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Virginia Tech
Short name
VT
Country, city
USA, Blacksburg
Publications
95 574
Citations
2 814 099
h-index
452
Top-3 organizations
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University (1244 publications)
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University (1233 publications)
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (1185 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia (369 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (367 publications)
University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo (314 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1911

Total publications
95574
Total citations
2814099
Citations per publication
29.44
Average publications per year
823.91
Average authors per publication
5.13
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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General Medicine, 6794, 7.11%
General Medicine
6794 publications, 7.11%
Mechanical Engineering, 5454, 5.71%
Mechanical Engineering
5454 publications, 5.71%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 4757, 4.98%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
4757 publications, 4.98%
General Materials Science, 3633, 3.8%
General Materials Science
3633 publications, 3.8%
Condensed Matter Physics, 3585, 3.75%
Condensed Matter Physics
3585 publications, 3.75%
Mechanics of Materials, 3401, 3.56%
Mechanics of Materials
3401 publications, 3.56%
General Chemistry, 2997, 3.14%
General Chemistry
2997 publications, 3.14%
Biochemistry, 2961, 3.1%
Biochemistry
2961 publications, 3.1%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 2947, 3.08%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
2947 publications, 3.08%
Applied Mathematics, 2887, 3.02%
Applied Mathematics
2887 publications, 3.02%
Computer Science Applications, 2873, 3.01%
Computer Science Applications
2873 publications, 3.01%
Molecular Biology, 2753, 2.88%
Molecular Biology
2753 publications, 2.88%
Civil and Structural Engineering, 2710, 2.84%
Civil and Structural Engineering
2710 publications, 2.84%
Materials Chemistry, 2623, 2.74%
Materials Chemistry
2623 publications, 2.74%
Genetics, 2623, 2.74%
Genetics
2623 publications, 2.74%
Education, 2447, 2.56%
Education
2447 publications, 2.56%
General Engineering, 2382, 2.49%
General Engineering
2382 publications, 2.49%
Ecology, 2322, 2.43%
Ecology
2322 publications, 2.43%
Animal Science and Zoology, 2320, 2.43%
Animal Science and Zoology
2320 publications, 2.43%
Sociology and Political Science, 2238, 2.34%
Sociology and Political Science
2238 publications, 2.34%
Agronomy and Crop Science, 2128, 2.23%
Agronomy and Crop Science
2128 publications, 2.23%
Aerospace Engineering, 2008, 2.1%
Aerospace Engineering
2008 publications, 2.1%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1921, 2.01%
General Physics and Astronomy
1921 publications, 2.01%
Plant Science, 1903, 1.99%
Plant Science
1903 publications, 1.99%
Economics and Econometrics, 1877, 1.96%
Economics and Econometrics
1877 publications, 1.96%
Organic Chemistry, 1843, 1.93%
Organic Chemistry
1843 publications, 1.93%
Multidisciplinary, 1789, 1.87%
Multidisciplinary
1789 publications, 1.87%
Water Science and Technology, 1704, 1.78%
Water Science and Technology
1704 publications, 1.78%
Polymers and Plastics, 1697, 1.78%
Polymers and Plastics
1697 publications, 1.78%
Food Science, 1661, 1.74%
Food Science
1661 publications, 1.74%
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Journals

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
1182 publications, 1.24%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
605 publications, 0.63%
AIAA Journal
595 publications, 0.62%
PLoS ONE
587 publications, 0.61%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
569 publications, 0.6%
SSRN Electronic Journal
521 publications, 0.55%
Journal of Animal Science
492 publications, 0.51%
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
491 publications, 0.51%
Scientific Reports
473 publications, 0.49%
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
426 publications, 0.45%
Arthropod Management Tests
422 publications, 0.44%
Transportation Research Record
386 publications, 0.4%
Poultry Science
359 publications, 0.38%
Journal of Sound and Vibration
307 publications, 0.32%
Polymer
304 publications, 0.32%
Applied Physics Letters
300 publications, 0.31%
Physical Review B
298 publications, 0.31%
Journal of Economic Entomology
295 publications, 0.31%
Hortscience: A Publication of the American Society for Hortcultural Science
291 publications, 0.3%
FASEB Journal
290 publications, 0.3%
Physical Review D
289 publications, 0.3%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
284 publications, 0.3%
Environmental Science & Technology
266 publications, 0.28%
Journal of Applied Physics
262 publications, 0.27%
Insecticide and Acaricide Tests
258 publications, 0.27%
Science
249 publications, 0.26%
Journal of Bacteriology
230 publications, 0.24%
MRS Proceedings
230 publications, 0.24%
Journal of Immunology
227 publications, 0.24%
Journal of Aircraft
220 publications, 0.23%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
19770 publications, 20.69%
Springer Nature
13205 publications, 13.82%
Wiley
9962 publications, 10.42%
Taylor & Francis
5283 publications, 5.53%
SAGE
4994 publications, 5.23%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
4448 publications, 4.65%
Oxford University Press
3685 publications, 3.86%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2972 publications, 3.11%
MDPI
1983 publications, 2.07%
Cambridge University Press
1466 publications, 1.53%
American Physical Society (APS)
1328 publications, 1.39%
AIP Publishing
1272 publications, 1.33%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
1227 publications, 1.28%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
1210 publications, 1.27%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1209 publications, 1.26%
ASME International
1126 publications, 1.18%
Frontiers Media S.A.
907 publications, 0.95%
IOP Publishing
765 publications, 0.8%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
746 publications, 0.78%
American Society for Microbiology
743 publications, 0.78%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
724 publications, 0.76%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
605 publications, 0.63%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
569 publications, 0.6%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
568 publications, 0.59%
American Society for Horticultural Science
502 publications, 0.53%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
500 publications, 0.52%
Emerald
475 publications, 0.5%
Optica Publishing Group
424 publications, 0.44%
American Society of Animal Science
421 publications, 0.44%
American Geophysical Union
384 publications, 0.4%
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With other organizations

