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Wesleyan University
Short name
WU
Country, city
USA, Middletown
Publications
9 684
Citations
268 251
h-index
197
Top-3 journals
Science
Science (202 publications)
Astrophysical Journal
Astrophysical Journal (171 publications)
Journal of Chemical Physics
Journal of Chemical Physics (140 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Yale University
Yale University (369 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (191 publications)
Columbia University
Columbia University (153 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Carleton University
Carleton University (99 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (87 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1881

Total publications
9684
Total citations
268251
Citations per publication
27.7
Average publications per year
66.79
Average authors per publication
4.12
h-index
197
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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History, 697, 7.2%
History
697 publications, 7.2%
Sociology and Political Science, 641, 6.62%
Sociology and Political Science
641 publications, 6.62%
Biochemistry, 575, 5.94%
Biochemistry
575 publications, 5.94%
General Physics and Astronomy, 500, 5.16%
General Physics and Astronomy
500 publications, 5.16%
Molecular Biology, 485, 5.01%
Molecular Biology
485 publications, 5.01%
Space and Planetary Science, 465, 4.8%
Space and Planetary Science
465 publications, 4.8%
General Medicine, 453, 4.68%
General Medicine
453 publications, 4.68%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 440, 4.54%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
440 publications, 4.54%
Cultural Studies, 414, 4.28%
Cultural Studies
414 publications, 4.28%
Multidisciplinary, 384, 3.97%
Multidisciplinary
384 publications, 3.97%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 362, 3.74%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
362 publications, 3.74%
Economics and Econometrics, 329, 3.4%
Economics and Econometrics
329 publications, 3.4%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 310, 3.2%
Psychiatry and Mental health
310 publications, 3.2%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 308, 3.18%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
308 publications, 3.18%
General Mathematics, 261, 2.7%
General Mathematics
261 publications, 2.7%
Education, 255, 2.63%
Education
255 publications, 2.63%
Genetics, 252, 2.6%
Genetics
252 publications, 2.6%
Philosophy, 251, 2.59%
Philosophy
251 publications, 2.59%
Organic Chemistry, 245, 2.53%
Organic Chemistry
245 publications, 2.53%
Literature and Literary Theory, 243, 2.51%
Literature and Literary Theory
243 publications, 2.51%
Political Science and International Relations, 241, 2.49%
Political Science and International Relations
241 publications, 2.49%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 240, 2.48%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
240 publications, 2.48%
Cell Biology, 226, 2.33%
Cell Biology
226 publications, 2.33%
General Psychology, 225, 2.32%
General Psychology
225 publications, 2.32%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 204, 2.11%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
204 publications, 2.11%
Religious studies, 185, 1.91%
Religious studies
185 publications, 1.91%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 176, 1.82%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
176 publications, 1.82%
Biophysics, 156, 1.61%
Biophysics
156 publications, 1.61%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 155, 1.6%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
155 publications, 1.6%
Social Psychology, 145, 1.5%
Social Psychology
145 publications, 1.5%
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Journals

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Science
202 publications, 2.09%
Astrophysical Journal
171 publications, 1.77%
Journal of Chemical Physics
140 publications, 1.45%
Physical Review A
128 publications, 1.32%
Biochemistry
108 publications, 1.12%
American Journal of Physics
108 publications, 1.12%
Astronomical Journal
103 publications, 1.06%
American Political Science Review
88 publications, 0.91%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
87 publications, 0.9%
Biophysical Journal
81 publications, 0.84%
International Journal of Eating Disorders
80 publications, 0.83%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
78 publications, 0.81%
Tetrahedron Letters
69 publications, 0.71%
SSRN Electronic Journal
68 publications, 0.7%
Journal of Asian Studies
64 publications, 0.66%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
63 publications, 0.65%
FASEB Journal
59 publications, 0.61%
Physical Review Letters
58 publications, 0.6%
American Mathematical Monthly
55 publications, 0.57%
Nature
55 publications, 0.57%
Slavic Review
52 publications, 0.54%
History and Theory
50 publications, 0.52%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
48 publications, 0.5%
Topology and its Applications
45 publications, 0.46%
Journal of Bacteriology
43 publications, 0.44%
Developmental Biology
41 publications, 0.42%
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
41 publications, 0.42%
Astrophysical Journal Letters
39 publications, 0.4%
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
38 publications, 0.39%
Journal of Physical Chemistry A
38 publications, 0.39%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
1620 publications, 16.73%
Springer Nature
1108 publications, 11.44%
Wiley
1039 publications, 10.73%
Cambridge University Press
667 publications, 6.89%
Taylor & Francis
557 publications, 5.75%
SAGE
511 publications, 5.28%
Oxford University Press
396 publications, 4.09%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
368 publications, 3.8%
American Physical Society (APS)
307 publications, 3.17%
American Astronomical Society
230 publications, 2.38%
AIP Publishing
215 publications, 2.22%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
210 publications, 2.17%
IOP Publishing
157 publications, 1.62%
American Psychological Association (APA)
121 publications, 1.25%
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
120 publications, 1.24%
MDPI
95 publications, 0.98%
University of Chicago Press
92 publications, 0.95%
American Society for Microbiology
79 publications, 0.82%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
64 publications, 0.66%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
63 publications, 0.65%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
58 publications, 0.6%
Mathematical Association of America
57 publications, 0.59%
American Physiological Society
53 publications, 0.55%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
52 publications, 0.54%
Geological Society of America
50 publications, 0.52%
American Geophysical Union
50 publications, 0.52%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
49 publications, 0.51%
Frontiers Media S.A.
47 publications, 0.49%
American Mathematical Society
45 publications, 0.46%
MIT Press
45 publications, 0.46%
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With other organizations

