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British Library
Short name
BL
Country, city
United Kingdom, London
Publications
1 484
Citations
24 374
h-index
70
Top-3 journals
Interlending & Document Supply
Interlending & Document Supply (106 publications)
IFLA Journal
IFLA Journal (51 publications)
Aslib Proceedings
Aslib Proceedings (33 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Alan Turing Institute
Alan Turing Institute (514 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (107 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1964

Total publications
1484
Total citations
24374
Citations per publication
16.42
Average publications per year
23.94
Average authors per publication
3.84
h-index
70
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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Library and Information Sciences, 422, 28.44%
Library and Information Sciences
422 publications, 28.44%
Information Systems, 130, 8.76%
Information Systems
130 publications, 8.76%
History, 118, 7.95%
History
118 publications, 7.95%
Computer Science Applications, 114, 7.68%
Computer Science Applications
114 publications, 7.68%
General Medicine, 77, 5.19%
General Medicine
77 publications, 5.19%
Multidisciplinary, 66, 4.45%
Multidisciplinary
66 publications, 4.45%
Cultural Studies, 61, 4.11%
Cultural Studies
61 publications, 4.11%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 45, 3.03%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
45 publications, 3.03%
Sociology and Political Science, 44, 2.96%
Sociology and Political Science
44 publications, 2.96%
General Environmental Science, 44, 2.96%
General Environmental Science
44 publications, 2.96%
Statistics and Probability, 42, 2.83%
Statistics and Probability
42 publications, 2.83%
Literature and Literary Theory, 41, 2.76%
Literature and Literary Theory
41 publications, 2.76%
General Engineering, 39, 2.63%
General Engineering
39 publications, 2.63%
General Physics and Astronomy, 38, 2.56%
General Physics and Astronomy
38 publications, 2.56%
Artificial Intelligence, 38, 2.56%
Artificial Intelligence
38 publications, 2.56%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 37, 2.49%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
37 publications, 2.49%
Applied Mathematics, 33, 2.22%
Applied Mathematics
33 publications, 2.22%
Linguistics and Language, 32, 2.16%
Linguistics and Language
32 publications, 2.16%
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 26, 1.75%
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
26 publications, 1.75%
Language and Linguistics, 26, 1.75%
Language and Linguistics
26 publications, 1.75%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 25, 1.68%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
25 publications, 1.68%
Mechanical Engineering, 25, 1.68%
Mechanical Engineering
25 publications, 1.68%
Bioengineering, 25, 1.68%
Bioengineering
25 publications, 1.68%
Computer Networks and Communications, 25, 1.68%
Computer Networks and Communications
25 publications, 1.68%
Geography, Planning and Development, 25, 1.68%
Geography, Planning and Development
25 publications, 1.68%
Education, 24, 1.62%
Education
24 publications, 1.62%
Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 23, 1.55%
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
23 publications, 1.55%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 22, 1.48%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
22 publications, 1.48%
General Social Sciences, 22, 1.48%
General Social Sciences
22 publications, 1.48%
General Arts and Humanities, 21, 1.42%
General Arts and Humanities
21 publications, 1.42%
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Journals

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Interlending & Document Supply
106 publications, 7.14%
IFLA Journal
51 publications, 3.44%
Aslib Proceedings
33 publications, 2.22%
Scientific Reports
31 publications, 2.09%
Interlending Review
27 publications, 1.82%
Imago Mundi
23 publications, 1.55%
Information Services and Use
20 publications, 1.35%
Alexandria The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues
19 publications, 1.28%
World Patent Information
18 publications, 1.21%
Journal of librarianship
18 publications, 1.21%
Art Libraries Journal
16 publications, 1.08%
Library Management
15 publications, 1.01%
Physical Review E
14 publications, 0.94%
Program electronic library and information systems
14 publications, 0.94%
Health Libraries Review
13 publications, 0.88%
African Research & Documentation
13 publications, 0.88%
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
12 publications, 0.81%
Journal of Information Science
12 publications, 0.81%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
11 publications, 0.74%
Journal of Documentation
11 publications, 0.74%
Library Review
11 publications, 0.74%
VINE
11 publications, 0.74%
Royal Society Open Science
10 publications, 0.67%
Journal of the Institute of Conservation
10 publications, 0.67%
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
10 publications, 0.67%
Business Information Review
10 publications, 0.67%
AI and Society
10 publications, 0.67%
Education for Information
9 publications, 0.61%
Nature Communications
9 publications, 0.61%
Learned Publishing
9 publications, 0.61%
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Publishers

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Emerald
257 publications, 17.32%
Springer Nature
200 publications, 13.48%
SAGE
168 publications, 11.32%
Taylor & Francis
166 publications, 11.19%
Elsevier
159 publications, 10.71%
Wiley
110 publications, 7.41%
Cambridge University Press
102 publications, 6.87%
Oxford University Press
62 publications, 4.18%
IOS Press
29 publications, 1.95%
The Royal Society
27 publications, 1.82%
American Physical Society (APS)
22 publications, 1.48%
MDPI
18 publications, 1.21%
IOP Publishing
14 publications, 0.94%
Liverpool University Press
13 publications, 0.88%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
10 publications, 0.67%
Brill
9 publications, 0.61%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
9 publications, 0.61%
Frontiers Media S.A.
9 publications, 0.61%
Ubiquity Press
8 publications, 0.54%
BMJ
7 publications, 0.47%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
5 publications, 0.34%
British Records Association
5 publications, 0.34%
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
4 publications, 0.27%
Walter de Gruyter
3 publications, 0.2%
World Scientific
3 publications, 0.2%
University of Chicago Press
3 publications, 0.2%
British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
3 publications, 0.2%
Copernicus
3 publications, 0.2%
Hindawi Limited
3 publications, 0.2%
F1000 Research
3 publications, 0.2%
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With other organizations

