Boston University

Boston University
Short name
BU
Country, city
USA, Boston
Publications
124 372
Citations
5 256 622
h-index
681
Top-3 journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (1643 publications)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (986 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (17046 publications)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital (5805 publications)
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital (5151 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (1756 publications)
University College London
University College London (1686 publications)
Sapienza University of Rome
Sapienza University of Rome (1609 publications)
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Since 1898

Total publications
124372
Total citations
5255537
Citations per publication
42.26
Average publications per year
979.31
Average authors per publication
35.36
h-index
681
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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General Medicine, 11740, 9.44%
General Medicine
11740 publications, 9.44%
Biochemistry, 6316, 5.08%
Biochemistry
6316 publications, 5.08%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 6311, 5.07%
Psychiatry and Mental health
6311 publications, 5.07%
Molecular Biology, 5879, 4.73%
Molecular Biology
5879 publications, 4.73%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 5576, 4.48%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
5576 publications, 4.48%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4714, 3.79%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
4714 publications, 3.79%
Cell Biology, 4612, 3.71%
Cell Biology
4612 publications, 3.71%
Neurology (clinical), 4421, 3.55%
Neurology (clinical)
4421 publications, 3.55%
Immunology, 3739, 3.01%
Immunology
3739 publications, 3.01%
Multidisciplinary, 3677, 2.96%
Multidisciplinary
3677 publications, 2.96%
Oncology, 3321, 2.67%
Oncology
3321 publications, 2.67%
Surgery, 3111, 2.5%
Surgery
3111 publications, 2.5%
General Physics and Astronomy, 3082, 2.48%
General Physics and Astronomy
3082 publications, 2.48%
Genetics, 3022, 2.43%
Genetics
3022 publications, 2.43%
Epidemiology, 2976, 2.39%
Epidemiology
2976 publications, 2.39%
General Neuroscience, 2868, 2.31%
General Neuroscience
2868 publications, 2.31%
Clinical Psychology, 2790, 2.24%
Clinical Psychology
2790 publications, 2.24%
Cancer Research, 2680, 2.15%
Cancer Research
2680 publications, 2.15%
Immunology and Allergy, 2668, 2.15%
Immunology and Allergy
2668 publications, 2.15%
Health Policy, 2666, 2.14%
Health Policy
2666 publications, 2.14%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 2648, 2.13%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
2648 publications, 2.13%
Infectious Diseases, 2593, 2.08%
Infectious Diseases
2593 publications, 2.08%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 2458, 1.98%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
2458 publications, 1.98%
Space and Planetary Science, 2446, 1.97%
Space and Planetary Science
2446 publications, 1.97%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2392, 1.92%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
2392 publications, 1.92%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 2323, 1.87%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
2323 publications, 1.87%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 2263, 1.82%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
2263 publications, 1.82%
Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2232, 1.79%
Geriatrics and Gerontology
2232 publications, 1.79%
Sociology and Political Science, 2181, 1.75%
Sociology and Political Science
2181 publications, 1.75%
Physiology, 2099, 1.69%
Physiology
2099 publications, 1.69%
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Journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
1643 publications, 1.32%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
1340 publications, 1.08%
PLoS ONE
986 publications, 0.79%
Alzheimer's and Dementia
930 publications, 0.75%
Circulation
898 publications, 0.72%
Journal of High Energy Physics
880 publications, 0.71%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
822 publications, 0.66%
Physical Review Letters
700 publications, 0.56%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
672 publications, 0.54%
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
667 publications, 0.54%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
659 publications, 0.53%
Blood
641 publications, 0.52%
Physical Review B
640 publications, 0.51%
FASEB Journal
606 publications, 0.49%
Journal of Immunology
596 publications, 0.48%
Astrophysical Journal
582 publications, 0.47%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
558 publications, 0.45%
Scientific Reports
533 publications, 0.43%
Science
520 publications, 0.42%
European Physical Journal C
519 publications, 0.42%
Pediatrics
517 publications, 0.42%
Nature
508 publications, 0.41%
Nature Communications
454 publications, 0.37%
Journal of Clinical Oncology
443 publications, 0.36%
Journal of General Internal Medicine
442 publications, 0.36%
Geophysical Research Letters
441 publications, 0.35%
Cancer Research
439 publications, 0.35%
Journal of Vision
413 publications, 0.33%
New England Journal of Medicine
400 publications, 0.32%
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
365 publications, 0.29%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
26897 publications, 21.63%
Springer Nature
17918 publications, 14.41%
Wiley
14862 publications, 11.95%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
5213 publications, 4.19%
Oxford University Press
5003 publications, 4.02%
SAGE
4730 publications, 3.8%
Taylor & Francis
4105 publications, 3.3%
American Physical Society (APS)
2351 publications, 1.89%
Cambridge University Press
2178 publications, 1.75%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1823 publications, 1.47%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1624 publications, 1.31%
American Medical Association (AMA)
1525 publications, 1.23%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1445 publications, 1.16%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1354 publications, 1.09%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
1350 publications, 1.09%
MDPI
1195 publications, 0.96%
AIP Publishing
1174 publications, 0.94%
BMJ
1168 publications, 0.94%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1046 publications, 0.84%
IOP Publishing
902 publications, 0.73%
Mary Ann Liebert
829 publications, 0.67%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
822 publications, 0.66%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
812 publications, 0.65%
American Physiological Society
809 publications, 0.65%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
801 publications, 0.64%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
777 publications, 0.62%
American Astronomical Society
747 publications, 0.6%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
716 publications, 0.58%
American Society for Microbiology
672 publications, 0.54%
American Society of Hematology
668 publications, 0.54%
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With other organizations

