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European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Short name
EMBL
Country, city
Germany, Heidelberg
Publications
13 933
Citations
1 464 381
h-index
448
Top-3 journals
Nature
Nature (486 publications)
Journal of Molecular Biology
Journal of Molecular Biology (371 publications)
Nucleic Acids Research
Nucleic Acids Research (332 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg University (1415 publications)
German Cancer Research Center
German Cancer Research Center (839 publications)
Technical University of Munich
Technical University of Munich (499 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1822

Total publications
13933
Total citations
1464381
Citations per publication
105.1
Average publications per year
67.97
Average authors per publication
8.45
h-index
448
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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Molecular Biology, 3307, 23.74%
Molecular Biology
3307 publications, 23.74%
Biochemistry, 2302, 16.52%
Biochemistry
2302 publications, 16.52%
Cell Biology, 2116, 15.19%
Cell Biology
2116 publications, 15.19%
Genetics, 1548, 11.11%
Genetics
1548 publications, 11.11%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 1378, 9.89%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
1378 publications, 9.89%
Multidisciplinary, 1178, 8.45%
Multidisciplinary
1178 publications, 8.45%
Structural Biology, 1116, 8.01%
Structural Biology
1116 publications, 8.01%
General Medicine, 1013, 7.27%
General Medicine
1013 publications, 7.27%
General Chemistry, 607, 4.36%
General Chemistry
607 publications, 4.36%
Developmental Biology, 545, 3.91%
Developmental Biology
545 publications, 3.91%
Biotechnology, 519, 3.72%
Biotechnology
519 publications, 3.72%
General Immunology and Microbiology, 420, 3.01%
General Immunology and Microbiology
420 publications, 3.01%
Biophysics, 411, 2.95%
Biophysics
411 publications, 2.95%
Immunology, 408, 2.93%
Immunology
408 publications, 2.93%
General Neuroscience, 373, 2.68%
General Neuroscience
373 publications, 2.68%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 361, 2.59%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
361 publications, 2.59%
Molecular Medicine, 357, 2.56%
Molecular Medicine
357 publications, 2.56%
Computer Science Applications, 334, 2.4%
Computer Science Applications
334 publications, 2.4%
General Physics and Astronomy, 316, 2.27%
General Physics and Astronomy
316 publications, 2.27%
Cancer Research, 305, 2.19%
Cancer Research
305 publications, 2.19%
Microbiology, 281, 2.02%
Microbiology
281 publications, 2.02%
Computational Theory and Mathematics, 279, 2%
Computational Theory and Mathematics
279 publications, 2%
Bioengineering, 276, 1.98%
Bioengineering
276 publications, 1.98%
Hematology, 245, 1.76%
Hematology
245 publications, 1.76%
Oncology, 243, 1.74%
Oncology
243 publications, 1.74%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 233, 1.67%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
233 publications, 1.67%
General Materials Science, 222, 1.59%
General Materials Science
222 publications, 1.59%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 221, 1.59%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
221 publications, 1.59%
Genetics (clinical), 220, 1.58%
Genetics (clinical)
220 publications, 1.58%
Organic Chemistry, 217, 1.56%
Organic Chemistry
217 publications, 1.56%
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Journals

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Nature
486 publications, 3.49%
Journal of Molecular Biology
371 publications, 2.66%
Nucleic Acids Research
332 publications, 2.38%
Nature Communications
313 publications, 2.25%
Journal of Cell Biology
224 publications, 1.61%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
221 publications, 1.59%
Cell
210 publications, 1.51%
Science
191 publications, 1.37%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
174 publications, 1.25%
Blood
170 publications, 1.22%
Nature Methods
145 publications, 1.04%
Current Biology
137 publications, 0.98%
Journal of Cell Science
137 publications, 0.98%
Methods in Molecular Biology
136 publications, 0.98%
EMBO Journal
135 publications, 0.97%
Bioinformatics
135 publications, 0.97%
Development (Cambridge)
129 publications, 0.93%
Assembly Automation
113 publications, 0.81%
PLoS ONE
109 publications, 0.78%
FEBS Journal
109 publications, 0.78%
Molecular Cell
105 publications, 0.75%
FEBS Letters
97 publications, 0.7%
EMBO Reports
97 publications, 0.7%
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
97 publications, 0.7%
Molecular Systems Biology
95 publications, 0.68%
eLife
95 publications, 0.68%
Scientific Reports
94 publications, 0.67%
Trends in Biochemical Sciences
93 publications, 0.67%
Biophysical Journal
90 publications, 0.65%
Nature Cell Biology
90 publications, 0.65%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3376 publications, 24.23%
Springer Nature
3115 publications, 22.36%
Wiley
1407 publications, 10.1%
Oxford University Press
785 publications, 5.63%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
411 publications, 2.95%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
299 publications, 2.15%
The Company of Biologists
277 publications, 1.99%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
249 publications, 1.79%
European Molecular Biology Organization
245 publications, 1.76%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
238 publications, 1.71%
Rockefeller University Press
232 publications, 1.67%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
221 publications, 1.59%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
190 publications, 1.36%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
184 publications, 1.32%
American Society for Microbiology
183 publications, 1.31%
Taylor & Francis
182 publications, 1.31%
American Society of Hematology
178 publications, 1.28%
MDPI
158 publications, 1.13%
Emerald
143 publications, 1.03%
IOP Publishing
111 publications, 0.8%
SAGE
100 publications, 0.72%
Frontiers Media S.A.
97 publications, 0.7%
eLife Sciences Publications
95 publications, 0.68%
Portland Press
84 publications, 0.6%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
75 publications, 0.54%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
72 publications, 0.52%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
71 publications, 0.51%
Optica Publishing Group
53 publications, 0.38%
BMJ
44 publications, 0.32%
Cambridge University Press
43 publications, 0.31%
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With other organizations

