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Publications
12 746
Citations
1 466 980
h-index
524
Top-3 organizations

University of California, San Diego
(2390 publications)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
(1573 publications)

Harvard University
(395 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

French Institute of Health and Medical Research
(122 publications)

University of Cambridge
(87 publications)

RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
(82 publications)
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
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Molecular Biology, 2307, 18.1%
Molecular Biology
2307 publications, 18.1%
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Multidisciplinary
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Multidisciplinary, 1911, 14.99%
Multidisciplinary
1911 publications, 14.99%
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Cell Biology
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Cell Biology, 1825, 14.32%
Cell Biology
1825 publications, 14.32%
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General Neuroscience
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General Neuroscience, 1675, 13.14%
General Neuroscience
1675 publications, 13.14%
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Biochemistry
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Biochemistry, 1407, 11.04%
Biochemistry
1407 publications, 11.04%
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Genetics
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Genetics, 1207, 9.47%
Genetics
1207 publications, 9.47%
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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 1165, 9.14%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
1165 publications, 9.14%
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General Medicine
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General Medicine, 962, 7.55%
General Medicine
962 publications, 7.55%
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Endocrinology
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Endocrinology, 768, 6.03%
Endocrinology
768 publications, 6.03%
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Developmental Biology
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Developmental Biology, 734, 5.76%
Developmental Biology
734 publications, 5.76%
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Immunology
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Immunology, 623, 4.89%
Immunology
623 publications, 4.89%
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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 558, 4.38%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
558 publications, 4.38%
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Physiology
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Physiology, 532, 4.17%
Physiology
532 publications, 4.17%
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Neurology (clinical)
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Neurology (clinical), 388, 3.04%
Neurology (clinical)
388 publications, 3.04%
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Plant Science
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Plant Science, 376, 2.95%
Plant Science
376 publications, 2.95%
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Molecular Medicine
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Molecular Medicine, 358, 2.81%
Molecular Medicine
358 publications, 2.81%
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Cancer Research
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Cancer Research, 343, 2.69%
Cancer Research
343 publications, 2.69%
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Biophysics
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Biophysics, 311, 2.44%
Biophysics
311 publications, 2.44%
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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 298, 2.34%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
298 publications, 2.34%
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience, 296, 2.32%
Cognitive Neuroscience
296 publications, 2.32%
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Oncology
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Oncology, 278, 2.18%
Oncology
278 publications, 2.18%
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Immunology and Allergy
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Immunology and Allergy, 276, 2.17%
Immunology and Allergy
276 publications, 2.17%
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Biotechnology
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Biotechnology, 273, 2.14%
Biotechnology
273 publications, 2.14%
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Clinical Biochemistry
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Clinical Biochemistry, 269, 2.11%
Clinical Biochemistry
269 publications, 2.11%
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Sensory Systems
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Sensory Systems, 256, 2.01%
Sensory Systems
256 publications, 2.01%
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Virology
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Virology, 230, 1.8%
Virology
230 publications, 1.8%
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Pharmacology
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Pharmacology, 229, 1.8%
Pharmacology
229 publications, 1.8%
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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 224, 1.76%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
224 publications, 1.76%
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Ophthalmology
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Ophthalmology, 217, 1.7%
Ophthalmology
217 publications, 1.7%
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General Chemistry
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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%
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Nature
651 publications, 5.11%
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Science
367 publications, 2.88%
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Endocrinology
308 publications, 2.42%
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Journal of Neuroscience
284 publications, 2.23%
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Cell
275 publications, 2.16%
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Neuron
223 publications, 1.75%
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Brain Research
195 publications, 1.53%
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
187 publications, 1.47%
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Journal of Vision
165 publications, 1.29%
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Nature Communications
153 publications, 1.2%
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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
144 publications, 1.13%
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Journal of Comparative Neurology
139 publications, 1.09%
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Genes and Development
136 publications, 1.07%
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Cancer Research
130 publications, 1.02%
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Molecular and Cellular Biology
123 publications, 0.97%
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Current Biology
119 publications, 0.93%
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Nature Neuroscience
115 publications, 0.9%
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Development (Cambridge)
109 publications, 0.86%
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Journal of Virology
108 publications, 0.85%
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PLoS ONE
100 publications, 0.78%
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
96 publications, 0.75%
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Journal of Immunology
95 publications, 0.75%
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Plant Cell
89 publications, 0.7%
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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
88 publications, 0.69%
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eLife
87 publications, 0.68%
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Neural Computation
78 publications, 0.61%
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Journal of Molecular Evolution
76 publications, 0.6%
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Molecular Cell
76 publications, 0.6%
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FASEB Journal
75 publications, 0.59%
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Publishers
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Elsevier
3533 publications, 27.72%
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Springer Nature
2479 publications, 19.45%
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Wiley
1078 publications, 8.46%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
690 publications, 5.41%
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The Endocrine Society
473 publications, 3.71%
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Oxford University Press
433 publications, 3.4%
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
425 publications, 3.33%
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Society for Neuroscience
288 publications, 2.26%
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American Society for Microbiology
253 publications, 1.98%
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
202 publications, 1.58%
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
202 publications, 1.58%
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
197 publications, 1.55%
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
188 publications, 1.47%
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Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
179 publications, 1.4%
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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
178 publications, 1.4%
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The Company of Biologists
134 publications, 1.05%
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Frontiers Media S.A.
129 publications, 1.01%
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Rockefeller University Press
113 publications, 0.89%
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MIT Press
109 publications, 0.86%
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Taylor & Francis
108 publications, 0.85%
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The American Association of Immunologists
95 publications, 0.75%
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American Physiological Society
92 publications, 0.72%
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eLife Sciences Publications
87 publications, 0.68%
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S. Karger AG
85 publications, 0.67%
