Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Short name
Whitehead Institute
Country, city
USA, Cambridge
Publications
5 671
Citations
1 162 223
h-index
493
Top-3 journals
Nature
Nature (310 publications)
Cell
Cell (272 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (1020 publications)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (888 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (73 publications)
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (66 publications)
McGill University
McGill University (43 publications)
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Since 1948

Total publications
5671
Total citations
1162113
Citations per publication
204.92
Average publications per year
73.65
Average authors per publication
7.02
h-index
493
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, 1137, 20.05%
Molecular Biology
1137 publications, 20.05%
Cell Biology, 1086, 19.15%
Cell Biology
1086 publications, 19.15%
Multidisciplinary, 1085, 19.13%
Multidisciplinary
1085 publications, 19.13%
Genetics, 920, 16.22%
Genetics
920 publications, 16.22%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 687, 12.11%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
687 publications, 12.11%
Biochemistry, 672, 11.85%
Biochemistry
672 publications, 11.85%
Immunology, 349, 6.15%
Immunology
349 publications, 6.15%
Developmental Biology, 347, 6.12%
Developmental Biology
347 publications, 6.12%
Cancer Research, 326, 5.75%
Cancer Research
326 publications, 5.75%
General Medicine, 296, 5.22%
General Medicine
296 publications, 5.22%
Oncology, 255, 4.5%
Oncology
255 publications, 4.5%
Surgery, 230, 4.06%
Surgery
230 publications, 4.06%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 220, 3.88%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
220 publications, 3.88%
Genetics (clinical), 203, 3.58%
Genetics (clinical)
203 publications, 3.58%
Molecular Medicine, 191, 3.37%
Molecular Medicine
191 publications, 3.37%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 184, 3.24%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
184 publications, 3.24%
Biotechnology, 179, 3.16%
Biotechnology
179 publications, 3.16%
Hematology, 172, 3.03%
Hematology
172 publications, 3.03%
General Neuroscience, 160, 2.82%
General Neuroscience
160 publications, 2.82%
Immunology and Allergy, 133, 2.35%
Immunology and Allergy
133 publications, 2.35%
General Chemistry, 114, 2.01%
General Chemistry
114 publications, 2.01%
Microbiology, 102, 1.8%
Microbiology
102 publications, 1.8%
Structural Biology, 99, 1.75%
Structural Biology
99 publications, 1.75%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 87, 1.53%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
87 publications, 1.53%
General Immunology and Microbiology, 87, 1.53%
General Immunology and Microbiology
87 publications, 1.53%
Bioengineering, 81, 1.43%
Bioengineering
81 publications, 1.43%
General Physics and Astronomy, 71, 1.25%
General Physics and Astronomy
71 publications, 1.25%
Biomedical Engineering, 69, 1.22%
Biomedical Engineering
69 publications, 1.22%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 67, 1.18%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
67 publications, 1.18%
Biophysics, 65, 1.15%
Biophysics
65 publications, 1.15%
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Journals

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
426 publications, 7.51%
Nature
310 publications, 5.47%
Cell
272 publications, 4.8%
Science
253 publications, 4.46%
Nature Genetics
136 publications, 2.4%
Blood
133 publications, 2.35%
Cancer Research
115 publications, 2.03%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
115 publications, 2.03%
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
103 publications, 1.82%
Molecular Cell
85 publications, 1.5%
Molecular and Cellular Biology
80 publications, 1.41%
Genes and Development
78 publications, 1.38%
Nature Communications
65 publications, 1.15%
Development (Cambridge)
63 publications, 1.11%
Current Biology
59 publications, 1.04%
Journal of Cell Biology
56 publications, 0.99%
FASEB Journal
56 publications, 0.99%
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
55 publications, 0.97%
Cell Stem Cell
55 publications, 0.97%
eLife
54 publications, 0.95%
Genomics
46 publications, 0.81%
Developmental Cell
46 publications, 0.81%
Cell Reports
45 publications, 0.79%
PLoS ONE
45 publications, 0.79%
Nature Biotechnology
41 publications, 0.72%
Nature Cell Biology
41 publications, 0.72%
Journal of Immunology
40 publications, 0.71%
American Journal of Human Genetics
37 publications, 0.65%
Biochemistry
35 publications, 0.62%
Molecular Biology of the Cell
33 publications, 0.58%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
1521 publications, 26.82%
Springer Nature
1126 publications, 19.86%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
426 publications, 7.51%
Wiley
312 publications, 5.5%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
297 publications, 5.24%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
188 publications, 3.32%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
148 publications, 2.61%
American Society for Microbiology
138 publications, 2.43%
American Society of Hematology
134 publications, 2.36%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
120 publications, 2.12%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
116 publications, 2.05%
Oxford University Press
102 publications, 1.8%
The Company of Biologists
96 publications, 1.69%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
93 publications, 1.64%
Rockefeller University Press
81 publications, 1.43%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
57 publications, 1.01%
eLife Sciences Publications
54 publications, 0.95%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
48 publications, 0.85%
Taylor & Francis
47 publications, 0.83%
The American Association of Immunologists
40 publications, 0.71%
37 publications, 0.65%
Annual Reviews
37 publications, 0.65%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
34 publications, 0.6%
Mary Ann Liebert
27 publications, 0.48%
SAGE
26 publications, 0.46%
Biophysical Society
22 publications, 0.39%
European Molecular Biology Organization
22 publications, 0.39%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
18 publications, 0.32%
Portland Press
17 publications, 0.3%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
16 publications, 0.28%
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With other organizations

