Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Short name
WHOI
Country, city
USA, Falmouth
Publications
18 388
Citations
1 088 567
h-index
366
Top-3 journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations
National Oceanography Centre
National Oceanography Centre (318 publications)
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University (252 publications)
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich (246 publications)

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Since 1933

Total publications
18388
Total citations
1088567
Citations per publication
59.2
Average publications per year
195.62
Average authors per publication
5.6
h-index
366
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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Oceanography, 4290, 23.33%
Oceanography
4290 publications, 23.33%
Aquatic Science, 3094, 16.83%
Aquatic Science
3094 publications, 16.83%
Geochemistry and Petrology, 2927, 15.92%
Geochemistry and Petrology
2927 publications, 15.92%
Geophysics, 2688, 14.62%
Geophysics
2688 publications, 14.62%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 1809, 9.84%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
1809 publications, 9.84%
Multidisciplinary, 1517, 8.25%
Multidisciplinary
1517 publications, 8.25%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 1435, 7.8%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
1435 publications, 7.8%
Space and Planetary Science, 1406, 7.65%
Space and Planetary Science
1406 publications, 7.65%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1360, 7.4%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
1360 publications, 7.4%
Geology, 1260, 6.85%
Geology
1260 publications, 6.85%
Atmospheric Science, 1254, 6.82%
Atmospheric Science
1254 publications, 6.82%
Ecology, 1210, 6.58%
Ecology
1210 publications, 6.58%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 1000, 5.44%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
1000 publications, 5.44%
Acoustics and Ultrasonics, 983, 5.35%
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
983 publications, 5.35%
Water Science and Technology, 937, 5.1%
Water Science and Technology
937 publications, 5.1%
Earth-Surface Processes, 718, 3.9%
Earth-Surface Processes
718 publications, 3.9%
Paleontology, 690, 3.75%
Paleontology
690 publications, 3.75%
Ocean Engineering, 685, 3.73%
Ocean Engineering
685 publications, 3.73%
Environmental Chemistry, 674, 3.67%
Environmental Chemistry
674 publications, 3.67%
General Environmental Science, 636, 3.46%
General Environmental Science
636 publications, 3.46%
Global and Planetary Change, 543, 2.95%
Global and Planetary Change
543 publications, 2.95%
General Medicine, 536, 2.91%
General Medicine
536 publications, 2.91%
General Chemistry, 452, 2.46%
General Chemistry
452 publications, 2.46%
Microbiology, 439, 2.39%
Microbiology
439 publications, 2.39%
Soil Science, 419, 2.28%
Soil Science
419 publications, 2.28%
Forestry, 378, 2.06%
Forestry
378 publications, 2.06%
Mechanical Engineering, 361, 1.96%
Mechanical Engineering
361 publications, 1.96%
Pollution, 355, 1.93%
Pollution
355 publications, 1.93%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 296, 1.61%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
296 publications, 1.61%
Molecular Biology, 289, 1.57%
Molecular Biology
289 publications, 1.57%
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Journals

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Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
1007 publications, 5.48%
Journal of Physical Oceanography
854 publications, 4.64%
Geophysical Research Letters
584 publications, 3.18%
Nature
507 publications, 2.76%
Science
499 publications, 2.71%
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
481 publications, 2.62%
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
476 publications, 2.59%
Limnology and Oceanography
467 publications, 2.54%
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
461 publications, 2.51%
Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
370 publications, 2.01%
Journal of Geophysical Research
338 publications, 1.84%
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
323 publications, 1.76%
Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
248 publications, 1.35%
Frontiers in Marine Science
236 publications, 1.28%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
209 publications, 1.14%
Geology
194 publications, 1.06%
Eos
185 publications, 1.01%
Journal of Climate
181 publications, 0.98%
Marine Geology
164 publications, 0.89%
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
163 publications, 0.89%
Environmental Science & Technology
155 publications, 0.84%
Marine Chemistry
151 publications, 0.82%
Marine Biology
151 publications, 0.82%
Progress in Oceanography
149 publications, 0.81%
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
149 publications, 0.81%
Chemical Geology
147 publications, 0.8%
Biogeosciences
146 publications, 0.79%
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
142 publications, 0.77%
Nature Geoscience
139 publications, 0.76%
Nature Communications
137 publications, 0.75%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
4617 publications, 25.11%
Wiley
3155 publications, 17.16%
Springer Nature
2366 publications, 12.87%
American Meteorological Society
1337 publications, 7.27%
American Geophysical Union
1051 publications, 5.72%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
1029 publications, 5.6%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
584 publications, 3.18%
Oxford University Press
451 publications, 2.45%
Frontiers Media S.A.
373 publications, 2.03%
Cambridge University Press
346 publications, 1.88%
Copernicus
298 publications, 1.62%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
293 publications, 1.59%
Geological Society of America
287 publications, 1.56%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
239 publications, 1.3%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
209 publications, 1.14%
Taylor & Francis
197 publications, 1.07%
American Society for Microbiology
169 publications, 0.92%
The Royal Society
118 publications, 0.64%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
114 publications, 0.62%
MDPI
106 publications, 0.58%
The Company of Biologists
76 publications, 0.41%
Geological Society of London
68 publications, 0.37%
Annual Reviews
60 publications, 0.33%
Inter-Research Science Center
58 publications, 0.32%
AIP Publishing
55 publications, 0.3%
Stockholm University Press
45 publications, 0.24%
IOP Publishing
44 publications, 0.24%
SAGE
37 publications, 0.2%
Seismological Society of America (SSA)
30 publications, 0.16%
University of Chicago Press
29 publications, 0.16%
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With other organizations