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SAGE
75 publications, 0.59%
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Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
75 publications, 0.59%
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Annual Reviews
67 publications, 0.53%
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MDPI
59 publications, 0.46%
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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
57 publications, 0.45%
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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%
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1573 publications, 12.34%
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Harvard University
395 publications, 3.1%
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Scripps Research
385 publications, 3.02%
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Stanford University
279 publications, 2.19%
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University of California, Los Angeles
243 publications, 1.91%
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University of California, San Francisco
198 publications, 1.55%
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Yale University
166 publications, 1.3%
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University of Pennsylvania
152 publications, 1.19%
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University of California, Berkeley
141 publications, 1.11%
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Johns Hopkins University
140 publications, 1.1%
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University of California, Irvine
138 publications, 1.08%
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University of Southern California
133 publications, 1.04%
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
128 publications, 1%
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Columbia University
127 publications, 1%
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University of Washington
122 publications, 0.96%
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French Institute of Health and Medical Research
122 publications, 0.96%
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Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
121 publications, 0.95%
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University of Michigan
119 publications, 0.93%
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Baylor College of Medicine
115 publications, 0.9%
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University of Utah
110 publications, 0.86%
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University of California, Davis
107 publications, 0.84%
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Cornell University
102 publications, 0.8%
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
100 publications, 0.78%
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Massachusetts General Hospital
89 publications, 0.7%
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University of Cambridge
87 publications, 0.68%
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New York University
87 publications, 0.68%
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University of Minnesota
87 publications, 0.68%
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California Institute of Technology
84 publications, 0.66%
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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%
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University of Cambridge
87 publications, 0.68%
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RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
82 publications, 0.64%
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University of Sydney
72 publications, 0.56%
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Karolinska Institute
68 publications, 0.53%
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ETH Zurich
68 publications, 0.53%
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McGill University
65 publications, 0.51%
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University of Tokyo
65 publications, 0.51%
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University of Toronto
64 publications, 0.5%
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
58 publications, 0.46%
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Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
58 publications, 0.46%
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University College London
53 publications, 0.42%
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Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen
50 publications, 0.39%
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Weizmann Institute of Science
49 publications, 0.38%
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Kyoto University
49 publications, 0.38%
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Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
49 publications, 0.38%
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Capital Medical University
44 publications, 0.35%
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Saint Anthony Catholic University
44 publications, 0.35%
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Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
43 publications, 0.34%
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Peking University
42 publications, 0.33%
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University of Bern
40 publications, 0.31%
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
39 publications, 0.31%
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University of Lausanne
39 publications, 0.31%
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Tokyo Women's Medical University
39 publications, 0.31%
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University of British Columbia
39 publications, 0.31%
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
38 publications, 0.3%
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Université Laval
38 publications, 0.3%
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University of Alberta
37 publications, 0.29%
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University of Geneva
36 publications, 0.28%
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University of Zurich
35 publications, 0.27%
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Germany
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Germany, 578, 4.53%
Germany
578 publications, 4.53%
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, 487, 3.82%
United Kingdom
487 publications, 3.82%
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Japan
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Japan, 469, 3.68%
Japan
469 publications, 3.68%
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Canada
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Canada, 418, 3.28%
Canada
418 publications, 3.28%
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China
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China, 348, 2.73%
China
348 publications, 2.73%
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France
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France, 344, 2.7%
France
344 publications, 2.7%
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Spain
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Spain, 343, 2.69%
Spain
343 publications, 2.69%
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Switzerland
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Switzerland, 290, 2.28%
Switzerland
290 publications, 2.28%
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Australia
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Australia, 231, 1.81%
Australia
231 publications, 1.81%
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Italy
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Italy, 167, 1.31%
Italy
167 publications, 1.31%
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Netherlands
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Netherlands, 160, 1.26%
Netherlands
160 publications, 1.26%
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Sweden
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Sweden, 157, 1.23%
Sweden
157 publications, 1.23%
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Republic of Korea
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Republic of Korea, 152, 1.19%
Republic of Korea
152 publications, 1.19%
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Israel
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Israel, 145, 1.14%
Israel
145 publications, 1.14%
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Austria
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Austria, 102, 0.8%
Austria
102 publications, 0.8%
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Brazil
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Brazil, 89, 0.7%
Brazil
89 publications, 0.7%
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Belgium
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Belgium, 83, 0.65%
Belgium
83 publications, 0.65%
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Singapore
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Singapore, 56, 0.44%
Singapore
56 publications, 0.44%
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Denmark
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Denmark, 50, 0.39%
Denmark
50 publications, 0.39%
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India
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India, 50, 0.39%
India
50 publications, 0.39%
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Argentina
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Argentina, 44, 0.35%
Argentina
44 publications, 0.35%
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Finland
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Finland, 41, 0.32%
Finland
41 publications, 0.32%
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Norway
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Norway, 39, 0.31%
Norway
39 publications, 0.31%
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Portugal
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Portugal, 38, 0.3%
Portugal
38 publications, 0.3%
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Mexico
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Mexico, 35, 0.27%
Mexico
35 publications, 0.27%
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Poland
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Poland, 33, 0.26%
Poland
33 publications, 0.26%
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Hungary
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Hungary, 31, 0.24%
Hungary
31 publications, 0.24%
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New Zealand
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New Zealand, 31, 0.24%
New Zealand
31 publications, 0.24%
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Saudi Arabia
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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.