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Virginia Tech
Short name
VT
Country, city
USA, Blacksburg
Publications
91 225
Citations
2 583 938
h-index
432
Top-3 organizations
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University (1178 publications)
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University (1160 publications)
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (1101 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia (334 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (329 publications)
University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo (290 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1911

Total publications
91225
Total citations
2583938
Citations per publication
28.32
Average publications per year
793.26
Average authors per publication
4.95
h-index
432
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, 6773, 7.42%
General Medicine
6773 publications, 7.42%
Mechanical Engineering, 5454, 5.98%
Mechanical Engineering
5454 publications, 5.98%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 4755, 5.21%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
4755 publications, 5.21%
General Materials Science, 3630, 3.98%
General Materials Science
3630 publications, 3.98%
Condensed Matter Physics, 3584, 3.93%
Condensed Matter Physics
3584 publications, 3.93%
Mechanics of Materials, 3397, 3.72%
Mechanics of Materials
3397 publications, 3.72%
General Chemistry, 2994, 3.28%
General Chemistry
2994 publications, 3.28%
Biochemistry, 2961, 3.25%
Biochemistry
2961 publications, 3.25%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 2944, 3.23%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
2944 publications, 3.23%
Computer Science Applications, 2873, 3.15%
Computer Science Applications
2873 publications, 3.15%
Applied Mathematics, 2872, 3.15%
Applied Mathematics
2872 publications, 3.15%
Molecular Biology, 2753, 3.02%
Molecular Biology
2753 publications, 3.02%
Civil and Structural Engineering, 2710, 2.97%
Civil and Structural Engineering
2710 publications, 2.97%
Materials Chemistry, 2623, 2.88%
Materials Chemistry
2623 publications, 2.88%
Genetics, 2623, 2.88%
Genetics
2623 publications, 2.88%
Education, 2441, 2.68%
Education
2441 publications, 2.68%
General Engineering, 2378, 2.61%
General Engineering
2378 publications, 2.61%
Ecology, 2322, 2.55%
Ecology
2322 publications, 2.55%
Animal Science and Zoology, 2319, 2.54%
Animal Science and Zoology
2319 publications, 2.54%
Sociology and Political Science, 2238, 2.45%
Sociology and Political Science
2238 publications, 2.45%
Agronomy and Crop Science, 2124, 2.33%
Agronomy and Crop Science
2124 publications, 2.33%
Aerospace Engineering, 2008, 2.2%
Aerospace Engineering
2008 publications, 2.2%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1920, 2.1%
General Physics and Astronomy
1920 publications, 2.1%
Plant Science, 1902, 2.08%
Plant Science
1902 publications, 2.08%
Economics and Econometrics, 1877, 2.06%
Economics and Econometrics
1877 publications, 2.06%
Organic Chemistry, 1843, 2.02%
Organic Chemistry
1843 publications, 2.02%
Multidisciplinary, 1789, 1.96%
Multidisciplinary
1789 publications, 1.96%
Water Science and Technology, 1704, 1.87%
Water Science and Technology
1704 publications, 1.87%
Polymers and Plastics, 1696, 1.86%
Polymers and Plastics
1696 publications, 1.86%
Food Science, 1661, 1.82%
Food Science
1661 publications, 1.82%
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Journals

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
1182 publications, 1.3%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
592 publications, 0.65%
AIAA Journal
591 publications, 0.65%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
568 publications, 0.62%
PLoS ONE
558 publications, 0.61%
SSRN Electronic Journal
506 publications, 0.55%
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
478 publications, 0.52%
Journal of Animal Science
458 publications, 0.5%
Scientific Reports
427 publications, 0.47%
Arthropod Management Tests
419 publications, 0.46%
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
408 publications, 0.45%
Transportation Research Record
375 publications, 0.41%
Poultry Science
356 publications, 0.39%
Journal of Sound and Vibration
306 publications, 0.34%
Polymer
302 publications, 0.33%
Applied Physics Letters
299 publications, 0.33%
Physical Review B
293 publications, 0.32%
FASEB Journal
289 publications, 0.32%
Hortscience: A Publication of the American Society for Hortcultural Science
288 publications, 0.32%
Journal of Economic Entomology
286 publications, 0.31%
Physical Review D
273 publications, 0.3%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
270 publications, 0.3%
Journal of Applied Physics
260 publications, 0.29%
Insecticide and Acaricide Tests
258 publications, 0.28%
Environmental Science & Technology
255 publications, 0.28%
Science
237 publications, 0.26%
MRS Proceedings
230 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Bacteriology
229 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Aircraft
219 publications, 0.24%
Academy of Management Proceedings
218 publications, 0.24%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
18655 publications, 20.45%
Springer Nature
12552 publications, 13.76%
Wiley
9544 publications, 10.46%
Taylor & Francis
5117 publications, 5.61%
SAGE
4852 publications, 5.32%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
4246 publications, 4.65%
Oxford University Press
3267 publications, 3.58%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2843 publications, 3.12%
MDPI
1796 publications, 1.97%
Cambridge University Press
1484 publications, 1.63%
American Physical Society (APS)
1273 publications, 1.4%
AIP Publishing
1245 publications, 1.36%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
1227 publications, 1.35%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
1195 publications, 1.31%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1186 publications, 1.3%
ASME International
1101 publications, 1.21%
Frontiers Media S.A.
806 publications, 0.88%
IOP Publishing
727 publications, 0.8%
American Society for Microbiology
726 publications, 0.8%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
701 publications, 0.77%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
674 publications, 0.74%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
578 publications, 0.63%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
568 publications, 0.62%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
509 publications, 0.56%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
500 publications, 0.55%
American Society for Horticultural Science
497 publications, 0.54%
Emerald
437 publications, 0.48%
American Society of Animal Science
421 publications, 0.46%
Optica Publishing Group
414 publications, 0.45%
Hindawi Limited
354 publications, 0.39%
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With other organizations

