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British Library
Short name
BL
Country, city
United Kingdom, London
Publications
1 542
Citations
30 776
h-index
76
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 (556 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (116 publications)
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London (102 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1964

Total publications
1542
Total citations
30776
Citations per publication
19.96
Average publications per year
24.48
Average authors per publication
3.92
h-index
76
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, 423, 27.43%
Library and Information Sciences
423 publications, 27.43%
Information Systems, 130, 8.43%
Information Systems
130 publications, 8.43%
History, 118, 7.65%
History
118 publications, 7.65%
Computer Science Applications, 114, 7.39%
Computer Science Applications
114 publications, 7.39%
General Medicine, 77, 4.99%
General Medicine
77 publications, 4.99%
Multidisciplinary, 66, 4.28%
Multidisciplinary
66 publications, 4.28%
Cultural Studies, 61, 3.96%
Cultural Studies
61 publications, 3.96%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 45, 2.92%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
45 publications, 2.92%
Sociology and Political Science, 44, 2.85%
Sociology and Political Science
44 publications, 2.85%
General Environmental Science, 44, 2.85%
General Environmental Science
44 publications, 2.85%
Statistics and Probability, 42, 2.72%
Statistics and Probability
42 publications, 2.72%
Literature and Literary Theory, 41, 2.66%
Literature and Literary Theory
41 publications, 2.66%
General Engineering, 39, 2.53%
General Engineering
39 publications, 2.53%
General Physics and Astronomy, 38, 2.46%
General Physics and Astronomy
38 publications, 2.46%
Artificial Intelligence, 38, 2.46%
Artificial Intelligence
38 publications, 2.46%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 37, 2.4%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
37 publications, 2.4%
Applied Mathematics, 33, 2.14%
Applied Mathematics
33 publications, 2.14%
Linguistics and Language, 32, 2.08%
Linguistics and Language
32 publications, 2.08%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 26, 1.69%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
26 publications, 1.69%
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 26, 1.69%
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
26 publications, 1.69%
Language and Linguistics, 26, 1.69%
Language and Linguistics
26 publications, 1.69%
Mechanical Engineering, 25, 1.62%
Mechanical Engineering
25 publications, 1.62%
Bioengineering, 25, 1.62%
Bioengineering
25 publications, 1.62%
Computer Networks and Communications, 25, 1.62%
Computer Networks and Communications
25 publications, 1.62%
Geography, Planning and Development, 25, 1.62%
Geography, Planning and Development
25 publications, 1.62%
Education, 24, 1.56%
Education
24 publications, 1.56%
Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 23, 1.49%
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
23 publications, 1.49%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 22, 1.43%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
22 publications, 1.43%
General Social Sciences, 22, 1.43%
General Social Sciences
22 publications, 1.43%
General Arts and Humanities, 21, 1.36%
General Arts and Humanities
21 publications, 1.36%
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Journals

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Interlending & Document Supply
106 publications, 6.87%
IFLA Journal
51 publications, 3.31%
Aslib Proceedings
33 publications, 2.14%
Scientific Reports
32 publications, 2.08%
Interlending Review
27 publications, 1.75%
Imago Mundi
23 publications, 1.49%
Information Services and Use
20 publications, 1.3%
Alexandria The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues
19 publications, 1.23%
World Patent Information
18 publications, 1.17%
Journal of librarianship
18 publications, 1.17%
Art Libraries Journal
16 publications, 1.04%
Library Management
15 publications, 0.97%
African Research & Documentation
15 publications, 0.97%
Physical Review E
14 publications, 0.91%
Program electronic library and information systems
14 publications, 0.91%
Health Libraries Review
13 publications, 0.84%
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
12 publications, 0.78%
Journal of Information Science
12 publications, 0.78%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
11 publications, 0.71%
Journal of Documentation
11 publications, 0.71%
AI and Society
11 publications, 0.71%
Library Review
11 publications, 0.71%
VINE
11 publications, 0.71%
Nature Communications
10 publications, 0.65%
Royal Society Open Science
10 publications, 0.65%
Journal of the Institute of Conservation
10 publications, 0.65%
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
10 publications, 0.65%
Business Information Review
10 publications, 0.65%
Education for Information
9 publications, 0.58%
Learned Publishing
9 publications, 0.58%
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Publishers

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Emerald
258 publications, 16.73%
Springer Nature
209 publications, 13.55%
Elsevier
179 publications, 11.61%
SAGE
170 publications, 11.02%
Taylor & Francis
166 publications, 10.77%
Wiley
112 publications, 7.26%
Cambridge University Press
106 publications, 6.87%
Oxford University Press
65 publications, 4.22%
IOS Press
29 publications, 1.88%
The Royal Society
28 publications, 1.82%
American Physical Society (APS)
22 publications, 1.43%
MDPI
18 publications, 1.17%
IOP Publishing
14 publications, 0.91%
Liverpool University Press
13 publications, 0.84%
Frontiers Media S.A.
13 publications, 0.84%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
10 publications, 0.65%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
10 publications, 0.65%
Brill
9 publications, 0.58%
BMJ
8 publications, 0.52%
Ubiquity Press
8 publications, 0.52%
F1000 Research
6 publications, 0.39%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
5 publications, 0.32%
British Records Association
5 publications, 0.32%
Walter de Gruyter
4 publications, 0.26%
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
4 publications, 0.26%
World Scientific
3 publications, 0.19%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Chicago Press
3 publications, 0.19%
British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
3 publications, 0.19%
Copernicus
3 publications, 0.19%
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With other organizations