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Harvard University
17046 publications, 13.71%
Massachusetts General Hospital
5805 publications, 4.67%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
5151 publications, 4.14%
University of Washington
3611 publications, 2.9%
Johns Hopkins University
3474 publications, 2.79%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3461 publications, 2.78%
University of Michigan
3136 publications, 2.52%
University of Pennsylvania
3093 publications, 2.49%
Yale University
3052 publications, 2.45%
Tufts University
2973 publications, 2.39%
Brown University
2791 publications, 2.24%
University of California, Los Angeles
2750 publications, 2.21%
Columbia University
2559 publications, 2.06%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2385 publications, 1.92%
University of California, San Diego
2382 publications, 1.92%
Stanford University
2316 publications, 1.86%
University of Minnesota
2195 publications, 1.76%
University of California, San Francisco
2181 publications, 1.75%
Ohio State University
2109 publications, 1.7%
Duke University
1931 publications, 1.55%
Cornell University
1915 publications, 1.54%
Northwestern University
1847 publications, 1.49%
New York University
1816 publications, 1.46%
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
1790 publications, 1.44%
University of Toronto
1756 publications, 1.41%
University College London
1686 publications, 1.36%
Boston Children's Hospital
1685 publications, 1.35%
University of California, Berkeley
1678 publications, 1.35%
Northeastern University
1617 publications, 1.3%
Sapienza University of Rome
1609 publications, 1.29%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Toronto
1756 publications, 1.41%
University College London
1686 publications, 1.36%
Sapienza University of Rome
1609 publications, 1.29%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
1576 publications, 1.27%
University of Oxford
1559 publications, 1.25%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
1555 publications, 1.25%
University of Pavia
1536 publications, 1.24%
University of Bologna
1507 publications, 1.21%
University of Pisa
1500 publications, 1.21%
Charles University
1478 publications, 1.19%
University of Naples Federico II
1473 publications, 1.18%
European Organization for Nuclear Research
1461 publications, 1.17%
Autonomous University of Madrid
1457 publications, 1.17%
University of Cambridge
1438 publications, 1.16%
University of Belgrade
1434 publications, 1.15%
Imperial College London
1415 publications, 1.14%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
1392 publications, 1.12%
Boğaziçi University
1389 publications, 1.12%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
1389 publications, 1.12%
University of British Columbia
1376 publications, 1.11%
National Laboratory of Frascati
1369 publications, 1.1%
University of Genoa
1354 publications, 1.09%
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1344 publications, 1.08%
McGill University
1319 publications, 1.06%
University of Sydney
1244 publications, 1%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
1234 publications, 0.99%
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
1232 publications, 0.99%
Lund University
1228 publications, 0.99%
University of Edinburgh
1225 publications, 0.98%
University of Copenhagen
1187 publications, 0.95%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 7939, 6.38%
United Kingdom
7939 publications, 6.38%
Germany, 6685, 5.38%
Germany
6685 publications, 5.38%
China, 5831, 4.69%
China
5831 publications, 4.69%
Canada, 5733, 4.61%
Canada
5733 publications, 4.61%
Italy, 5085, 4.09%
Italy
5085 publications, 4.09%
France, 4354, 3.5%
France
4354 publications, 3.5%
Australia, 3709, 2.98%
Australia
3709 publications, 2.98%
Netherlands, 3577, 2.88%
Netherlands
3577 publications, 2.88%
Switzerland, 3445, 2.77%
Switzerland
3445 publications, 2.77%
Spain, 3370, 2.71%
Spain
3370 publications, 2.71%
Japan, 3030, 2.44%
Japan
3030 publications, 2.44%
Sweden, 2584, 2.08%
Sweden
2584 publications, 2.08%
Brazil, 2503, 2.01%
Brazil
2503 publications, 2.01%
Israel, 2329, 1.87%
Israel
2329 publications, 1.87%
Denmark, 2278, 1.83%
Denmark
2278 publications, 1.83%
Austria, 2213, 1.78%
Austria
2213 publications, 1.78%
Republic of Korea, 2196, 1.77%
Republic of Korea
2196 publications, 1.77%
Greece, 2030, 1.63%
Greece
2030 publications, 1.63%
Russia, 1974, 1.59%
Russia
1974 publications, 1.59%
Turkey, 1914, 1.54%
Turkey
1914 publications, 1.54%
Poland, 1850, 1.49%
Poland
1850 publications, 1.49%
Portugal, 1768, 1.42%
Portugal
1768 publications, 1.42%
South Africa, 1741, 1.4%
South Africa
1741 publications, 1.4%
India, 1686, 1.36%
India
1686 publications, 1.36%
Finland, 1665, 1.34%
Finland
1665 publications, 1.34%
Czech Republic, 1652, 1.33%
Czech Republic
1652 publications, 1.33%
Belgium, 1648, 1.33%
Belgium
1648 publications, 1.33%
Colombia, 1632, 1.31%
Colombia
1632 publications, 1.31%
Norway, 1547, 1.24%
Norway
1547 publications, 1.24%
Georgia, 1460, 1.17%
Georgia
1460 publications, 1.17%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1898 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.