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Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Short name
Salk
Country, city
USA, La Jolla
Publications
12 746
Citations
1 466 980
h-index
524
Top-3 journals
Top-3 organizations
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1573 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (395 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1963

Total publications
12746
Total citations
1466980
Citations per publication
115.09
Average publications per year
202.32
Average authors per publication
6.22
h-index
524
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, 2307, 18.1%
Molecular Biology
2307 publications, 18.1%
Multidisciplinary, 1911, 14.99%
Multidisciplinary
1911 publications, 14.99%
Cell Biology, 1825, 14.32%
Cell Biology
1825 publications, 14.32%
General Neuroscience, 1675, 13.14%
General Neuroscience
1675 publications, 13.14%
Biochemistry, 1407, 11.04%
Biochemistry
1407 publications, 11.04%
Genetics, 1207, 9.47%
Genetics
1207 publications, 9.47%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 1165, 9.14%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
1165 publications, 9.14%
General Medicine, 962, 7.55%
General Medicine
962 publications, 7.55%
Endocrinology, 768, 6.03%
Endocrinology
768 publications, 6.03%
Developmental Biology, 734, 5.76%
Developmental Biology
734 publications, 5.76%
Immunology, 623, 4.89%
Immunology
623 publications, 4.89%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 558, 4.38%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
558 publications, 4.38%
Physiology, 532, 4.17%
Physiology
532 publications, 4.17%
Neurology (clinical), 388, 3.04%
Neurology (clinical)
388 publications, 3.04%
Plant Science, 376, 2.95%
Plant Science
376 publications, 2.95%
Molecular Medicine, 358, 2.81%
Molecular Medicine
358 publications, 2.81%
Cancer Research, 343, 2.69%
Cancer Research
343 publications, 2.69%
Biophysics, 311, 2.44%
Biophysics
311 publications, 2.44%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 298, 2.34%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
298 publications, 2.34%
Cognitive Neuroscience, 296, 2.32%
Cognitive Neuroscience
296 publications, 2.32%
Oncology, 278, 2.18%
Oncology
278 publications, 2.18%
Immunology and Allergy, 276, 2.17%
Immunology and Allergy
276 publications, 2.17%
Biotechnology, 273, 2.14%
Biotechnology
273 publications, 2.14%
Clinical Biochemistry, 269, 2.11%
Clinical Biochemistry
269 publications, 2.11%
Sensory Systems, 256, 2.01%
Sensory Systems
256 publications, 2.01%
Virology, 230, 1.8%
Virology
230 publications, 1.8%
Pharmacology, 229, 1.8%
Pharmacology
229 publications, 1.8%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 224, 1.76%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
224 publications, 1.76%
Ophthalmology, 217, 1.7%
Ophthalmology
217 publications, 1.7%
General Chemistry, 206, 1.62%
General Chemistry
206 publications, 1.62%
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Journals

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
690 publications, 5.41%
Nature
651 publications, 5.11%
Science
367 publications, 2.88%
Endocrinology
308 publications, 2.42%
Journal of Neuroscience
284 publications, 2.23%
Cell
275 publications, 2.16%
Neuron
223 publications, 1.75%
Brain Research
195 publications, 1.53%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
187 publications, 1.47%
Journal of Vision
165 publications, 1.29%
Nature Communications
153 publications, 1.2%
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
144 publications, 1.13%
Journal of Comparative Neurology
139 publications, 1.09%
Genes and Development
136 publications, 1.07%
Cancer Research
130 publications, 1.02%
Molecular and Cellular Biology
123 publications, 0.97%
Current Biology
119 publications, 0.93%
Nature Neuroscience
115 publications, 0.9%
Development (Cambridge)
109 publications, 0.86%
Journal of Virology
108 publications, 0.85%
PLoS ONE
100 publications, 0.78%
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
96 publications, 0.75%
Journal of Immunology
95 publications, 0.75%
Plant Cell
89 publications, 0.7%
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
88 publications, 0.69%
eLife
87 publications, 0.68%
Neural Computation
78 publications, 0.61%
Journal of Molecular Evolution
76 publications, 0.6%
Molecular Cell
76 publications, 0.6%
FASEB Journal
75 publications, 0.59%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3533 publications, 27.72%
Springer Nature
2479 publications, 19.45%
Wiley
1078 publications, 8.46%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
690 publications, 5.41%
The Endocrine Society
473 publications, 3.71%
Oxford University Press
433 publications, 3.4%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
425 publications, 3.33%
Society for Neuroscience
288 publications, 2.26%
American Society for Microbiology
253 publications, 1.98%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
202 publications, 1.58%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
202 publications, 1.58%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
197 publications, 1.55%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
188 publications, 1.47%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
179 publications, 1.4%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
178 publications, 1.4%
The Company of Biologists
134 publications, 1.05%
Frontiers Media S.A.
129 publications, 1.01%
Rockefeller University Press
113 publications, 0.89%
MIT Press
109 publications, 0.86%
Taylor & Francis
108 publications, 0.85%
The American Association of Immunologists
95 publications, 0.75%
American Physiological Society
92 publications, 0.72%
eLife Sciences Publications
87 publications, 0.68%
S. Karger AG
85 publications, 0.67%
SAGE
75 publications, 0.59%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
75 publications, 0.59%
Annual Reviews
67 publications, 0.53%
MDPI
59 publications, 0.46%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
57 publications, 0.45%
Cambridge University Press
50 publications, 0.39%
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With other organizations