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Wake Forest University
1178 publications, 1.29%
Pennsylvania State University
1160 publications, 1.27%
North Carolina State University
1101 publications, 1.21%
University of Florida
1002 publications, 1.1%
Purdue University
864 publications, 0.95%
Cornell University
848 publications, 0.93%
Texas A&M University
838 publications, 0.92%
University of Georgia
829 publications, 0.91%
University of Michigan
791 publications, 0.87%
University of Maryland, College Park
777 publications, 0.85%
Ohio State University
765 publications, 0.84%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
731 publications, 0.8%
University of Minnesota
731 publications, 0.8%
University of Washington
692 publications, 0.76%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
683 publications, 0.75%
Harvard University
668 publications, 0.73%
University of Tennessee
650 publications, 0.71%
Clemson University
625 publications, 0.69%
University of California, Davis
597 publications, 0.65%
University of California, Berkeley
595 publications, 0.65%
Iowa State University
592 publications, 0.65%
University of California, Los Angeles
582 publications, 0.64%
Arizona State University
569 publications, 0.62%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
569 publications, 0.62%
Michigan State University
566 publications, 0.62%
Johns Hopkins University
555 publications, 0.61%
Stanford University
554 publications, 0.61%
University of Colorado Boulder
543 publications, 0.6%
Duke University
532 publications, 0.58%
University of Texas at Austin
528 publications, 0.58%
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With foreign organizations

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University of British Columbia
334 publications, 0.37%
University of Oxford
329 publications, 0.36%
University of Tokyo
290 publications, 0.32%
University of São Paulo
255 publications, 0.28%
University College London
250 publications, 0.27%
University of Cambridge
244 publications, 0.27%
ETH Zurich
240 publications, 0.26%
Imperial College London
228 publications, 0.25%
Tsinghua University
219 publications, 0.24%
University of Toronto
213 publications, 0.23%
University of Edinburgh
207 publications, 0.23%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
199 publications, 0.22%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
183 publications, 0.2%
Peking University
175 publications, 0.19%
Sapienza University of Rome
175 publications, 0.19%
Yonsei University
170 publications, 0.19%
Monash University
168 publications, 0.18%
McGill University
166 publications, 0.18%
Tianjin University
161 publications, 0.18%
Kyushu University
160 publications, 0.18%
University of Alberta
160 publications, 0.18%
City University of Hong Kong
159 publications, 0.17%
Université Paris-Saclay
158 publications, 0.17%
University of Sydney
154 publications, 0.17%
University of Manchester
151 publications, 0.17%
University of Melbourne
150 publications, 0.16%
University of Padua
149 publications, 0.16%
Korea University
149 publications, 0.16%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
147 publications, 0.16%
University of New South Wales
142 publications, 0.16%
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With other countries

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China, 5119, 5.61%
China
5119 publications, 5.61%
United Kingdom, 2654, 2.91%
United Kingdom
2654 publications, 2.91%
Canada, 2347, 2.57%
Canada
2347 publications, 2.57%
Germany, 1914, 2.1%
Germany
1914 publications, 2.1%
Australia, 1417, 1.55%
Australia
1417 publications, 1.55%
France, 1376, 1.51%
France
1376 publications, 1.51%
Republic of Korea, 1375, 1.51%
Republic of Korea
1375 publications, 1.51%
Italy, 1303, 1.43%
Italy
1303 publications, 1.43%
Japan, 1236, 1.35%
Japan
1236 publications, 1.35%
Spain, 930, 1.02%
Spain
930 publications, 1.02%
Brazil, 878, 0.96%
Brazil
878 publications, 0.96%
India, 856, 0.94%
India
856 publications, 0.94%
Netherlands, 787, 0.86%
Netherlands
787 publications, 0.86%
Switzerland, 759, 0.83%
Switzerland
759 publications, 0.83%
Sweden, 585, 0.64%
Sweden
585 publications, 0.64%
Russia, 530, 0.58%
Russia
530 publications, 0.58%
Israel, 494, 0.54%
Israel
494 publications, 0.54%
Denmark, 409, 0.45%
Denmark
409 publications, 0.45%
Mexico, 394, 0.43%
Mexico
394 publications, 0.43%
South Africa, 389, 0.43%
South Africa
389 publications, 0.43%
Egypt, 377, 0.41%
Egypt
377 publications, 0.41%
Turkey, 362, 0.4%
Turkey
362 publications, 0.4%
Austria, 359, 0.39%
Austria
359 publications, 0.39%
Iran, 349, 0.38%
Iran
349 publications, 0.38%
Chile, 344, 0.38%
Chile
344 publications, 0.38%
Belgium, 321, 0.35%
Belgium
321 publications, 0.35%
Finland, 316, 0.35%
Finland
316 publications, 0.35%
Norway, 309, 0.34%
Norway
309 publications, 0.34%
New Zealand, 287, 0.31%
New Zealand
287 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.