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Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Short name
UPC
Country, city
Spain, Barcelona

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1985

Total publications
41877
Total citations
1047405
Citations per publication
25.01
Average publications per year
997.07
Average authors per publication
5.66
h-index
289
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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Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 4313, 10.3%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
4313 publications, 10.3%
General Materials Science, 2740, 6.54%
General Materials Science
2740 publications, 6.54%
Mechanical Engineering, 2625, 6.27%
Mechanical Engineering
2625 publications, 6.27%
Computer Science Applications, 2596, 6.2%
Computer Science Applications
2596 publications, 6.2%
Applied Mathematics, 2525, 6.03%
Applied Mathematics
2525 publications, 6.03%
Condensed Matter Physics, 2368, 5.65%
Condensed Matter Physics
2368 publications, 5.65%
Mechanics of Materials, 1945, 4.64%
Mechanics of Materials
1945 publications, 4.64%
General Medicine, 1809, 4.32%
General Medicine
1809 publications, 4.32%
Civil and Structural Engineering, 1713, 4.09%
Civil and Structural Engineering
1713 publications, 4.09%
Software, 1684, 4.02%
Software
1684 publications, 4.02%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1673, 4%
General Physics and Astronomy
1673 publications, 4%
Materials Chemistry, 1613, 3.85%
Materials Chemistry
1613 publications, 3.85%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 1531, 3.66%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
1531 publications, 3.66%
General Engineering, 1509, 3.6%
General Engineering
1509 publications, 3.6%
General Chemistry, 1472, 3.52%
General Chemistry
1472 publications, 3.52%
Control and Systems Engineering, 1267, 3.03%
Control and Systems Engineering
1267 publications, 3.03%
Computer Networks and Communications, 1232, 2.94%
Computer Networks and Communications
1232 publications, 2.94%
Polymers and Plastics, 1230, 2.94%
Polymers and Plastics
1230 publications, 2.94%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 1219, 2.91%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
1219 publications, 2.91%
Building and Construction, 1157, 2.76%
Building and Construction
1157 publications, 2.76%
Modeling and Simulation, 1138, 2.72%
Modeling and Simulation
1138 publications, 2.72%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 1135, 2.71%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
1135 publications, 2.71%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 1092, 2.61%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
1092 publications, 2.61%
Instrumentation, 1088, 2.6%
Instrumentation
1088 publications, 2.6%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 1080, 2.58%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
1080 publications, 2.58%
Biochemistry, 1062, 2.54%
Biochemistry
1062 publications, 2.54%
General Chemical Engineering, 1016, 2.43%
General Chemical Engineering
1016 publications, 2.43%
Water Science and Technology, 981, 2.34%
Water Science and Technology
981 publications, 2.34%
Theoretical Computer Science, 960, 2.29%
Theoretical Computer Science
960 publications, 2.29%
Environmental Engineering, 936, 2.24%
Environmental Engineering
936 publications, 2.24%
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Journals

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science
1997 publications, 4.77%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
466 publications, 1.11%
Sensors
411 publications, 0.98%
Physical Review E
290 publications, 0.69%
Science of the Total Environment
265 publications, 0.63%
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
257 publications, 0.61%
Physical Review A
250 publications, 0.6%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
248 publications, 0.59%
Energies
230 publications, 0.55%
IFAC Proceedings Volumes
221 publications, 0.53%
Sustainability
215 publications, 0.51%
Physical Review Letters
213 publications, 0.51%
Construction and Building Materials
207 publications, 0.49%
Scientific Reports
190 publications, 0.45%
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
185 publications, 0.44%
IEEE Access
184 publications, 0.44%
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
181 publications, 0.43%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
179 publications, 0.43%
Materials
175 publications, 0.42%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
171 publications, 0.41%
Polymers
161 publications, 0.38%
Remote Sensing
159 publications, 0.38%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
158 publications, 0.38%
Optics Letters
154 publications, 0.37%
Physical Review B
148 publications, 0.35%
Engineering Structures
147 publications, 0.35%
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
142 publications, 0.34%
Discrete Mathematics
133 publications, 0.32%
Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
131 publications, 0.31%
PLoS ONE
125 publications, 0.3%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
12929 publications, 30.87%
Springer Nature
8638 publications, 20.63%
MDPI
3007 publications, 7.18%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2961 publications, 7.07%
Wiley
2799 publications, 6.68%
Taylor & Francis
1124 publications, 2.68%
American Physical Society (APS)
1088 publications, 2.6%
IOP Publishing
848 publications, 2.02%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
714 publications, 1.7%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
501 publications, 1.2%
Optica Publishing Group
487 publications, 1.16%
AIP Publishing
472 publications, 1.13%
SAGE
421 publications, 1.01%
Oxford University Press
420 publications, 1%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
380 publications, 0.91%
EDP Sciences
348 publications, 0.83%
World Scientific
283 publications, 0.68%
Cambridge University Press
243 publications, 0.58%
Frontiers Media S.A.
241 publications, 0.58%
Copernicus
230 publications, 0.55%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
225 publications, 0.54%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
220 publications, 0.53%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
187 publications, 0.45%
Hindawi Limited
185 publications, 0.44%
Emerald
178 publications, 0.43%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
144 publications, 0.34%
IOS Press
121 publications, 0.29%
American Astronomical Society
119 publications, 0.28%
Thomas Telford
109 publications, 0.26%
Walter de Gruyter
105 publications, 0.25%
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With other organizations