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Heidelberg University
1415 publications, 10.16%
German Cancer Research Center
839 publications, 6.02%
Technical University of Munich
499 publications, 3.58%
University Hospital Heidelberg
461 publications, 3.31%
European Bioinformatics Institute
365 publications, 2.62%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
342 publications, 2.45%
Stanford University
281 publications, 2.02%
University of Cambridge
275 publications, 1.97%
Harvard University
264 publications, 1.89%
Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
241 publications, 1.73%
University of Liège
227 publications, 1.63%
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
226 publications, 1.62%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
223 publications, 1.6%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
213 publications, 1.53%
ETH Zurich
207 publications, 1.49%
University of Oxford
194 publications, 1.39%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
178 publications, 1.28%
University of Copenhagen
159 publications, 1.14%
University of Zurich
158 publications, 1.13%
Technische Universität Dresden
155 publications, 1.11%
Wellcome Sanger Institute
152 publications, 1.09%
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Hamburg)
152 publications, 1.09%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
142 publications, 1.02%
University College London
141 publications, 1.01%
University of California, San Diego
141 publications, 1.01%
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
133 publications, 0.95%
Goethe University Frankfurt
133 publications, 0.95%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
132 publications, 0.95%
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
131 publications, 0.94%
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences
131 publications, 0.94%
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With foreign organizations

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European Bioinformatics Institute
365 publications, 2.62%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
342 publications, 2.45%
Stanford University
281 publications, 2.02%
University of Cambridge
275 publications, 1.97%
Harvard University
264 publications, 1.89%
University of Liège
227 publications, 1.63%
ETH Zurich
207 publications, 1.49%
University of Oxford
194 publications, 1.39%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
178 publications, 1.28%
University of Copenhagen
159 publications, 1.14%
University of Zurich
158 publications, 1.13%
Wellcome Sanger Institute
152 publications, 1.09%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
142 publications, 1.02%
University College London
141 publications, 1.01%
University of California, San Diego
141 publications, 1.01%
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences
131 publications, 0.94%
Sorbonne University
125 publications, 0.9%
Karolinska Institute
120 publications, 0.86%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
117 publications, 0.84%
University of California, San Francisco
114 publications, 0.82%
Novo Nordisk
112 publications, 0.8%
University of Vienna
112 publications, 0.8%
University of Helsinki
109 publications, 0.78%
Institut Pasteur
109 publications, 0.78%
Utrecht University
109 publications, 0.78%
University of Basel
106 publications, 0.76%
Yale University
101 publications, 0.72%
Université Paris-Saclay
99 publications, 0.71%
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
97 publications, 0.7%
Imperial College London
96 publications, 0.69%
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With other countries

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USA, 2289, 16.43%
USA
2289 publications, 16.43%
United Kingdom, 1669, 11.98%
United Kingdom
1669 publications, 11.98%
France, 1146, 8.23%
France
1146 publications, 8.23%
Switzerland, 806, 5.78%
Switzerland
806 publications, 5.78%
Spain, 637, 4.57%
Spain
637 publications, 4.57%
Italy, 626, 4.49%
Italy
626 publications, 4.49%
Netherlands, 607, 4.36%
Netherlands
607 publications, 4.36%
China, 532, 3.82%
China
532 publications, 3.82%
Canada, 371, 2.66%
Canada
371 publications, 2.66%
Austria, 366, 2.63%
Austria
366 publications, 2.63%
Sweden, 361, 2.59%
Sweden
361 publications, 2.59%
Denmark, 352, 2.53%
Denmark
352 publications, 2.53%
Australia, 336, 2.41%
Australia
336 publications, 2.41%
Belgium, 323, 2.32%
Belgium
323 publications, 2.32%
Japan, 320, 2.3%
Japan
320 publications, 2.3%
Finland, 184, 1.32%
Finland
184 publications, 1.32%
Russia, 180, 1.29%
Russia
180 publications, 1.29%
Israel, 179, 1.28%
Israel
179 publications, 1.28%
Norway, 168, 1.21%
Norway
168 publications, 1.21%
Czech Republic, 163, 1.17%
Czech Republic
163 publications, 1.17%
Republic of Korea, 145, 1.04%
Republic of Korea
145 publications, 1.04%
Portugal, 143, 1.03%
Portugal
143 publications, 1.03%
Greece, 131, 0.94%
Greece
131 publications, 0.94%
Ireland, 102, 0.73%
Ireland
102 publications, 0.73%
Poland, 99, 0.71%
Poland
99 publications, 0.71%
India, 97, 0.7%
India
97 publications, 0.7%
Singapore, 95, 0.68%
Singapore
95 publications, 0.68%
Hungary, 92, 0.66%
Hungary
92 publications, 0.66%
Brazil, 79, 0.57%
Brazil
79 publications, 0.57%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1822 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
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