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Wellcome Sanger Institute
Short name
Sange
Country, city
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Publications
10 728
Citations
1 281 539
h-index
494
Top-3 journals
Nature Communications
Nature Communications (474 publications)
Nature Genetics
Nature Genetics (467 publications)
Nature
Nature (411 publications)
Top-3 organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (3247 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (1452 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (801 publications)
University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki (504 publications)

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Since 1993

Total publications
10728
Total citations
1281539
Citations per publication
119.46
Average publications per year
325.09
Average authors per publication
19.43
h-index
494
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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Genetics, 2652, 24.72%
Genetics
2652 publications, 24.72%
Molecular Biology, 1669, 15.56%
Molecular Biology
1669 publications, 15.56%
Multidisciplinary, 1312, 12.23%
Multidisciplinary
1312 publications, 12.23%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 1196, 11.15%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
1196 publications, 11.15%
Genetics (clinical), 1024, 9.55%
Genetics (clinical)
1024 publications, 9.55%
Infectious Diseases, 953, 8.88%
Infectious Diseases
953 publications, 8.88%
General Medicine, 952, 8.87%
General Medicine
952 publications, 8.87%
Microbiology, 878, 8.18%
Microbiology
878 publications, 8.18%
Cell Biology, 810, 7.55%
Cell Biology
810 publications, 7.55%
Biochemistry, 798, 7.44%
Biochemistry
798 publications, 7.44%
Immunology, 709, 6.61%
Immunology
709 publications, 6.61%
Cancer Research, 658, 6.13%
Cancer Research
658 publications, 6.13%
Oncology, 507, 4.73%
Oncology
507 publications, 4.73%
General Chemistry, 448, 4.18%
General Chemistry
448 publications, 4.18%
General Immunology and Microbiology, 448, 4.18%
General Immunology and Microbiology
448 publications, 4.18%
Microbiology (medical), 434, 4.05%
Microbiology (medical)
434 publications, 4.05%
General Physics and Astronomy, 434, 4.05%
General Physics and Astronomy
434 publications, 4.05%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 432, 4.03%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
432 publications, 4.03%
Biotechnology, 423, 3.94%
Biotechnology
423 publications, 3.94%
Hematology, 364, 3.39%
Hematology
364 publications, 3.39%
Parasitology, 317, 2.95%
Parasitology
317 publications, 2.95%
Virology, 313, 2.92%
Virology
313 publications, 2.92%
Molecular Medicine, 290, 2.7%
Molecular Medicine
290 publications, 2.7%
Computer Science Applications, 280, 2.61%
Computer Science Applications
280 publications, 2.61%
Immunology and Allergy, 275, 2.56%
Immunology and Allergy
275 publications, 2.56%
Developmental Biology, 232, 2.16%
Developmental Biology
232 publications, 2.16%
General Neuroscience, 221, 2.06%
General Neuroscience
221 publications, 2.06%
Medicine (miscellaneous), 204, 1.9%
Medicine (miscellaneous)
204 publications, 1.9%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 185, 1.72%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
185 publications, 1.72%
Structural Biology, 182, 1.7%
Structural Biology
182 publications, 1.7%
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Journals

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Nature Communications
474 publications, 4.42%
Nature Genetics
467 publications, 4.35%
Nature
411 publications, 3.83%
Genome Biology
247 publications, 2.3%
PLoS ONE
225 publications, 2.1%
Blood
221 publications, 2.06%
Nature Reviews Microbiology
214 publications, 1.99%
Cancer Research
200 publications, 1.86%
Scientific Reports
193 publications, 1.8%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
187 publications, 1.74%
Science
159 publications, 1.48%
Wellcome Open Research
153 publications, 1.43%
PLoS Genetics
152 publications, 1.42%
BMC Genomics
152 publications, 1.42%
Microbial genomics
146 publications, 1.36%
Genome Research
144 publications, 1.34%
Bioinformatics
129 publications, 1.2%
Nucleic Acids Research
126 publications, 1.17%
American Journal of Human Genetics
117 publications, 1.09%
Methods in Molecular Biology
99 publications, 0.92%
eLife
95 publications, 0.89%
Human Molecular Genetics
86 publications, 0.8%
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
82 publications, 0.76%
PLoS Pathogens
78 publications, 0.73%
Nature Methods
72 publications, 0.67%
mBio
69 publications, 0.64%
Cell
69 publications, 0.64%
European Journal of Human Genetics
68 publications, 0.63%
Nature Biotechnology
65 publications, 0.61%
BMC Bioinformatics
60 publications, 0.56%
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Publishers

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Springer Nature
3899 publications, 36.34%
Elsevier
1456 publications, 13.57%
Oxford University Press
861 publications, 8.03%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
604 publications, 5.63%
Wiley
597 publications, 5.56%
American Society for Microbiology
433 publications, 4.04%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
286 publications, 2.67%
American Society of Hematology
238 publications, 2.22%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
225 publications, 2.1%
Microbiology Society
218 publications, 2.03%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
187 publications, 1.74%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
180 publications, 1.68%
Taylor & Francis
140 publications, 1.3%
Frontiers Media S.A.
129 publications, 1.2%
BMJ
120 publications, 1.12%
MDPI
103 publications, 0.96%
F1000 Research
100 publications, 0.93%
eLife Sciences Publications
95 publications, 0.89%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
60 publications, 0.56%
The Company of Biologists
56 publications, 0.52%
American Diabetes Association
51 publications, 0.48%
The Royal Society
46 publications, 0.43%
S. Karger AG
43 publications, 0.4%
The American Association of Immunologists
40 publications, 0.37%
Annual Reviews
35 publications, 0.33%
Mary Ann Liebert
34 publications, 0.32%
Portland Press
34 publications, 0.32%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
33 publications, 0.31%
European Molecular Biology Organization
33 publications, 0.31%
Rockefeller University Press
32 publications, 0.3%
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With other organizations

