Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Short name
MIT
Country, city
USA, Cambridge
Publications
186 359
Citations
12 639 944
h-index
1 070
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (17958 publications)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital (4986 publications)
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital (3740 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (2475 publications)
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich (2033 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (1926 publications)

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Since 1869

Total publications
186359
Total citations
12639944
Citations per publication
67.83
Average publications per year
1187
Average authors per publication
18.64
h-index
1070
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 Physics and Astronomy, 16390, 8.79%
General Physics and Astronomy
16390 publications, 8.79%
Condensed Matter Physics, 14113, 7.57%
Condensed Matter Physics
14113 publications, 7.57%
Multidisciplinary, 11345, 6.09%
Multidisciplinary
11345 publications, 6.09%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 10330, 5.54%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
10330 publications, 5.54%
Mechanical Engineering, 10015, 5.37%
Mechanical Engineering
10015 publications, 5.37%
General Chemistry, 9772, 5.24%
General Chemistry
9772 publications, 5.24%
General Materials Science, 9454, 5.07%
General Materials Science
9454 publications, 5.07%
Biochemistry, 7893, 4.24%
Biochemistry
7893 publications, 4.24%
Space and Planetary Science, 7524, 4.04%
Space and Planetary Science
7524 publications, 4.04%
General Medicine, 7002, 3.76%
General Medicine
7002 publications, 3.76%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 6971, 3.74%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
6971 publications, 3.74%
Mechanics of Materials, 6653, 3.57%
Mechanics of Materials
6653 publications, 3.57%
General Engineering, 6501, 3.49%
General Engineering
6501 publications, 3.49%
Molecular Biology, 6179, 3.32%
Molecular Biology
6179 publications, 3.32%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 6053, 3.25%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
6053 publications, 3.25%
Computer Science Applications, 5985, 3.21%
Computer Science Applications
5985 publications, 3.21%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 5811, 3.12%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
5811 publications, 3.12%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5632, 3.02%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
5632 publications, 3.02%
Materials Chemistry, 5621, 3.02%
Materials Chemistry
5621 publications, 3.02%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 5116, 2.75%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
5116 publications, 2.75%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4438, 2.38%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
4438 publications, 2.38%
Applied Mathematics, 4258, 2.28%
Applied Mathematics
4258 publications, 2.28%
Geophysics, 4013, 2.15%
Geophysics
4013 publications, 2.15%
Cell Biology, 3885, 2.08%
Cell Biology
3885 publications, 2.08%
Bioengineering, 3622, 1.94%
Bioengineering
3622 publications, 1.94%
Biotechnology, 3565, 1.91%
Biotechnology
3565 publications, 1.91%
Biomedical Engineering, 3543, 1.9%
Biomedical Engineering
3543 publications, 1.9%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 3375, 1.81%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
3375 publications, 1.81%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 3305, 1.77%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
3305 publications, 1.77%
Software, 3171, 1.7%
Software
3171 publications, 1.7%
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Journals

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Physical Review Letters
3383 publications, 1.82%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
3349 publications, 1.8%
SSRN Electronic Journal
3180 publications, 1.71%
Science
3157 publications, 1.69%
Physical Review B
2911 publications, 1.56%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2724 publications, 1.46%
Physical Review A
2509 publications, 1.35%
Nature
2492 publications, 1.34%
Astrophysical Journal
2196 publications, 1.18%
Journal of Applied Physics
2162 publications, 1.16%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2071 publications, 1.11%
Applied Physics Letters
2068 publications, 1.11%
Journal of Chemical Physics
1907 publications, 1.02%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
1697 publications, 0.91%
Physical Review D
1695 publications, 0.91%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
1625 publications, 0.87%
Nature Communications
1431 publications, 0.77%
MRS Proceedings
1326 publications, 0.71%
Journal of High Energy Physics
1318 publications, 0.71%
Review of Scientific Instruments
1016 publications, 0.55%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
961 publications, 0.52%
Scientific Reports
867 publications, 0.47%
Geophysical Research Letters
786 publications, 0.42%
ECS Meeting Abstracts
782 publications, 0.42%
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
776 publications, 0.42%
Physics of Fluids
710 publications, 0.38%
Optics Letters
707 publications, 0.38%
Journal of Geophysical Research
690 publications, 0.37%
PLoS ONE
674 publications, 0.36%
Cell
673 publications, 0.36%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
34450 publications, 18.49%
Springer Nature
26406 publications, 14.17%
Wiley
14177 publications, 7.61%
American Physical Society (APS)
12240 publications, 6.57%
AIP Publishing
9831 publications, 5.28%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
9151 publications, 4.91%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
9132 publications, 4.9%
Oxford University Press
4150 publications, 2.23%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
3947 publications, 2.12%
Taylor & Francis
3443 publications, 1.85%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
3349 publications, 1.8%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
3130 publications, 1.68%
IOP Publishing
3116 publications, 1.67%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
2730 publications, 1.46%
American Astronomical Society
2659 publications, 1.43%
Cambridge University Press
2554 publications, 1.37%
SAGE
2472 publications, 1.33%
Optica Publishing Group
2471 publications, 1.33%
ASME International
2350 publications, 1.26%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
2318 publications, 1.24%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
2267 publications, 1.22%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1615 publications, 0.87%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1503 publications, 0.81%
The Electrochemical Society
1468 publications, 0.79%
American Meteorological Society
1204 publications, 0.65%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
1197 publications, 0.64%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1092 publications, 0.59%
American Society for Microbiology
1086 publications, 0.58%
MDPI
975 publications, 0.52%
Frontiers Media S.A.
823 publications, 0.44%
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With other organizations