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Alan Turing Institute
514 publications, 34.64%
University of Oxford
107 publications, 7.21%
Queen Mary University of London
99 publications, 6.67%
University of Cambridge
82 publications, 5.53%
University College London
78 publications, 5.26%
University of Warwick
65 publications, 4.38%
University of Exeter
47 publications, 3.17%
Imperial College London
38 publications, 2.56%
University of Edinburgh
36 publications, 2.43%
University of Bristol
34 publications, 2.29%
University of Leeds
30 publications, 2.02%
University of Southampton
29 publications, 1.95%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
27 publications, 1.82%
University of Glasgow
26 publications, 1.75%
University of Catania
25 publications, 1.68%
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
23 publications, 1.55%
University of Birmingham
22 publications, 1.48%
University of Sheffield
22 publications, 1.48%
King's College London
20 publications, 1.35%
University of Bologna
18 publications, 1.21%
University of Manchester
17 publications, 1.15%
City, University of London
16 publications, 1.08%
Newcastle University
15 publications, 1.01%
Utrecht University
15 publications, 1.01%
Aalto University
13 publications, 0.88%
University of Liverpool
13 publications, 0.88%
Health Data Research UK
13 publications, 0.88%
Technical University of Munich
10 publications, 0.67%
Loughborough University
10 publications, 0.67%
University of Leicester
10 publications, 0.67%
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With foreign organizations

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National Institute for Nuclear Physics
27 publications, 1.82%
University of Catania
25 publications, 1.68%
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
23 publications, 1.55%
University of Bologna
18 publications, 1.21%
Utrecht University
15 publications, 1.01%
Aalto University
13 publications, 0.88%
Technical University of Munich
10 publications, 0.67%
Stockholm University
9 publications, 0.61%
Harvard University
9 publications, 0.61%
Indiana University Bloomington
9 publications, 0.61%
Karolinska Institute
8 publications, 0.54%
University of Zurich
8 publications, 0.54%
Yale University
8 publications, 0.54%
University of Washington
8 publications, 0.54%
University of Zaragoza
8 publications, 0.54%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
7 publications, 0.47%
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
7 publications, 0.47%
ETH Zurich
7 publications, 0.47%
University of Copenhagen
7 publications, 0.47%
Technical University of Denmark
7 publications, 0.47%
University of Melbourne
7 publications, 0.47%
Central European University, Budapest
7 publications, 0.47%
Aix-Marseille University
6 publications, 0.4%
University of Queensland
6 publications, 0.4%
Arizona State University
6 publications, 0.4%
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
6 publications, 0.4%
Trinity College Dublin
6 publications, 0.4%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
6 publications, 0.4%
University of Waterloo
6 publications, 0.4%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
6 publications, 0.4%
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With other countries

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USA, 125, 8.42%
USA
125 publications, 8.42%
Italy, 75, 5.05%
Italy
75 publications, 5.05%
Germany, 51, 3.44%
Germany
51 publications, 3.44%
Netherlands, 40, 2.7%
Netherlands
40 publications, 2.7%
Spain, 36, 2.43%
Spain
36 publications, 2.43%
France, 35, 2.36%
France
35 publications, 2.36%
Austria, 33, 2.22%
Austria
33 publications, 2.22%
Australia, 32, 2.16%
Australia
32 publications, 2.16%
Canada, 30, 2.02%
Canada
30 publications, 2.02%
China, 26, 1.75%
China
26 publications, 1.75%
Sweden, 23, 1.55%
Sweden
23 publications, 1.55%
Japan, 22, 1.48%
Japan
22 publications, 1.48%
Switzerland, 21, 1.42%
Switzerland
21 publications, 1.42%
Belgium, 18, 1.21%
Belgium
18 publications, 1.21%
Finland, 17, 1.15%
Finland
17 publications, 1.15%
Denmark, 16, 1.08%
Denmark
16 publications, 1.08%
Ireland, 13, 0.88%
Ireland
13 publications, 0.88%
Hungary, 10, 0.67%
Hungary
10 publications, 0.67%
New Zealand, 10, 0.67%
New Zealand
10 publications, 0.67%
Portugal, 9, 0.61%
Portugal
9 publications, 0.61%
Mexico, 9, 0.61%
Mexico
9 publications, 0.61%
Brazil, 8, 0.54%
Brazil
8 publications, 0.54%
Norway, 8, 0.54%
Norway
8 publications, 0.54%
Republic of Korea, 8, 0.54%
Republic of Korea
8 publications, 0.54%
Russia, 7, 0.47%
Russia
7 publications, 0.47%
Indonesia, 7, 0.47%
Indonesia
7 publications, 0.47%
India, 6, 0.4%
India
6 publications, 0.4%
Pakistan, 5, 0.34%
Pakistan
5 publications, 0.34%
Poland, 5, 0.34%
Poland
5 publications, 0.34%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1964 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.