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1420 publications, 7.72%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
919 publications, 5%
University of Washington
855 publications, 4.65%
University of California, San Diego
643 publications, 3.5%
Columbia University
613 publications, 3.33%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
523 publications, 2.84%
Oregon State University
492 publications, 2.68%
University of Rhode Island
463 publications, 2.52%
University of Miami
346 publications, 1.88%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
334 publications, 1.82%
University of Colorado Boulder
326 publications, 1.77%
Harvard University
323 publications, 1.76%
National Oceanography Centre
318 publications, 1.73%
University of California, Santa Barbara
316 publications, 1.72%
University of California, Santa Cruz
299 publications, 1.63%
California Institute of Technology
278 publications, 1.51%
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
274 publications, 1.49%
Dalhousie University
252 publications, 1.37%
Princeton University
251 publications, 1.37%
Texas A&M University
251 publications, 1.37%
ETH Zurich
246 publications, 1.34%
University of Southern California
242 publications, 1.32%
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
238 publications, 1.29%
Sorbonne University
233 publications, 1.27%
Stanford University
233 publications, 1.27%
University of Bremen
232 publications, 1.26%
University of Texas at Austin
227 publications, 1.23%
University of Alaska Fairbanks
227 publications, 1.23%
Florida State University
225 publications, 1.22%
Boston University
225 publications, 1.22%
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With foreign organizations

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National Oceanography Centre
318 publications, 1.73%
Dalhousie University
252 publications, 1.37%
ETH Zurich
246 publications, 1.34%
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
238 publications, 1.29%
Sorbonne University
233 publications, 1.27%
University of Bremen
232 publications, 1.26%
University of Southampton
224 publications, 1.22%
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
214 publications, 1.16%
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
213 publications, 1.16%
University of Tasmania
201 publications, 1.09%
University of Cambridge
189 publications, 1.03%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
186 publications, 1.01%
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
184 publications, 1%
University of Bergen
165 publications, 0.9%
University of Oxford
150 publications, 0.82%
Ocean University of China
145 publications, 0.79%
University of British Columbia
140 publications, 0.76%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
137 publications, 0.75%
University of Bristol
128 publications, 0.7%
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
120 publications, 0.65%
University of East Anglia
120 publications, 0.65%
University of Tokyo
118 publications, 0.64%
Aarhus University
117 publications, 0.64%
British Antarctic Survey
117 publications, 0.64%
University of Western Brittany
116 publications, 0.63%
University of St Andrews
115 publications, 0.63%
South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
115 publications, 0.63%
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
113 publications, 0.61%
Xiamen University
109 publications, 0.59%
Kiel University
107 publications, 0.58%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 1751, 9.52%
United Kingdom
1751 publications, 9.52%
Germany, 1240, 6.74%
Germany
1240 publications, 6.74%
France, 1230, 6.69%
France
1230 publications, 6.69%
Canada, 1196, 6.5%
Canada
1196 publications, 6.5%
China, 1013, 5.51%
China
1013 publications, 5.51%
Australia, 799, 4.35%
Australia
799 publications, 4.35%
Japan, 615, 3.34%
Japan
615 publications, 3.34%
Norway, 445, 2.42%
Norway
445 publications, 2.42%
Italy, 419, 2.28%
Italy
419 publications, 2.28%
Spain, 418, 2.27%
Spain
418 publications, 2.27%
Switzerland, 398, 2.16%
Switzerland
398 publications, 2.16%
Netherlands, 374, 2.03%
Netherlands
374 publications, 2.03%
Sweden, 287, 1.56%
Sweden
287 publications, 1.56%
Denmark, 275, 1.5%
Denmark
275 publications, 1.5%
New Zealand, 275, 1.5%
New Zealand
275 publications, 1.5%
Russia, 163, 0.89%
Russia
163 publications, 0.89%
Belgium, 161, 0.88%
Belgium
161 publications, 0.88%
Brazil, 154, 0.84%
Brazil
154 publications, 0.84%
Portugal, 152, 0.83%
Portugal
152 publications, 0.83%
South Africa, 152, 0.83%
South Africa
152 publications, 0.83%
Republic of Korea, 148, 0.8%
Republic of Korea
148 publications, 0.8%
Israel, 138, 0.75%
Israel
138 publications, 0.75%
India, 133, 0.72%
India
133 publications, 0.72%
Mexico, 132, 0.72%
Mexico
132 publications, 0.72%
Chile, 126, 0.69%
Chile
126 publications, 0.69%
Saudi Arabia, 120, 0.65%
Saudi Arabia
120 publications, 0.65%
Bermuda, 116, 0.63%
Bermuda
116 publications, 0.63%
Ireland, 95, 0.52%
Ireland
95 publications, 0.52%
Iceland, 91, 0.49%
Iceland
91 publications, 0.49%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1933 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.