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2738 publications, 48.28%
Harvard University
1020 publications, 17.99%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
888 publications, 15.66%
Emory University
476 publications, 8.39%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
432 publications, 7.62%
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
405 publications, 7.14%
Massachusetts General Hospital
345 publications, 6.08%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
277 publications, 4.88%
Boston Children's Hospital
221 publications, 3.9%
Stanford University
119 publications, 2.1%
University of California, San Francisco
114 publications, 2.01%
University of Pennsylvania
99 publications, 1.75%
Johns Hopkins University
93 publications, 1.64%
Boston University
85 publications, 1.5%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
81 publications, 1.43%
Yale University
76 publications, 1.34%
University of Cambridge
73 publications, 1.29%
Columbia University
71 publications, 1.25%
University of Toronto
66 publications, 1.16%
Tufts University
65 publications, 1.15%
University of California, Berkeley
64 publications, 1.13%
Washington University in St. Louis
61 publications, 1.08%
Cornell University
60 publications, 1.06%
University of California, San Diego
60 publications, 1.06%
University of Washington
59 publications, 1.04%
University of Chicago
56 publications, 0.99%
University of California, Los Angeles
55 publications, 0.97%
Baylor College of Medicine
54 publications, 0.95%
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
52 publications, 0.92%
Rockefeller University
51 publications, 0.9%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Cambridge
73 publications, 1.29%
University of Toronto
66 publications, 1.16%
McGill University
43 publications, 0.76%
Weizmann Institute of Science
40 publications, 0.71%
University of Helsinki
39 publications, 0.69%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
34 publications, 0.6%
University of Oxford
33 publications, 0.58%
University College London
29 publications, 0.51%
Netherlands Cancer Institute
28 publications, 0.49%
National University of Singapore
26 publications, 0.46%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
23 publications, 0.41%
Tel Aviv University
22 publications, 0.39%
University Medical Center Utrecht
22 publications, 0.39%
Lund University
20 publications, 0.35%
German Cancer Research Center
20 publications, 0.35%
University of Tokyo
20 publications, 0.35%
Karolinska Institute
19 publications, 0.34%
McGill University Health Centre
19 publications, 0.34%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
19 publications, 0.34%
University of Southern Denmark
18 publications, 0.32%
University of British Columbia
18 publications, 0.32%
Wellcome Sanger Institute
18 publications, 0.32%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
17 publications, 0.3%
Heidelberg University
16 publications, 0.28%
University of Edinburgh
16 publications, 0.28%
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
16 publications, 0.28%
Kyoto University
16 publications, 0.28%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
15 publications, 0.26%
ETH Zurich
15 publications, 0.26%
University of Zurich
15 publications, 0.26%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 333, 5.87%
United Kingdom
333 publications, 5.87%
Germany, 286, 5.04%
Germany
286 publications, 5.04%
Canada, 216, 3.81%
Canada
216 publications, 3.81%
Netherlands, 143, 2.52%
Netherlands
143 publications, 2.52%
China, 123, 2.17%
China
123 publications, 2.17%
Japan, 113, 1.99%
Japan
113 publications, 1.99%
France, 112, 1.97%
France
112 publications, 1.97%
Israel, 109, 1.92%
Israel
109 publications, 1.92%
Switzerland, 84, 1.48%
Switzerland
84 publications, 1.48%
Australia, 83, 1.46%
Australia
83 publications, 1.46%
Italy, 83, 1.46%
Italy
83 publications, 1.46%
Sweden, 82, 1.45%
Sweden
82 publications, 1.45%
Spain, 62, 1.09%
Spain
62 publications, 1.09%
Singapore, 59, 1.04%
Singapore
59 publications, 1.04%
Denmark, 55, 0.97%
Denmark
55 publications, 0.97%
Finland, 50, 0.88%
Finland
50 publications, 0.88%
Republic of Korea, 42, 0.74%
Republic of Korea
42 publications, 0.74%
Austria, 41, 0.72%
Austria
41 publications, 0.72%
Belgium, 40, 0.71%
Belgium
40 publications, 0.71%
Portugal, 24, 0.42%
Portugal
24 publications, 0.42%
India, 19, 0.34%
India
19 publications, 0.34%
Russia, 17, 0.3%
Russia
17 publications, 0.3%
Brazil, 17, 0.3%
Brazil
17 publications, 0.3%
Czech Republic, 16, 0.28%
Czech Republic
16 publications, 0.28%
Ireland, 11, 0.19%
Ireland
11 publications, 0.19%
Norway, 11, 0.19%
Norway
11 publications, 0.19%
South Africa, 9, 0.16%
South Africa
9 publications, 0.16%
Argentina, 7, 0.12%
Argentina
7 publications, 0.12%
Mexico, 7, 0.12%
Mexico
7 publications, 0.12%
Saudi Arabia, 7, 0.12%
Saudi Arabia
7 publications, 0.12%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1948 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.