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Harvard University
17958 publications, 9.64%
Massachusetts General Hospital
4986 publications, 2.68%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
3740 publications, 2.01%
California Institute of Technology
3590 publications, 1.93%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
3584 publications, 1.92%
Boston University
3461 publications, 1.86%
University of California, Berkeley
3378 publications, 1.81%
Stanford University
3280 publications, 1.76%
Princeton University
2781 publications, 1.49%
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
2738 publications, 1.47%
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
2704 publications, 1.45%
University of California, Los Angeles
2550 publications, 1.37%
University of California, San Diego
2481 publications, 1.33%
University of Cambridge
2475 publications, 1.33%
University of Maryland, College Park
2423 publications, 1.3%
Cornell University
2415 publications, 1.3%
Columbia University
2315 publications, 1.24%
University of Michigan
2237 publications, 1.2%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2141 publications, 1.15%
Yale University
2126 publications, 1.14%
Johns Hopkins University
2078 publications, 1.12%
ETH Zurich
2033 publications, 1.09%
Northeastern University
1958 publications, 1.05%
University of Washington
1937 publications, 1.04%
University of Oxford
1926 publications, 1.03%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
1883 publications, 1.01%
Imperial College London
1826 publications, 0.98%
University of Colorado Boulder
1795 publications, 0.96%
Brown University
1779 publications, 0.95%
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1755 publications, 0.94%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Cambridge
2475 publications, 1.33%
ETH Zurich
2033 publications, 1.09%
University of Oxford
1926 publications, 1.03%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
1883 publications, 1.01%
Imperial College London
1826 publications, 0.98%
Tsinghua University
1679 publications, 0.9%
Sapienza University of Rome
1608 publications, 0.86%
European Organization for Nuclear Research
1565 publications, 0.84%
University of Bologna
1504 publications, 0.81%
University of Toronto
1472 publications, 0.79%
Université Paris-Saclay
1457 publications, 0.78%
University of Pisa
1433 publications, 0.77%
University of Bristol
1369 publications, 0.73%
University of Zurich
1302 publications, 0.7%
Peking University
1294 publications, 0.69%
University of Padua
1287 publications, 0.69%
University of Genoa
1283 publications, 0.69%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
1281 publications, 0.69%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
1254 publications, 0.67%
University of Tokyo
1217 publications, 0.65%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
1185 publications, 0.64%
National University of Singapore
1179 publications, 0.63%
University of Milano-Bicocca
1178 publications, 0.63%
RWTH Aachen University
1158 publications, 0.62%
National Laboratory of Frascati
1142 publications, 0.61%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
1104 publications, 0.59%
Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics of NRC «Kurchatov Institute»
1103 publications, 0.59%
University College London
1085 publications, 0.58%
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1085 publications, 0.58%
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute of NRC «Kurchatov Institute»
1079 publications, 0.58%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 11029, 5.92%
United Kingdom
11029 publications, 5.92%
Germany, 9844, 5.28%
Germany
9844 publications, 5.28%
China, 9634, 5.17%
China
9634 publications, 5.17%
France, 6695, 3.59%
France
6695 publications, 3.59%
Italy, 6496, 3.49%
Italy
6496 publications, 3.49%
Canada, 6295, 3.38%
Canada
6295 publications, 3.38%
Switzerland, 5367, 2.88%
Switzerland
5367 publications, 2.88%
Japan, 5236, 2.81%
Japan
5236 publications, 2.81%
Spain, 4479, 2.4%
Spain
4479 publications, 2.4%
Netherlands, 3888, 2.09%
Netherlands
3888 publications, 2.09%
Republic of Korea, 3873, 2.08%
Republic of Korea
3873 publications, 2.08%
Australia, 3668, 1.97%
Australia
3668 publications, 1.97%
Israel, 2969, 1.59%
Israel
2969 publications, 1.59%
Singapore, 2854, 1.53%
Singapore
2854 publications, 1.53%
Brazil, 2630, 1.41%
Brazil
2630 publications, 1.41%
Russia, 2497, 1.34%
Russia
2497 publications, 1.34%
Belgium, 2175, 1.17%
Belgium
2175 publications, 1.17%
India, 2133, 1.14%
India
2133 publications, 1.14%
Sweden, 2084, 1.12%
Sweden
2084 publications, 1.12%
Austria, 2003, 1.07%
Austria
2003 publications, 1.07%
Poland, 1969, 1.06%
Poland
1969 publications, 1.06%
Portugal, 1737, 0.93%
Portugal
1737 publications, 0.93%
Turkey, 1653, 0.89%
Turkey
1653 publications, 0.89%
Denmark, 1651, 0.89%
Denmark
1651 publications, 0.89%
Mexico, 1635, 0.88%
Mexico
1635 publications, 0.88%
Greece, 1511, 0.81%
Greece
1511 publications, 0.81%
Finland, 1403, 0.75%
Finland
1403 publications, 0.75%
Ireland, 1377, 0.74%
Ireland
1377 publications, 0.74%
Czech Republic, 1357, 0.73%
Czech Republic
1357 publications, 0.73%
Colombia, 1313, 0.7%
Colombia
1313 publications, 0.7%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1869 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.