations

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1104 publications, 1.62%
University of Cambridge
1092 publications, 1.6%
Sorbonne University
1076 publications, 1.58%
Imperial College London
1021 publications, 1.49%
University of Oxford
956 publications, 1.4%
University of Padua
913 publications, 1.34%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
859 publications, 1.26%
Sapienza University of Rome
849 publications, 1.24%
University of Bologna
781 publications, 1.14%
Aix-Marseille University
755 publications, 1.11%
University of Edinburgh
732 publications, 1.07%
Paris Cité University
713 publications, 1.04%
Harvard University
684 publications, 1%
Tsinghua University
670 publications, 0.98%
University of Bristol
647 publications, 0.95%
Grenoble Alpes University
643 publications, 0.94%
Polytechnic University of Milan
640 publications, 0.94%
University of Milano-Bicocca
636 publications, 0.93%
RWTH Aachen University
626 publications, 0.92%
University of California, Berkeley
622 publications, 0.91%
Stanford University
619 publications, 0.91%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
615 publications, 0.9%
University of Manchester
608 publications, 0.89%
University of Genoa
595 publications, 0.87%
University College London
592 publications, 0.87%
University of Pisa
582 publications, 0.85%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
581 publications, 0.85%
University of Maryland, College Park
576 publications, 0.84%
Heidelberg University
565 publications, 0.83%
University of Bari Aldo Moro
561 publications, 0.82%
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With other countries

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USA, 11991, 17.56%
USA
11991 publications, 17.56%
Germany, 8344, 12.22%
Germany
8344 publications, 12.22%
France, 8292, 12.14%
France
8292 publications, 12.14%
Italy, 6525, 9.55%
Italy
6525 publications, 9.55%
United Kingdom, 6219, 9.1%
United Kingdom
6219 publications, 9.1%
China, 3872, 5.67%
China
3872 publications, 5.67%
Spain, 3395, 4.97%
Spain
3395 publications, 4.97%
Netherlands, 2804, 4.11%
Netherlands
2804 publications, 4.11%
Canada, 2029, 2.97%
Canada
2029 publications, 2.97%
Sweden, 1879, 2.75%
Sweden
1879 publications, 2.75%
Japan, 1789, 2.62%
Japan
1789 publications, 2.62%
Australia, 1688, 2.47%
Australia
1688 publications, 2.47%
Belgium, 1646, 2.41%
Belgium
1646 publications, 2.41%
Russia, 1517, 2.22%
Russia
1517 publications, 2.22%
Austria, 1297, 1.9%
Austria
1297 publications, 1.9%
Poland, 1282, 1.88%
Poland
1282 publications, 1.88%
Republic of Korea, 1180, 1.73%
Republic of Korea
1180 publications, 1.73%
Denmark, 1112, 1.63%
Denmark
1112 publications, 1.63%
Brazil, 1063, 1.56%
Brazil
1063 publications, 1.56%
India, 961, 1.41%
India
961 publications, 1.41%
Portugal, 912, 1.34%
Portugal
912 publications, 1.34%
Ireland, 836, 1.22%
Ireland
836 publications, 1.22%
Israel, 785, 1.15%
Israel
785 publications, 1.15%
Czech Republic, 739, 1.08%
Czech Republic
739 publications, 1.08%
Iran, 728, 1.07%
Iran
728 publications, 1.07%
Finland, 728, 1.07%
Finland
728 publications, 1.07%
Hungary, 685, 1%
Hungary
685 publications, 1%
Greece, 676, 0.99%
Greece
676 publications, 0.99%
Ukraine, 656, 0.96%
Ukraine
656 publications, 0.96%
Romania, 610, 0.89%
Romania
610 publications, 0.89%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1931 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.