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Yale University
369 publications, 3.81%
Harvard University
191 publications, 1.97%
Columbia University
153 publications, 1.58%
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
148 publications, 1.53%
California Institute of Technology
124 publications, 1.28%
University of California, Berkeley
124 publications, 1.28%
University of Connecticut
118 publications, 1.22%
University of Arizona
116 publications, 1.2%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
113 publications, 1.17%
University of Colorado Boulder
111 publications, 1.15%
Pennsylvania State University
109 publications, 1.13%
University of Michigan
109 publications, 1.13%
University of Minnesota
107 publications, 1.1%
Carleton University
99 publications, 1.02%
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
98 publications, 1.01%
Princeton University
92 publications, 0.95%
University of Florida
89 publications, 0.92%
Cornell University
88 publications, 0.91%
University of Texas at Austin
88 publications, 0.91%
University of Oxford
87 publications, 0.9%
Stanford University
86 publications, 0.89%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
86 publications, 0.89%
University of Cambridge
82 publications, 0.85%
University of Maryland, College Park
81 publications, 0.84%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
77 publications, 0.8%
University of California, Santa Cruz
76 publications, 0.78%
Johns Hopkins University
75 publications, 0.77%
University of Virginia
73 publications, 0.75%
University of Chicago
71 publications, 0.73%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
69 publications, 0.71%
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With foreign organizations

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Carleton University
99 publications, 1.02%
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
98 publications, 1.01%
University of Oxford
87 publications, 0.9%
University of Cambridge
82 publications, 0.85%
Leiden University
65 publications, 0.67%
University College London
64 publications, 0.66%
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
63 publications, 0.65%
Grenoble Alpes University
57 publications, 0.59%
University of La Laguna
56 publications, 0.58%
University of Warwick
53 publications, 0.55%
National Institute for Astrophysics
50 publications, 0.52%
University of Tokyo
50 publications, 0.52%
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
50 publications, 0.52%
University of St Andrews
44 publications, 0.45%
Université Côte d'Azur
42 publications, 0.43%
German Aerospace Center
41 publications, 0.42%
European Southern Observatory
41 publications, 0.42%
Chalmers University of Technology
39 publications, 0.4%
Paris Cité University
39 publications, 0.4%
Universidad de Chile
38 publications, 0.39%
University of Groningen
36 publications, 0.37%
University of Exeter
35 publications, 0.36%
Université Paris-Saclay
35 publications, 0.36%
University of Turin
34 publications, 0.35%
Aix-Marseille University
33 publications, 0.34%
ETH Zurich
33 publications, 0.34%
University of Bristol
33 publications, 0.34%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
32 publications, 0.33%
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
32 publications, 0.33%
University of British Columbia
31 publications, 0.32%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 391, 4.04%
United Kingdom
391 publications, 4.04%
Germany, 361, 3.73%
Germany
361 publications, 3.73%
Canada, 282, 2.91%
Canada
282 publications, 2.91%
France, 197, 2.03%
France
197 publications, 2.03%
Italy, 161, 1.66%
Italy
161 publications, 1.66%
Netherlands, 160, 1.65%
Netherlands
160 publications, 1.65%
Spain, 146, 1.51%
Spain
146 publications, 1.51%
Japan, 130, 1.34%
Japan
130 publications, 1.34%
Australia, 124, 1.28%
Australia
124 publications, 1.28%
China, 117, 1.21%
China
117 publications, 1.21%
Israel, 86, 0.89%
Israel
86 publications, 0.89%
Chile, 82, 0.85%
Chile
82 publications, 0.85%
Sweden, 78, 0.81%
Sweden
78 publications, 0.81%
Switzerland, 75, 0.77%
Switzerland
75 publications, 0.77%
India, 72, 0.74%
India
72 publications, 0.74%
Mexico, 65, 0.67%
Mexico
65 publications, 0.67%
Republic of Korea, 62, 0.64%
Republic of Korea
62 publications, 0.64%
Belgium, 59, 0.61%
Belgium
59 publications, 0.61%
Denmark, 46, 0.48%
Denmark
46 publications, 0.48%
Brazil, 45, 0.46%
Brazil
45 publications, 0.46%
Ireland, 42, 0.43%
Ireland
42 publications, 0.43%
Austria, 41, 0.42%
Austria
41 publications, 0.42%
Norway, 38, 0.39%
Norway
38 publications, 0.39%
Russia, 35, 0.36%
Russia
35 publications, 0.36%
Argentina, 35, 0.36%
Argentina
35 publications, 0.36%
Hungary, 28, 0.29%
Hungary
28 publications, 0.29%
New Zealand, 28, 0.29%
New Zealand
28 publications, 0.29%
Poland, 28, 0.29%
Poland
28 publications, 0.29%
Greece, 26, 0.27%
Greece
26 publications, 0.27%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1881 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.