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Kuwait University
Short name
KU
Country, city
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Publications
18 470
Citations
340 162
h-index
173
Top-3 journals
Medical Principles and Practice
Medical Principles and Practice (634 publications)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (140 publications)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (136 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital
Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital (615 publications)
Amiri Hospital
Amiri Hospital (378 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Cairo University
Cairo University (343 publications)
King Saud University
King Saud University (209 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (169 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1970

Total publications
18470
Total citations
340162
Citations per publication
18.42
Average publications per year
324.04
Average authors per publication
10.54
h-index
173
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, 2756, 14.92%
General Medicine
2756 publications, 14.92%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 805, 4.36%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
805 publications, 4.36%
Mechanical Engineering, 748, 4.05%
Mechanical Engineering
748 publications, 4.05%
Computer Science Applications, 651, 3.52%
Computer Science Applications
651 publications, 3.52%
Applied Mathematics, 641, 3.47%
Applied Mathematics
641 publications, 3.47%
Biochemistry, 640, 3.47%
Biochemistry
640 publications, 3.47%
General Materials Science, 631, 3.42%
General Materials Science
631 publications, 3.42%
General Chemical Engineering, 629, 3.41%
General Chemical Engineering
629 publications, 3.41%
General Chemistry, 622, 3.37%
General Chemistry
622 publications, 3.37%
Condensed Matter Physics, 592, 3.21%
Condensed Matter Physics
592 publications, 3.21%
Infectious Diseases, 492, 2.66%
Infectious Diseases
492 publications, 2.66%
Immunology, 460, 2.49%
Immunology
460 publications, 2.49%
Organic Chemistry, 459, 2.49%
Organic Chemistry
459 publications, 2.49%
Pharmacology, 450, 2.44%
Pharmacology
450 publications, 2.44%
General Engineering, 450, 2.44%
General Engineering
450 publications, 2.44%
Molecular Biology, 438, 2.37%
Molecular Biology
438 publications, 2.37%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 435, 2.36%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
435 publications, 2.36%
Mechanics of Materials, 399, 2.16%
Mechanics of Materials
399 publications, 2.16%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 399, 2.16%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
399 publications, 2.16%
Materials Chemistry, 394, 2.13%
Materials Chemistry
394 publications, 2.13%
Software, 383, 2.07%
Software
383 publications, 2.07%
Modeling and Simulation, 370, 2%
Modeling and Simulation
370 publications, 2%
Genetics, 363, 1.97%
Genetics
363 publications, 1.97%
Microbiology (medical), 351, 1.9%
Microbiology (medical)
351 publications, 1.9%
Civil and Structural Engineering, 347, 1.88%
Civil and Structural Engineering
347 publications, 1.88%
Computer Networks and Communications, 340, 1.84%
Computer Networks and Communications
340 publications, 1.84%
Immunology and Allergy, 336, 1.82%
Immunology and Allergy
336 publications, 1.82%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 332, 1.8%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
332 publications, 1.8%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 327, 1.77%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
327 publications, 1.77%
Multidisciplinary, 308, 1.67%
Multidisciplinary
308 publications, 1.67%
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Journals

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Medical Principles and Practice
634 publications, 3.43%
Scientific Reports
140 publications, 0.76%
PLoS ONE
136 publications, 0.74%
FASEB Journal
121 publications, 0.66%
Journal of Engineering Research
118 publications, 0.64%
Desalination
100 publications, 0.54%
Psychological Reports
94 publications, 0.51%
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
73 publications, 0.4%
Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
67 publications, 0.36%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
66 publications, 0.36%
Annals of Saudi Medicine
64 publications, 0.35%
Molecules
63 publications, 0.34%
IEEE Access
61 publications, 0.33%
Applied Mathematics and Computation
59 publications, 0.32%
Polyhedron
54 publications, 0.29%
Journal of Medical Microbiology
51 publications, 0.28%
Linear Algebra and Its Applications
49 publications, 0.27%
RSC Advances
47 publications, 0.25%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
47 publications, 0.25%
Diagnostic Cytopathology
45 publications, 0.24%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
42 publications, 0.23%
Tetrahedron
42 publications, 0.23%
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
42 publications, 0.23%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
41 publications, 0.22%
Physical Review C
40 publications, 0.22%
Dental Traumatology
40 publications, 0.22%
European Journal of Operational Research
39 publications, 0.21%
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
37 publications, 0.2%
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
37 publications, 0.2%
Domes : digest of Middle East studies
36 publications, 0.19%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
5048 publications, 27.33%
Springer Nature
3010 publications, 16.3%
Wiley
1742 publications, 9.43%
Taylor & Francis
1286 publications, 6.96%
S. Karger AG
838 publications, 4.54%
MDPI
691 publications, 3.74%
SAGE
639 publications, 3.46%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
345 publications, 1.87%
Oxford University Press
326 publications, 1.77%
Emerald
303 publications, 1.64%
Hindawi Limited
248 publications, 1.34%
Frontiers Media S.A.
240 publications, 1.3%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
196 publications, 1.06%
Cambridge University Press
166 publications, 0.9%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
161 publications, 0.87%
Inderscience Publishers
151 publications, 0.82%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
146 publications, 0.79%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
141 publications, 0.76%
IGI Global
134 publications, 0.73%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
121 publications, 0.66%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
120 publications, 0.65%
World Scientific
103 publications, 0.56%
American Physical Society (APS)
98 publications, 0.53%
American Society for Microbiology
90 publications, 0.49%
ASME International
81 publications, 0.44%
Walter de Gruyter
75 publications, 0.41%
Microbiology Society
75 publications, 0.41%
BMJ
74 publications, 0.4%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
67 publications, 0.36%
AIP Publishing
65 publications, 0.35%
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With other organizations