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Pennsylvania State University
1244 publications, 1.3%
Wake Forest University
1233 publications, 1.29%
North Carolina State University
1185 publications, 1.24%
Agricultural Research Service
1170 publications, 1.22%
University of Florida
1097 publications, 1.15%
Texas A&M University
936 publications, 0.98%
Purdue University
924 publications, 0.97%
Cornell University
918 publications, 0.96%
University of Georgia
908 publications, 0.95%
University of Virginia
905 publications, 0.95%
University of Michigan
856 publications, 0.9%
Ohio State University
833 publications, 0.87%
University of Maryland, College Park
827 publications, 0.87%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
802 publications, 0.84%
University of Minnesota
788 publications, 0.82%
University of Washington
774 publications, 0.81%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
754 publications, 0.79%
Harvard University
743 publications, 0.78%
University of Tennessee
707 publications, 0.74%
Clemson University
672 publications, 0.7%
University of California, Berkeley
657 publications, 0.69%
University of California, Davis
655 publications, 0.69%
University of California, Los Angeles
646 publications, 0.68%
Arizona State University
630 publications, 0.66%
Michigan State University
626 publications, 0.65%
Johns Hopkins University
626 publications, 0.65%
Iowa State University
626 publications, 0.65%
Stanford University
605 publications, 0.63%
Duke University
588 publications, 0.62%
University of Texas at Austin
582 publications, 0.61%
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With foreign organizations

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University of British Columbia
369 publications, 0.39%
University of Oxford
367 publications, 0.38%
University of Tokyo
314 publications, 0.33%
University College London
306 publications, 0.32%
University of São Paulo
288 publications, 0.3%
University of Cambridge
277 publications, 0.29%
ETH Zurich
260 publications, 0.27%
Imperial College London
248 publications, 0.26%
Tsinghua University
242 publications, 0.25%
University of Toronto
240 publications, 0.25%
University of Edinburgh
227 publications, 0.24%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
223 publications, 0.23%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
203 publications, 0.21%
Sapienza University of Rome
193 publications, 0.2%
Peking University
182 publications, 0.19%
Durham University
179 publications, 0.19%
Monash University
179 publications, 0.19%
McGill University
179 publications, 0.19%
University of Alberta
177 publications, 0.19%
Yonsei University
176 publications, 0.18%
University of Manchester
175 publications, 0.18%
Université Paris-Saclay
175 publications, 0.18%
City University of Hong Kong
168 publications, 0.18%
Kyushu University
166 publications, 0.17%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
165 publications, 0.17%
Tianjin University
163 publications, 0.17%
University of Sydney
161 publications, 0.17%
University of Melbourne
160 publications, 0.17%
University of Padua
159 publications, 0.17%
University of New South Wales
158 publications, 0.17%
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With other countries

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China, 5260, 5.5%
China
5260 publications, 5.5%
United Kingdom, 2742, 2.87%
United Kingdom
2742 publications, 2.87%
Canada, 2410, 2.52%
Canada
2410 publications, 2.52%
Germany, 1968, 2.06%
Germany
1968 publications, 2.06%
Australia, 1446, 1.51%
Australia
1446 publications, 1.51%
Republic of Korea, 1405, 1.47%
Republic of Korea
1405 publications, 1.47%
France, 1404, 1.47%
France
1404 publications, 1.47%
Italy, 1350, 1.41%
Italy
1350 publications, 1.41%
Japan, 1260, 1.32%
Japan
1260 publications, 1.32%
Spain, 959, 1%
Spain
959 publications, 1%
India, 903, 0.94%
India
903 publications, 0.94%
Brazil, 899, 0.94%
Brazil
899 publications, 0.94%
Netherlands, 805, 0.84%
Netherlands
805 publications, 0.84%
Switzerland, 787, 0.82%
Switzerland
787 publications, 0.82%
Sweden, 595, 0.62%
Sweden
595 publications, 0.62%
Russia, 544, 0.57%
Russia
544 publications, 0.57%
Israel, 510, 0.53%
Israel
510 publications, 0.53%
Denmark, 422, 0.44%
Denmark
422 publications, 0.44%
Mexico, 403, 0.42%
Mexico
403 publications, 0.42%
South Africa, 400, 0.42%
South Africa
400 publications, 0.42%
Egypt, 383, 0.4%
Egypt
383 publications, 0.4%
Turkey, 373, 0.39%
Turkey
373 publications, 0.39%
Austria, 367, 0.38%
Austria
367 publications, 0.38%
Iran, 362, 0.38%
Iran
362 publications, 0.38%
Chile, 353, 0.37%
Chile
353 publications, 0.37%
Belgium, 327, 0.34%
Belgium
327 publications, 0.34%
Finland, 324, 0.34%
Finland
324 publications, 0.34%
Norway, 321, 0.34%
Norway
321 publications, 0.34%
New Zealand, 294, 0.31%
New Zealand
294 publications, 0.31%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1911 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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