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University of California, San Diego
2390 publications, 18.75%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1573 publications, 12.34%
Harvard University
395 publications, 3.1%
Scripps Research
385 publications, 3.02%
Stanford University
279 publications, 2.19%
University of California, Los Angeles
243 publications, 1.91%
University of California, San Francisco
198 publications, 1.55%
Yale University
166 publications, 1.3%
University of Pennsylvania
152 publications, 1.19%
University of California, Berkeley
141 publications, 1.11%
Johns Hopkins University
140 publications, 1.1%
University of California, Irvine
138 publications, 1.08%
University of Southern California
133 publications, 1.04%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
128 publications, 1%
Columbia University
127 publications, 1%
University of Washington
122 publications, 0.96%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
122 publications, 0.96%
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
121 publications, 0.95%
University of Michigan
119 publications, 0.93%
Baylor College of Medicine
115 publications, 0.9%
University of Utah
110 publications, 0.86%
University of California, Davis
107 publications, 0.84%
Cornell University
102 publications, 0.8%
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
100 publications, 0.78%
Massachusetts General Hospital
89 publications, 0.7%
University of Cambridge
87 publications, 0.68%
New York University
87 publications, 0.68%
University of Minnesota
87 publications, 0.68%
California Institute of Technology
84 publications, 0.66%
Washington University in St. Louis
84 publications, 0.66%
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With foreign organizations

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French Institute of Health and Medical Research
122 publications, 0.96%
University of Cambridge
87 publications, 0.68%
RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
82 publications, 0.64%
University of Sydney
72 publications, 0.56%
Karolinska Institute
68 publications, 0.53%
ETH Zurich
68 publications, 0.53%
McGill University
65 publications, 0.51%
University of Tokyo
65 publications, 0.51%
University of Toronto
64 publications, 0.5%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
58 publications, 0.46%
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
58 publications, 0.46%
University College London
53 publications, 0.42%
Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen
50 publications, 0.39%
Weizmann Institute of Science
49 publications, 0.38%
Kyoto University
49 publications, 0.38%
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
49 publications, 0.38%
Capital Medical University
44 publications, 0.35%
Saint Anthony Catholic University
44 publications, 0.35%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
43 publications, 0.34%
Peking University
42 publications, 0.33%
University of Bern
40 publications, 0.31%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
39 publications, 0.31%
University of Lausanne
39 publications, 0.31%
Tokyo Women's Medical University
39 publications, 0.31%
University of British Columbia
39 publications, 0.31%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
38 publications, 0.3%
Université Laval
38 publications, 0.3%
University of Alberta
37 publications, 0.29%
University of Geneva
36 publications, 0.28%
University of Zurich
35 publications, 0.27%
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With other countries

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Germany, 578, 4.53%
Germany
578 publications, 4.53%
United Kingdom, 487, 3.82%
United Kingdom
487 publications, 3.82%
Japan, 469, 3.68%
Japan
469 publications, 3.68%
Canada, 418, 3.28%
Canada
418 publications, 3.28%
China, 348, 2.73%
China
348 publications, 2.73%
France, 344, 2.7%
France
344 publications, 2.7%
Spain, 343, 2.69%
Spain
343 publications, 2.69%
Switzerland, 290, 2.28%
Switzerland
290 publications, 2.28%
Australia, 231, 1.81%
Australia
231 publications, 1.81%
Italy, 167, 1.31%
Italy
167 publications, 1.31%
Netherlands, 160, 1.26%
Netherlands
160 publications, 1.26%
Sweden, 157, 1.23%
Sweden
157 publications, 1.23%
Republic of Korea, 152, 1.19%
Republic of Korea
152 publications, 1.19%
Israel, 145, 1.14%
Israel
145 publications, 1.14%
Austria, 102, 0.8%
Austria
102 publications, 0.8%
Brazil, 89, 0.7%
Brazil
89 publications, 0.7%
Belgium, 83, 0.65%
Belgium
83 publications, 0.65%
Singapore, 56, 0.44%
Singapore
56 publications, 0.44%
Denmark, 50, 0.39%
Denmark
50 publications, 0.39%
India, 50, 0.39%
India
50 publications, 0.39%
Argentina, 44, 0.35%
Argentina
44 publications, 0.35%
Finland, 41, 0.32%
Finland
41 publications, 0.32%
Norway, 39, 0.31%
Norway
39 publications, 0.31%
Portugal, 38, 0.3%
Portugal
38 publications, 0.3%
Mexico, 35, 0.27%
Mexico
35 publications, 0.27%
Poland, 33, 0.26%
Poland
33 publications, 0.26%
Hungary, 31, 0.24%
Hungary
31 publications, 0.24%
New Zealand, 31, 0.24%
New Zealand
31 publications, 0.24%
Saudi Arabia, 30, 0.24%
Saudi Arabia
30 publications, 0.24%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1963 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.