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Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Short name
IACS
Country, city
India, Kolkata
Publications
12 791
Citations
309 571
h-index
175
Top-3 journals
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (376 publications)
Chemical Physics Letters
Chemical Physics Letters (306 publications)
Physical Review A
Physical Review A (306 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University (558 publications)
University of Calcutta
University of Calcutta (376 publications)
Indian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Science (290 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Reading
University of Reading (115 publications)
University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona (60 publications)
University of Trieste
University of Trieste (59 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1914

Total publications
12791
Total citations
309571
Citations per publication
24.2
Average publications per year
113.19
Average authors per publication
4.01
h-index
175
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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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 2582, 20.19%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
2582 publications, 20.19%
Condensed Matter Physics, 2368, 18.51%
Condensed Matter Physics
2368 publications, 18.51%
General Chemistry, 2339, 18.29%
General Chemistry
2339 publications, 18.29%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1868, 14.6%
General Physics and Astronomy
1868 publications, 14.6%
Materials Chemistry, 1830, 14.31%
Materials Chemistry
1830 publications, 14.31%
General Materials Science, 1607, 12.56%
General Materials Science
1607 publications, 12.56%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 1427, 11.16%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
1427 publications, 11.16%
Organic Chemistry, 1352, 10.57%
Organic Chemistry
1352 publications, 10.57%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 1062, 8.3%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
1062 publications, 8.3%
Inorganic Chemistry, 1035, 8.09%
Inorganic Chemistry
1035 publications, 8.09%
Biochemistry, 929, 7.26%
Biochemistry
929 publications, 7.26%
Catalysis, 728, 5.69%
Catalysis
728 publications, 5.69%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 718, 5.61%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
718 publications, 5.61%
Metals and Alloys, 538, 4.21%
Metals and Alloys
538 publications, 4.21%
General Chemical Engineering, 456, 3.57%
General Chemical Engineering
456 publications, 3.57%
Mechanics of Materials, 450, 3.52%
Mechanics of Materials
450 publications, 3.52%
General Medicine, 444, 3.47%
General Medicine
444 publications, 3.47%
Mechanical Engineering, 436, 3.41%
Mechanical Engineering
436 publications, 3.41%
Spectroscopy, 385, 3.01%
Spectroscopy
385 publications, 3.01%
Polymers and Plastics, 375, 2.93%
Polymers and Plastics
375 publications, 2.93%
Drug Discovery, 369, 2.88%
Drug Discovery
369 publications, 2.88%
Surfaces and Interfaces, 368, 2.88%
Surfaces and Interfaces
368 publications, 2.88%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 339, 2.65%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
339 publications, 2.65%
Ceramics and Composites, 319, 2.49%
Ceramics and Composites
319 publications, 2.49%
General Energy, 248, 1.94%
General Energy
248 publications, 1.94%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 239, 1.87%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
239 publications, 1.87%
Electrochemistry, 235, 1.84%
Electrochemistry
235 publications, 1.84%
Analytical Chemistry, 232, 1.81%
Analytical Chemistry
232 publications, 1.81%
Bioengineering, 217, 1.7%
Bioengineering
217 publications, 1.7%
General Engineering, 215, 1.68%
General Engineering
215 publications, 1.68%
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Journals

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Physical Review B
376 publications, 2.94%
Chemical Physics Letters
306 publications, 2.39%
Physical Review A
306 publications, 2.39%
Journal of Chemical Physics
292 publications, 2.28%
Journal of Applied Physics
284 publications, 2.22%
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
251 publications, 1.96%
Physical Review D
240 publications, 1.88%
Chemical Communications
205 publications, 1.6%
Tetrahedron Letters
197 publications, 1.54%
Inorganic Chemistry
196 publications, 1.53%
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
184 publications, 1.44%
Chemistry - A European Journal
172 publications, 1.34%
Langmuir
158 publications, 1.24%
RSC Advances
152 publications, 1.19%
Polyhedron
147 publications, 1.15%
Dalton Transactions
141 publications, 1.1%
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
139 publications, 1.09%
Physical Review E
138 publications, 1.08%
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
136 publications, 1.06%
ACS applied materials & interfaces
124 publications, 0.97%
Journal of Organic Chemistry
121 publications, 0.95%
Inorganica Chimica Acta
120 publications, 0.94%
Tetrahedron
120 publications, 0.94%
Journal of Chemical Sciences
118 publications, 0.92%
Journal of Physical Chemistry A
110 publications, 0.86%
Applied Physics Letters
105 publications, 0.82%
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
102 publications, 0.8%
New Journal of Chemistry
97 publications, 0.76%
Thin Solid Films
92 publications, 0.72%
Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
86 publications, 0.67%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3413 publications, 26.68%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2004 publications, 15.67%
Wiley
1415 publications, 11.06%
Springer Nature
1322 publications, 10.34%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1282 publications, 10.02%
American Physical Society (APS)
1156 publications, 9.04%
AIP Publishing
744 publications, 5.82%
IOP Publishing
511 publications, 3.99%
Taylor & Francis
259 publications, 2.02%
World Scientific
100 publications, 0.78%
American Scientific Publishers
64 publications, 0.5%
Japan Society of Applied Physics
60 publications, 0.47%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
51 publications, 0.4%
MDPI
41 publications, 0.32%
Oxford University Press
40 publications, 0.31%
Physical Society of Japan
39 publications, 0.3%
Walter de Gruyter
22 publications, 0.17%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
17 publications, 0.13%
Trans Tech Publications
15 publications, 0.12%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
13 publications, 0.1%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
11 publications, 0.09%
EDP Sciences
11 publications, 0.09%
SAGE
10 publications, 0.08%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
10 publications, 0.08%
The Electrochemical Society
10 publications, 0.08%
Hindawi Limited
9 publications, 0.07%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
8 publications, 0.06%
Stichting SciPost
8 publications, 0.06%
Pleiades Publishing
7 publications, 0.05%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
7 publications, 0.05%
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With other organizations