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University of Cambridge
3247 publications, 30.27%
University of Oxford
1452 publications, 13.53%
European Bioinformatics Institute
982 publications, 9.15%
Imperial College London
811 publications, 7.56%
Harvard University
801 publications, 7.47%
University College London
710 publications, 6.62%
University of Edinburgh
701 publications, 6.53%
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
562 publications, 5.24%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
529 publications, 4.93%
King's College London
515 publications, 4.8%
University of Helsinki
504 publications, 4.7%
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
488 publications, 4.55%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
469 publications, 4.37%
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
422 publications, 3.93%
Massachusetts General Hospital
382 publications, 3.56%
Queen Mary University of London
359 publications, 3.35%
University of Copenhagen
354 publications, 3.3%
University of Melbourne
347 publications, 3.23%
University of Glasgow
342 publications, 3.19%
Helmholtz Zentrum München
337 publications, 3.14%
Karolinska Institute
329 publications, 3.07%
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Center
327 publications, 3.05%
Stanford University
318 publications, 2.96%
University of Washington
307 publications, 2.86%
Newcastle University
305 publications, 2.84%
University of Liverpool
304 publications, 2.83%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
299 publications, 2.79%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
294 publications, 2.74%
University of Bristol
293 publications, 2.73%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
270 publications, 2.52%
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With foreign organizations

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Harvard University
801 publications, 7.47%
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
562 publications, 5.24%
University of Helsinki
504 publications, 4.7%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
469 publications, 4.37%
Massachusetts General Hospital
382 publications, 3.56%
University of Copenhagen
354 publications, 3.3%
University of Melbourne
347 publications, 3.23%
Helmholtz Zentrum München
337 publications, 3.14%
Karolinska Institute
329 publications, 3.07%
Stanford University
318 publications, 2.96%
University of Washington
307 publications, 2.86%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
299 publications, 2.79%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
294 publications, 2.74%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
270 publications, 2.52%
Leiden University Medical Center
263 publications, 2.45%
Erasmus University Medical Center
248 publications, 2.31%
University of Oslo
238 publications, 2.22%
Johns Hopkins University
238 publications, 2.22%
Technical University of Munich
237 publications, 2.21%
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
235 publications, 2.19%
University of Tartu
230 publications, 2.14%
University of Michigan
229 publications, 2.13%
University of Queensland
228 publications, 2.13%
Washington University in St. Louis
228 publications, 2.13%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
226 publications, 2.11%
University of Pennsylvania
226 publications, 2.11%
Uppsala University
218 publications, 2.03%
University of Toronto
218 publications, 2.03%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
216 publications, 2.01%
University of California, San Francisco
214 publications, 1.99%
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With other countries

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USA, 3836, 35.76%
USA
3836 publications, 35.76%
Germany, 1757, 16.38%
Germany
1757 publications, 16.38%
Australia, 1218, 11.35%
Australia
1218 publications, 11.35%
Netherlands, 1135, 10.58%
Netherlands
1135 publications, 10.58%
France, 1041, 9.7%
France
1041 publications, 9.7%
Italy, 884, 8.24%
Italy
884 publications, 8.24%
Canada, 878, 8.18%
Canada
878 publications, 8.18%
Spain, 783, 7.3%
Spain
783 publications, 7.3%
Sweden, 758, 7.07%
Sweden
758 publications, 7.07%
Switzerland, 681, 6.35%
Switzerland
681 publications, 6.35%
Finland, 648, 6.04%
Finland
648 publications, 6.04%
China, 589, 5.49%
China
589 publications, 5.49%
Denmark, 568, 5.29%
Denmark
568 publications, 5.29%
Belgium, 534, 4.98%
Belgium
534 publications, 4.98%
Norway, 468, 4.36%
Norway
468 publications, 4.36%
Japan, 444, 4.14%
Japan
444 publications, 4.14%
Austria, 313, 2.92%
Austria
313 publications, 2.92%
Singapore, 255, 2.38%
Singapore
255 publications, 2.38%
Ireland, 239, 2.23%
Ireland
239 publications, 2.23%
Estonia, 236, 2.2%
Estonia
236 publications, 2.2%
Republic of Korea, 236, 2.2%
Republic of Korea
236 publications, 2.2%
Greece, 229, 2.13%
Greece
229 publications, 2.13%
South Africa, 211, 1.97%
South Africa
211 publications, 1.97%
Iceland, 204, 1.9%
Iceland
204 publications, 1.9%
Brazil, 194, 1.81%
Brazil
194 publications, 1.81%
Thailand, 191, 1.78%
Thailand
191 publications, 1.78%
India, 182, 1.7%
India
182 publications, 1.7%
Saudi Arabia, 175, 1.63%
Saudi Arabia
175 publications, 1.63%
Russia, 173, 1.61%
Russia
173 publications, 1.61%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1993 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.