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Boston University
Short name
BU
Country, city
USA, Boston
Publications
137 716
Citations
5 962 926
h-index
730

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1896

Total publications
137716
Total citations
5962926
Citations per publication
43.3
Average publications per year
1051.27
Average authors per publication
36.2
h-index
730
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, 12557, 9.12%
General Medicine
12557 publications, 9.12%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 6424, 4.66%
Psychiatry and Mental health
6424 publications, 4.66%
Biochemistry, 6344, 4.61%
Biochemistry
6344 publications, 4.61%
Molecular Biology, 5915, 4.3%
Molecular Biology
5915 publications, 4.3%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 5626, 4.09%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
5626 publications, 4.09%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4785, 3.47%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
4785 publications, 3.47%
Cell Biology, 4635, 3.37%
Cell Biology
4635 publications, 3.37%
Neurology (clinical), 4481, 3.25%
Neurology (clinical)
4481 publications, 3.25%
Immunology, 3774, 2.74%
Immunology
3774 publications, 2.74%
Multidisciplinary, 3677, 2.67%
Multidisciplinary
3677 publications, 2.67%
Oncology, 3365, 2.44%
Oncology
3365 publications, 2.44%
Surgery, 3150, 2.29%
Surgery
3150 publications, 2.29%
General Physics and Astronomy, 3098, 2.25%
General Physics and Astronomy
3098 publications, 2.25%
Genetics, 3037, 2.21%
Genetics
3037 publications, 2.21%
Epidemiology, 2998, 2.18%
Epidemiology
2998 publications, 2.18%
General Neuroscience, 2881, 2.09%
General Neuroscience
2881 publications, 2.09%
Clinical Psychology, 2878, 2.09%
Clinical Psychology
2878 publications, 2.09%
Health Policy, 2704, 1.96%
Health Policy
2704 publications, 1.96%
Immunology and Allergy, 2701, 1.96%
Immunology and Allergy
2701 publications, 1.96%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 2695, 1.96%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
2695 publications, 1.96%
Cancer Research, 2692, 1.95%
Cancer Research
2692 publications, 1.95%
Infectious Diseases, 2607, 1.89%
Infectious Diseases
2607 publications, 1.89%
Space and Planetary Science, 2462, 1.79%
Space and Planetary Science
2462 publications, 1.79%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 2461, 1.79%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
2461 publications, 1.79%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2408, 1.75%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
2408 publications, 1.75%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 2330, 1.69%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
2330 publications, 1.69%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 2288, 1.66%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
2288 publications, 1.66%
Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2254, 1.64%
Geriatrics and Gerontology
2254 publications, 1.64%
Sociology and Political Science, 2207, 1.6%
Sociology and Political Science
2207 publications, 1.6%
Education, 2134, 1.55%
Education
2134 publications, 1.55%
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Journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
1685 publications, 1.22%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
1345 publications, 0.98%
Alzheimer's and Dementia
1122 publications, 0.81%
PLoS ONE
1015 publications, 0.74%
Circulation
1015 publications, 0.74%
Journal of High Energy Physics
966 publications, 0.7%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
853 publications, 0.62%
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
760 publications, 0.55%
Physical Review Letters
752 publications, 0.55%
Blood
685 publications, 0.5%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
672 publications, 0.49%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
668 publications, 0.49%
Physical Review B
658 publications, 0.48%
Astrophysical Journal
632 publications, 0.46%
Journal of Immunology
616 publications, 0.45%
Physical Review E
615 publications, 0.45%
FASEB Journal
608 publications, 0.44%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
594 publications, 0.43%
Scientific Reports
588 publications, 0.43%
European Physical Journal C
554 publications, 0.4%
Science
540 publications, 0.39%
Pediatrics
533 publications, 0.39%
Nature
520 publications, 0.38%
Nature Communications
509 publications, 0.37%
Geophysical Research Letters
487 publications, 0.35%
Journal of General Internal Medicine
470 publications, 0.34%
Cancer Research
464 publications, 0.34%
Journal of Clinical Oncology
460 publications, 0.33%
JAMA network open
428 publications, 0.31%
Journal of Vision
425 publications, 0.31%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
30218 publications, 21.94%
Springer Nature
20320 publications, 14.76%
Wiley
15891 publications, 11.54%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
5856 publications, 4.25%
Oxford University Press
5638 publications, 4.09%
SAGE
5633 publications, 4.09%
Taylor & Francis
4747 publications, 3.45%
American Physical Society (APS)
2844 publications, 2.07%
Cambridge University Press
2357 publications, 1.71%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1927 publications, 1.4%
American Medical Association (AMA)
1725 publications, 1.25%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1623 publications, 1.18%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1616 publications, 1.17%
MDPI
1452 publications, 1.05%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1422 publications, 1.03%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
1356 publications, 0.98%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1222 publications, 0.89%
AIP Publishing
1200 publications, 0.87%
BMJ
994 publications, 0.72%
IOP Publishing
992 publications, 0.72%
Mary Ann Liebert
922 publications, 0.67%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
860 publications, 0.62%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
853 publications, 0.62%
American Physiological Society
841 publications, 0.61%
American Psychological Association (APA)
839 publications, 0.61%
American Astronomical Society
833 publications, 0.6%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
821 publications, 0.6%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
777 publications, 0.56%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
777 publications, 0.56%
American Society of Hematology
720 publications, 0.52%
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With other organizations

