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Pennsylvania State University
Short name
PennState
Country, city
USA, State College
Publications
217 910
Citations
7 953 528
h-index
715
Top-3 journals
Astrophysical Journal
Astrophysical Journal (2278 publications)
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (1930 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (3177 publications)
University of Michigan
University of Michigan (2987 publications)
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (2646 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (1238 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (1015 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (949 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1918

Total publications
217910
Total citations
7953528
Citations per publication
36.5
Average publications per year
1999.17
Average authors per publication
5.54
h-index
715
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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General Medicine, 13972, 6.41%
General Medicine
13972 publications, 6.41%
Condensed Matter Physics, 9411, 4.32%
Condensed Matter Physics
9411 publications, 4.32%
Biochemistry, 8850, 4.06%
Biochemistry
8850 publications, 4.06%
General Materials Science, 7975, 3.66%
General Materials Science
7975 publications, 3.66%
Molecular Biology, 7506, 3.44%
Molecular Biology
7506 publications, 3.44%
Mechanical Engineering, 7188, 3.3%
Mechanical Engineering
7188 publications, 3.3%
Education, 7145, 3.28%
Education
7145 publications, 3.28%
General Chemistry, 7083, 3.25%
General Chemistry
7083 publications, 3.25%
General Physics and Astronomy, 6900, 3.17%
General Physics and Astronomy
6900 publications, 3.17%
Materials Chemistry, 6235, 2.86%
Materials Chemistry
6235 publications, 2.86%
Space and Planetary Science, 6094, 2.8%
Space and Planetary Science
6094 publications, 2.8%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 5936, 2.72%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
5936 publications, 2.72%
Genetics, 5810, 2.67%
Genetics
5810 publications, 2.67%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 5457, 2.5%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
5457 publications, 2.5%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 5101, 2.34%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
5101 publications, 2.34%
Mechanics of Materials, 5099, 2.34%
Mechanics of Materials
5099 publications, 2.34%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4933, 2.26%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
4933 publications, 2.26%
Sociology and Political Science, 4868, 2.23%
Sociology and Political Science
4868 publications, 2.23%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 4675, 2.15%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
4675 publications, 2.15%
Multidisciplinary, 4632, 2.13%
Multidisciplinary
4632 publications, 2.13%
Cell Biology, 4578, 2.1%
Cell Biology
4578 publications, 2.1%
General Engineering, 4574, 2.1%
General Engineering
4574 publications, 2.1%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 4542, 2.08%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
4542 publications, 2.08%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 4511, 2.07%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
4511 publications, 2.07%
Computer Science Applications, 3931, 1.8%
Computer Science Applications
3931 publications, 1.8%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 3824, 1.75%
Psychiatry and Mental health
3824 publications, 1.75%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 3810, 1.75%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
3810 publications, 1.75%
Acoustics and Ultrasonics, 3610, 1.66%
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
3610 publications, 1.66%
Oncology, 3561, 1.63%
Oncology
3561 publications, 1.63%
Physiology, 3394, 1.56%
Physiology
3394 publications, 1.56%
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Journals

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Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
3191 publications, 1.46%
Astrophysical Journal
2278 publications, 1.05%
SSRN Electronic Journal
1930 publications, 0.89%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
1911 publications, 0.88%
Physical Review B
1280 publications, 0.59%
Applied Physics Letters
1233 publications, 0.57%
Journal of Applied Physics
1218 publications, 0.56%
FASEB Journal
1200 publications, 0.55%
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
1172 publications, 0.54%
Science
990 publications, 0.45%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
982 publications, 0.45%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
972 publications, 0.45%
Journal of Chemical Physics
942 publications, 0.43%
Physical Review D
937 publications, 0.43%
PLoS ONE
932 publications, 0.43%
Physical Review Letters
865 publications, 0.4%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
858 publications, 0.39%
MRS Proceedings
783 publications, 0.36%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
774 publications, 0.36%
Nature
759 publications, 0.35%
Scientific Reports
708 publications, 0.32%
Innovation in Aging
694 publications, 0.32%
Nature Communications
682 publications, 0.31%
Cancer Research
673 publications, 0.31%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
663 publications, 0.3%
Biochemistry
600 publications, 0.28%
Macromolecules
589 publications, 0.27%
Astronomical Journal
576 publications, 0.26%
Blood
556 publications, 0.26%
ECS Meeting Abstracts
531 publications, 0.24%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
44721 publications, 20.52%
Springer Nature
27559 publications, 12.65%
Wiley
22708 publications, 10.42%
Taylor & Francis
12276 publications, 5.63%
SAGE
10353 publications, 4.75%
Oxford University Press
8405 publications, 3.86%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
7567 publications, 3.47%
AIP Publishing
4390 publications, 2.01%
American Physical Society (APS)
4078 publications, 1.87%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
4034 publications, 1.85%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
3962 publications, 1.82%
Cambridge University Press
3700 publications, 1.7%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
3211 publications, 1.47%
American Astronomical Society
2838 publications, 1.3%
MDPI
2692 publications, 1.24%
IOP Publishing
2233 publications, 1.02%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
2098 publications, 0.96%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1871 publications, 0.86%
ASME International
1771 publications, 0.81%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1697 publications, 0.78%
American Society for Microbiology
1544 publications, 0.71%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1328 publications, 0.61%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1325 publications, 0.61%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1320 publications, 0.61%
American Meteorological Society
1308 publications, 0.6%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1241 publications, 0.57%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
1200 publications, 0.55%
American Physiological Society
1176 publications, 0.54%
The Electrochemical Society
1093 publications, 0.5%
Emerald
1069 publications, 0.49%
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With other organizations