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University of Barcelona
3121 publications, 7.45%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
1565 publications, 3.74%
International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
1185 publications, 2.83%
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
802 publications, 1.92%
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
771 publications, 1.84%
Institute of Robotics and Industrial Informatics
753 publications, 1.8%
University of Rovira i Virgili
679 publications, 1.62%
Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia
654 publications, 1.56%
Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology
563 publications, 1.34%
Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine
500 publications, 1.19%
Institute of Photonic Sciences
482 publications, 1.15%
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
474 publications, 1.13%
University of Girona
474 publications, 1.13%
Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalonia
414 publications, 0.99%
Universidad de Sevilla
381 publications, 0.91%
Polytechnic University of Valencia
374 publications, 0.89%
Pompeu Fabra University
342 publications, 0.82%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
334 publications, 0.8%
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
328 publications, 0.78%
University of Granada
327 publications, 0.78%
University of Zaragoza
325 publications, 0.78%
University of Lleida
296 publications, 0.71%
University of Valencia
291 publications, 0.69%
University of the Basque Country
289 publications, 0.69%
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
282 publications, 0.67%
Catalonia Institute for Energy Research
273 publications, 0.65%
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
233 publications, 0.56%
University College London
219 publications, 0.52%
Université Paris-Saclay
215 publications, 0.51%
Institute of Space Sciences
212 publications, 0.51%
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With foreign organizations

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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
334 publications, 0.8%
University College London
219 publications, 0.52%
Université Paris-Saclay
215 publications, 0.51%
Polytechnic University of Milan
204 publications, 0.49%
ETH Zurich
200 publications, 0.48%
Delft University of Technology
197 publications, 0.47%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
189 publications, 0.45%
University of Bologna
188 publications, 0.45%
Sapienza University of Rome
184 publications, 0.44%
Imperial College London
184 publications, 0.44%
Sorbonne University
182 publications, 0.43%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
181 publications, 0.43%
Paris Cité University
166 publications, 0.4%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
161 publications, 0.38%
Polytechnic University of Turin
159 publications, 0.38%
Aalborg University
155 publications, 0.37%
Utrecht University
151 publications, 0.36%
University of São Paulo
151 publications, 0.36%
Ghent University
150 publications, 0.36%
University of Cambridge
149 publications, 0.36%
University of Naples Federico II
140 publications, 0.33%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
138 publications, 0.33%
University of Manchester
137 publications, 0.33%
University of Lisbon
136 publications, 0.32%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
135 publications, 0.32%
University of Oxford
135 publications, 0.32%
Aix-Marseille University
134 publications, 0.32%
University of Bordeaux
133 publications, 0.32%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
133 publications, 0.32%
University of California, Berkeley
125 publications, 0.3%
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With other countries

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USA, 3514, 8.39%
USA
3514 publications, 8.39%
Italy, 2569, 6.13%
Italy
2569 publications, 6.13%
United Kingdom, 2375, 5.67%
United Kingdom
2375 publications, 5.67%
France, 2373, 5.67%
France
2373 publications, 5.67%
Germany, 2196, 5.24%
Germany
2196 publications, 5.24%
China, 1197, 2.86%
China
1197 publications, 2.86%
Mexico, 1040, 2.48%
Mexico
1040 publications, 2.48%
Netherlands, 977, 2.33%
Netherlands
977 publications, 2.33%
Switzerland, 770, 1.84%
Switzerland
770 publications, 1.84%
Brazil, 763, 1.82%
Brazil
763 publications, 1.82%
Belgium, 690, 1.65%
Belgium
690 publications, 1.65%
Canada, 681, 1.63%
Canada
681 publications, 1.63%
Australia, 663, 1.58%
Australia
663 publications, 1.58%
Portugal, 584, 1.39%
Portugal
584 publications, 1.39%
Sweden, 579, 1.38%
Sweden
579 publications, 1.38%
Argentina, 576, 1.38%
Argentina
576 publications, 1.38%
Colombia, 565, 1.35%
Colombia
565 publications, 1.35%
Poland, 554, 1.32%
Poland
554 publications, 1.32%
Greece, 501, 1.2%
Greece
501 publications, 1.2%
Japan, 493, 1.18%
Japan
493 publications, 1.18%
Chile, 468, 1.12%
Chile
468 publications, 1.12%
Austria, 443, 1.06%
Austria
443 publications, 1.06%
Denmark, 428, 1.02%
Denmark
428 publications, 1.02%
Russia, 421, 1.01%
Russia
421 publications, 1.01%
Iran, 393, 0.94%
Iran
393 publications, 0.94%
Czech Republic, 300, 0.72%
Czech Republic
300 publications, 0.72%
Finland, 287, 0.69%
Finland
287 publications, 0.69%
India, 284, 0.68%
India
284 publications, 0.68%
Romania, 281, 0.67%
Romania
281 publications, 0.67%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1985 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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