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Harvard University
19004 publications, 13.8%
Massachusetts General Hospital
6522 publications, 4.74%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
5813 publications, 4.22%
University of Washington
4145 publications, 3.01%
Johns Hopkins University
4011 publications, 2.91%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3813 publications, 2.77%
University of Michigan
3666 publications, 2.66%
Yale University
3592 publications, 2.61%
University of Pennsylvania
3551 publications, 2.58%
Tufts University
3310 publications, 2.4%
Brown University
3195 publications, 2.32%
University of California, Los Angeles
3110 publications, 2.26%
Columbia University
2997 publications, 2.18%
University of Pittsburgh
2764 publications, 2.01%
Stanford University
2759 publications, 2%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2758 publications, 2%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2717 publications, 1.97%
University of California, San Diego
2689 publications, 1.95%
University of California, San Francisco
2634 publications, 1.91%
University of Iowa
2598 publications, 1.89%
University of Minnesota
2520 publications, 1.83%
Ohio State University
2485 publications, 1.8%
Duke University
2223 publications, 1.61%
Cornell University
2184 publications, 1.59%
Northwestern University
2151 publications, 1.56%
New York University
2134 publications, 1.55%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2114 publications, 1.54%
University College London
2100 publications, 1.52%
University of Toronto
2016 publications, 1.46%
University of California, Berkeley
1952 publications, 1.42%
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With foreign organizations

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University College London
2100 publications, 1.52%
University of Toronto
2016 publications, 1.46%
Sapienza University of Rome
1859 publications, 1.35%
University of Oxford
1814 publications, 1.32%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
1796 publications, 1.3%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
1787 publications, 1.3%
University of Pavia
1738 publications, 1.26%
University of Bologna
1715 publications, 1.25%
University of Pisa
1712 publications, 1.24%
University of Cambridge
1695 publications, 1.23%
Charles University
1687 publications, 1.22%
University of Naples Federico II
1685 publications, 1.22%
European Organization for Nuclear Research
1683 publications, 1.22%
University of British Columbia
1662 publications, 1.21%
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
1660 publications, 1.21%
University of Belgrade
1624 publications, 1.18%
Imperial College London
1616 publications, 1.17%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
1581 publications, 1.15%
Université Paris-Saclay
1580 publications, 1.15%
Boğaziçi University
1572 publications, 1.14%
National Laboratory of Frascati
1558 publications, 1.13%
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
1548 publications, 1.12%
University of Genoa
1547 publications, 1.12%
McGill University
1530 publications, 1.11%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
1530 publications, 1.11%
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1461 publications, 1.06%
University of Sydney
1435 publications, 1.04%
University of Edinburgh
1414 publications, 1.03%
Lund University
1369 publications, 0.99%
University of Copenhagen
1362 publications, 0.99%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 8428, 6.12%
United Kingdom
8428 publications, 6.12%
Germany, 7073, 5.14%
Germany
7073 publications, 5.14%
China, 6212, 4.51%
China
6212 publications, 4.51%
Canada, 6112, 4.44%
Canada
6112 publications, 4.44%
Italy, 5430, 3.94%
Italy
5430 publications, 3.94%
France, 4615, 3.35%
France
4615 publications, 3.35%
Australia, 3928, 2.85%
Australia
3928 publications, 2.85%
Netherlands, 3759, 2.73%
Netherlands
3759 publications, 2.73%
Switzerland, 3643, 2.65%
Switzerland
3643 publications, 2.65%
Spain, 3595, 2.61%
Spain
3595 publications, 2.61%
Japan, 3201, 2.32%
Japan
3201 publications, 2.32%
Sweden, 2736, 1.99%
Sweden
2736 publications, 1.99%
Brazil, 2677, 1.94%
Brazil
2677 publications, 1.94%
Israel, 2456, 1.78%
Israel
2456 publications, 1.78%
Denmark, 2403, 1.74%
Denmark
2403 publications, 1.74%
Austria, 2355, 1.71%
Austria
2355 publications, 1.71%
Republic of Korea, 2337, 1.7%
Republic of Korea
2337 publications, 1.7%
Greece, 2168, 1.57%
Greece
2168 publications, 1.57%
Turkey, 2057, 1.49%
Turkey
2057 publications, 1.49%
Russia, 2008, 1.46%
Russia
2008 publications, 1.46%
Poland, 1990, 1.45%
Poland
1990 publications, 1.45%
South Africa, 1866, 1.35%
South Africa
1866 publications, 1.35%
Portugal, 1861, 1.35%
Portugal
1861 publications, 1.35%
India, 1800, 1.31%
India
1800 publications, 1.31%
Czech Republic, 1789, 1.3%
Czech Republic
1789 publications, 1.3%
Finland, 1764, 1.28%
Finland
1764 publications, 1.28%
Colombia, 1754, 1.27%
Colombia
1754 publications, 1.27%
Belgium, 1749, 1.27%
Belgium
1749 publications, 1.27%
Norway, 1662, 1.21%
Norway
1662 publications, 1.21%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1896 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.
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