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Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital
615 publications, 3.33%
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
387 publications, 2.1%
Amiri Hospital
378 publications, 2.05%
Cairo University
343 publications, 1.86%
Dasman Diabetes Institute
311 publications, 1.68%
Public Authority for Applied Education and Training
247 publications, 1.34%
King Saud University
209 publications, 1.13%
Harvard University
169 publications, 0.91%
Alexandria University
167 publications, 0.9%
Adan Hospital
146 publications, 0.79%
Gulf University for Science and Technology
141 publications, 0.76%
Johns Hopkins University
128 publications, 0.69%
Hamad Medical Corporation
127 publications, 0.69%
Minia University
120 publications, 0.65%
United Arab Emirates University
116 publications, 0.63%
University of Manchester
116 publications, 0.63%
Qatar University
113 publications, 0.61%
Sultan Qaboos University
112 publications, 0.61%
University of Florida
109 publications, 0.59%
King Abdulaziz University
108 publications, 0.58%
National University of Malaysia
106 publications, 0.57%
Imperial College London
105 publications, 0.57%
Ohio State University
104 publications, 0.56%
Monash University
103 publications, 0.56%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
103 publications, 0.56%
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
102 publications, 0.55%
University of Sharjah
100 publications, 0.54%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
100 publications, 0.54%
University of Toronto
100 publications, 0.54%
Helwan University
100 publications, 0.54%
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With foreign organizations

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Cairo University
343 publications, 1.86%
King Saud University
209 publications, 1.13%
Harvard University
169 publications, 0.91%
Alexandria University
167 publications, 0.9%
Johns Hopkins University
128 publications, 0.69%
Hamad Medical Corporation
127 publications, 0.69%
Minia University
120 publications, 0.65%
United Arab Emirates University
116 publications, 0.63%
University of Manchester
116 publications, 0.63%
Qatar University
113 publications, 0.61%
Sultan Qaboos University
112 publications, 0.61%
University of Florida
109 publications, 0.59%
King Abdulaziz University
108 publications, 0.58%
National University of Malaysia
106 publications, 0.57%
Imperial College London
105 publications, 0.57%
Ohio State University
104 publications, 0.56%
Monash University
103 publications, 0.56%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
103 publications, 0.56%
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
102 publications, 0.55%
University of Sharjah
100 publications, 0.54%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
100 publications, 0.54%
University of Toronto
100 publications, 0.54%
Helwan University
100 publications, 0.54%
University College London
99 publications, 0.54%
Fayoum University
98 publications, 0.53%
Quaid-i-Azam University
96 publications, 0.52%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
96 publications, 0.52%
Ain Shams University
93 publications, 0.5%
University of Southampton
92 publications, 0.5%
University of Belgrade
92 publications, 0.5%
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With other countries

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USA, 2509, 13.58%
USA
2509 publications, 13.58%
United Kingdom, 1141, 6.18%
United Kingdom
1141 publications, 6.18%
Egypt, 1121, 6.07%
Egypt
1121 publications, 6.07%
Saudi Arabia, 774, 4.19%
Saudi Arabia
774 publications, 4.19%
Canada, 683, 3.7%
Canada
683 publications, 3.7%
India, 494, 2.67%
India
494 publications, 2.67%
UAE, 485, 2.63%
UAE
485 publications, 2.63%
Germany, 449, 2.43%
Germany
449 publications, 2.43%
Australia, 444, 2.4%
Australia
444 publications, 2.4%
China, 418, 2.26%
China
418 publications, 2.26%
Iran, 377, 2.04%
Iran
377 publications, 2.04%
France, 325, 1.76%
France
325 publications, 1.76%
Italy, 308, 1.67%
Italy
308 publications, 1.67%
Jordan, 306, 1.66%
Jordan
306 publications, 1.66%
Pakistan, 291, 1.58%
Pakistan
291 publications, 1.58%
Malaysia, 277, 1.5%
Malaysia
277 publications, 1.5%
Spain, 253, 1.37%
Spain
253 publications, 1.37%
Turkey, 237, 1.28%
Turkey
237 publications, 1.28%
Qatar, 233, 1.26%
Qatar
233 publications, 1.26%
Japan, 210, 1.14%
Japan
210 publications, 1.14%
Sweden, 203, 1.1%
Sweden
203 publications, 1.1%
Brazil, 194, 1.05%
Brazil
194 publications, 1.05%
Belgium, 188, 1.02%
Belgium
188 publications, 1.02%
Oman, 183, 0.99%
Oman
183 publications, 0.99%
Greece, 175, 0.95%
Greece
175 publications, 0.95%
Netherlands, 170, 0.92%
Netherlands
170 publications, 0.92%
Finland, 168, 0.91%
Finland
168 publications, 0.91%
Austria, 166, 0.9%
Austria
166 publications, 0.9%
Lebanon, 155, 0.84%
Lebanon
155 publications, 0.84%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1970 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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