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Harvard University
3177 publications, 1.46%
University of Michigan
2987 publications, 1.37%
Johns Hopkins University
2646 publications, 1.21%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2577 publications, 1.18%
Cornell University
2492 publications, 1.14%
University of Pennsylvania
2463 publications, 1.13%
Ohio State University
2326 publications, 1.07%
University of Washington
2311 publications, 1.06%
University of Pittsburgh
2224 publications, 1.02%
University of Florida
2135 publications, 0.98%
Stanford University
2068 publications, 0.95%
University of Minnesota
2035 publications, 0.93%
Yale University
2014 publications, 0.92%
Columbia University
1887 publications, 0.87%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1770 publications, 0.81%
University of Maryland, College Park
1739 publications, 0.8%
University of Arizona
1728 publications, 0.79%
University of California, Berkeley
1723 publications, 0.79%
Northwestern University
1703 publications, 0.78%
University of California, Los Angeles
1625 publications, 0.75%
University of Texas at Austin
1594 publications, 0.73%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1593 publications, 0.73%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1576 publications, 0.72%
Purdue University
1510 publications, 0.69%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1455 publications, 0.67%
California Institute of Technology
1434 publications, 0.66%
Agricultural Research Service
1417 publications, 0.65%
Michigan State University
1408 publications, 0.65%
Princeton University
1348 publications, 0.62%
Duke University
1328 publications, 0.61%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Toronto
1238 publications, 0.57%
University of Oxford
1015 publications, 0.47%
University of Cambridge
949 publications, 0.44%
Tsinghua University
847 publications, 0.39%
University College London
790 publications, 0.36%
University of British Columbia
757 publications, 0.35%
University of Tokyo
724 publications, 0.33%
University of Copenhagen
690 publications, 0.32%
University of Padua
689 publications, 0.32%
Peking University
673 publications, 0.31%
Imperial College London
662 publications, 0.3%
McGill University
652 publications, 0.3%
University of Edinburgh
642 publications, 0.29%
National Institute for Astrophysics
616 publications, 0.28%
ETH Zurich
544 publications, 0.25%
Harbin Institute of Technology
541 publications, 0.25%
University of Amsterdam
535 publications, 0.25%
Sorbonne University
507 publications, 0.23%
University of Alberta
503 publications, 0.23%
Seoul National University
484 publications, 0.22%
Tel Aviv University
460 publications, 0.21%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
460 publications, 0.21%
Durham University
450 publications, 0.21%
University of Southampton
435 publications, 0.2%
University of Sydney
426 publications, 0.2%
Nanjing University
425 publications, 0.2%
University of Leicester
418 publications, 0.19%
University of Melbourne
415 publications, 0.19%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
415 publications, 0.19%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
391 publications, 0.18%
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With other countries

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China, 12904, 5.92%
China
12904 publications, 5.92%
United Kingdom, 8403, 3.86%
United Kingdom
8403 publications, 3.86%
Canada, 6664, 3.06%
Canada
6664 publications, 3.06%
Germany, 6313, 2.9%
Germany
6313 publications, 2.9%
Italy, 4047, 1.86%
Italy
4047 publications, 1.86%
France, 3624, 1.66%
France
3624 publications, 1.66%
Australia, 3585, 1.65%
Australia
3585 publications, 1.65%
Japan, 3453, 1.58%
Japan
3453 publications, 1.58%
Republic of Korea, 3200, 1.47%
Republic of Korea
3200 publications, 1.47%
Netherlands, 2672, 1.23%
Netherlands
2672 publications, 1.23%
Spain, 2523, 1.16%
Spain
2523 publications, 1.16%
India, 2183, 1%
India
2183 publications, 1%
Switzerland, 2023, 0.93%
Switzerland
2023 publications, 0.93%
Sweden, 1598, 0.73%
Sweden
1598 publications, 0.73%
Brazil, 1478, 0.68%
Brazil
1478 publications, 0.68%
Israel, 1369, 0.63%
Israel
1369 publications, 0.63%
Denmark, 1355, 0.62%
Denmark
1355 publications, 0.62%
Belgium, 1313, 0.6%
Belgium
1313 publications, 0.6%
Mexico, 1181, 0.54%
Mexico
1181 publications, 0.54%
Poland, 1108, 0.51%
Poland
1108 publications, 0.51%
Russia, 1077, 0.49%
Russia
1077 publications, 0.49%
Austria, 1058, 0.49%
Austria
1058 publications, 0.49%
Turkey, 963, 0.44%
Turkey
963 publications, 0.44%
South Africa, 923, 0.42%
South Africa
923 publications, 0.42%
Chile, 857, 0.39%
Chile
857 publications, 0.39%
Singapore, 830, 0.38%
Singapore
830 publications, 0.38%
New Zealand, 798, 0.37%
New Zealand
798 publications, 0.37%
Norway, 742, 0.34%
Norway
742 publications, 0.34%
Finland, 707, 0.32%
Finland
707 publications, 0.32%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1918 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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