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Jadavpur University
558 publications, 4.36%
University of Calcutta
376 publications, 2.94%
Indian Institute of Science
290 publications, 2.27%
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
210 publications, 1.64%
S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
163 publications, 1.27%
University of Burdwan
157 publications, 1.23%
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
152 publications, 1.19%
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
134 publications, 1.05%
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
121 publications, 0.95%
University of Reading
115 publications, 0.9%
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
114 publications, 0.89%
Visva-Bharati University
114 publications, 0.89%
University of Kalyani
113 publications, 0.88%
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
112 publications, 0.88%
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research
110 publications, 0.86%
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
107 publications, 0.84%
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
106 publications, 0.83%
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
100 publications, 0.78%
Homi Bhabha National Institute
86 publications, 0.67%
Presidency University
78 publications, 0.61%
Harish-Chandra Research Institute
75 publications, 0.59%
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
66 publications, 0.52%
University of Barcelona
60 publications, 0.47%
University of Trieste
59 publications, 0.46%
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
55 publications, 0.43%
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
53 publications, 0.41%
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
52 publications, 0.41%
Indian Statistical Institute
51 publications, 0.4%
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
50 publications, 0.39%
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
50 publications, 0.39%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Reading
115 publications, 0.9%
University of Barcelona
60 publications, 0.47%
University of Trieste
59 publications, 0.46%
Uppsala University
45 publications, 0.35%
National Institute for Materials Science
40 publications, 0.31%
Roma Tre University
39 publications, 0.3%
University of Manchester
38 publications, 0.3%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
38 publications, 0.3%
National Sun Yat-sen University
36 publications, 0.28%
University of Tokyo
33 publications, 0.26%
Ruhr University Bochum
31 publications, 0.24%
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
29 publications, 0.23%
Université Paris-Saclay
28 publications, 0.22%
Tokyo Institute of Technology
26 publications, 0.2%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
25 publications, 0.2%
University of Maryland, College Park
24 publications, 0.19%
National Taiwan University
23 publications, 0.18%
Osaka University
23 publications, 0.18%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
23 publications, 0.18%
Ural Federal University
22 publications, 0.17%
National University of Singapore
22 publications, 0.17%
Kyoto University
22 publications, 0.17%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
21 publications, 0.16%
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
21 publications, 0.16%
University of Cambridge
21 publications, 0.16%
Sorbonne University
21 publications, 0.16%
Postovsky Institute of Organic Synthesis of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
19 publications, 0.15%
Nanyang Technological University
19 publications, 0.15%
University of Oxford
19 publications, 0.15%
National Tsing Hua University
19 publications, 0.15%
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With other countries

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USA, 464, 3.63%
USA
464 publications, 3.63%
Germany, 372, 2.91%
Germany
372 publications, 2.91%
United Kingdom, 361, 2.82%
United Kingdom
361 publications, 2.82%
Japan, 323, 2.53%
Japan
323 publications, 2.53%
Italy, 196, 1.53%
Italy
196 publications, 1.53%
China, 193, 1.51%
China
193 publications, 1.51%
France, 192, 1.5%
France
192 publications, 1.5%
Spain, 140, 1.09%
Spain
140 publications, 1.09%
Republic of Korea, 77, 0.6%
Republic of Korea
77 publications, 0.6%
Israel, 76, 0.59%
Israel
76 publications, 0.59%
Sweden, 70, 0.55%
Sweden
70 publications, 0.55%
Russia, 69, 0.54%
Russia
69 publications, 0.54%
Poland, 63, 0.49%
Poland
63 publications, 0.49%
Canada, 61, 0.48%
Canada
61 publications, 0.48%
Brazil, 41, 0.32%
Brazil
41 publications, 0.32%
Singapore, 41, 0.32%
Singapore
41 publications, 0.32%
Australia, 39, 0.3%
Australia
39 publications, 0.3%
Netherlands, 39, 0.3%
Netherlands
39 publications, 0.3%
Finland, 38, 0.3%
Finland
38 publications, 0.3%
Portugal, 34, 0.27%
Portugal
34 publications, 0.27%
Ireland, 32, 0.25%
Ireland
32 publications, 0.25%
Switzerland, 32, 0.25%
Switzerland
32 publications, 0.25%
Belgium, 31, 0.24%
Belgium
31 publications, 0.24%
Saudi Arabia, 30, 0.23%
Saudi Arabia
30 publications, 0.23%
Czech Republic, 30, 0.23%
Czech Republic
30 publications, 0.23%
South Africa, 19, 0.15%
South Africa
19 publications, 0.15%
Hungary, 18, 0.14%
Hungary
18 publications, 0.14%
Denmark, 15, 0.12%
Denmark
15 publications, 0.12%
Austria, 13, 0.1%
Austria
13 publications, 0.1%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1914 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
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