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Alan Turing Institute
556 publications, 36.06%
University of Oxford
116 publications, 7.52%
Queen Mary University of London
102 publications, 6.61%
University of Cambridge
90 publications, 5.84%
University College London
84 publications, 5.45%
University of Warwick
68 publications, 4.41%
University of Exeter
48 publications, 3.11%
Imperial College London
43 publications, 2.79%
University of Edinburgh
38 publications, 2.46%
University of Bristol
35 publications, 2.27%
University of Southampton
33 publications, 2.14%
University of Leeds
32 publications, 2.08%
King's College London
28 publications, 1.82%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
28 publications, 1.82%
University of Catania
26 publications, 1.69%
University of Glasgow
26 publications, 1.69%
University of Birmingham
25 publications, 1.62%
University of Sheffield
25 publications, 1.62%
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
23 publications, 1.49%
University of Bologna
18 publications, 1.17%
University of Manchester
18 publications, 1.17%
City, University of London
16 publications, 1.04%
Newcastle University
16 publications, 1.04%
Utrecht University
16 publications, 1.04%
Aalto University
14 publications, 0.91%
University of Liverpool
14 publications, 0.91%
Health Data Research UK
13 publications, 0.84%
Harvard University
11 publications, 0.71%
Central European University
11 publications, 0.71%
Technical University of Munich
10 publications, 0.65%
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With foreign organizations

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National Institute for Nuclear Physics
28 publications, 1.82%
University of Catania
26 publications, 1.69%
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
23 publications, 1.49%
University of Bologna
18 publications, 1.17%
Utrecht University
16 publications, 1.04%
Aalto University
14 publications, 0.91%
Harvard University
11 publications, 0.71%
Central European University
11 publications, 0.71%
Technical University of Munich
10 publications, 0.65%
Stockholm University
10 publications, 0.65%
Indiana University Bloomington
10 publications, 0.65%
Karolinska Institute
9 publications, 0.58%
ETH Zurich
9 publications, 0.58%
University of Zurich
9 publications, 0.58%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
8 publications, 0.52%
Yale University
8 publications, 0.52%
University of Washington
8 publications, 0.52%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
8 publications, 0.52%
University of Zaragoza
8 publications, 0.52%
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
7 publications, 0.45%
University of Copenhagen
7 publications, 0.45%
Technical University of Denmark
7 publications, 0.45%
University of Melbourne
7 publications, 0.45%
Central European University, Budapest
7 publications, 0.45%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
7 publications, 0.45%
University of Amsterdam
7 publications, 0.45%
Aix-Marseille University
6 publications, 0.39%
Humboldt University of Berlin
6 publications, 0.39%
University of Queensland
6 publications, 0.39%
Arizona State University
6 publications, 0.39%
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With other countries

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USA, 125, 8.11%
USA
125 publications, 8.11%
Italy, 75, 4.86%
Italy
75 publications, 4.86%
Germany, 51, 3.31%
Germany
51 publications, 3.31%
Netherlands, 41, 2.66%
Netherlands
41 publications, 2.66%
France, 36, 2.33%
France
36 publications, 2.33%
Spain, 36, 2.33%
Spain
36 publications, 2.33%
Austria, 33, 2.14%
Austria
33 publications, 2.14%
Australia, 32, 2.08%
Australia
32 publications, 2.08%
Canada, 30, 1.95%
Canada
30 publications, 1.95%
China, 26, 1.69%
China
26 publications, 1.69%
Sweden, 24, 1.56%
Sweden
24 publications, 1.56%
Japan, 22, 1.43%
Japan
22 publications, 1.43%
Switzerland, 21, 1.36%
Switzerland
21 publications, 1.36%
Belgium, 18, 1.17%
Belgium
18 publications, 1.17%
Finland, 17, 1.1%
Finland
17 publications, 1.1%
Denmark, 16, 1.04%
Denmark
16 publications, 1.04%
Ireland, 13, 0.84%
Ireland
13 publications, 0.84%
Hungary, 10, 0.65%
Hungary
10 publications, 0.65%
New Zealand, 10, 0.65%
New Zealand
10 publications, 0.65%
Portugal, 9, 0.58%
Portugal
9 publications, 0.58%
Mexico, 9, 0.58%
Mexico
9 publications, 0.58%
Brazil, 8, 0.52%
Brazil
8 publications, 0.52%
Norway, 8, 0.52%
Norway
8 publications, 0.52%
Republic of Korea, 8, 0.52%
Republic of Korea
8 publications, 0.52%
Russia, 7, 0.45%
Russia
7 publications, 0.45%
Indonesia, 7, 0.45%
Indonesia
7 publications, 0.45%
India, 6, 0.39%
India
6 publications, 0.39%
Pakistan, 5, 0.32%
Pakistan
5 publications, 0.32%
Poland, 5, 0.32%
Poland
5 publications, 0.32%
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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.