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Boston University
Short name
BU
Country, city
USA, Boston
Publications
138 422
Citations
5 985 267
h-index
732

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1896

Total publications
138422
Total citations
5985267
Citations per publication
43.24
Average publications per year
1056.66
Average authors per publication
36.35
h-index
732
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, 9.07%
General Medicine
12557 publications, 9.07%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 6424, 4.64%
Psychiatry and Mental health
6424 publications, 4.64%
Biochemistry, 6344, 4.58%
Biochemistry
6344 publications, 4.58%
Molecular Biology, 5915, 4.27%
Molecular Biology
5915 publications, 4.27%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 5626, 4.06%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
5626 publications, 4.06%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4785, 3.46%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
4785 publications, 3.46%
Cell Biology, 4635, 3.35%
Cell Biology
4635 publications, 3.35%
Neurology (clinical), 4481, 3.24%
Neurology (clinical)
4481 publications, 3.24%
Immunology, 3774, 2.73%
Immunology
3774 publications, 2.73%
Multidisciplinary, 3677, 2.66%
Multidisciplinary
3677 publications, 2.66%
Oncology, 3365, 2.43%
Oncology
3365 publications, 2.43%
Surgery, 3150, 2.28%
Surgery
3150 publications, 2.28%
General Physics and Astronomy, 3098, 2.24%
General Physics and Astronomy
3098 publications, 2.24%
Genetics, 3037, 2.19%
Genetics
3037 publications, 2.19%
Epidemiology, 2998, 2.17%
Epidemiology
2998 publications, 2.17%
General Neuroscience, 2881, 2.08%
General Neuroscience
2881 publications, 2.08%
Clinical Psychology, 2878, 2.08%
Clinical Psychology
2878 publications, 2.08%
Health Policy, 2704, 1.95%
Health Policy
2704 publications, 1.95%
Immunology and Allergy, 2701, 1.95%
Immunology and Allergy
2701 publications, 1.95%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 2695, 1.95%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
2695 publications, 1.95%
Cancer Research, 2692, 1.94%
Cancer Research
2692 publications, 1.94%
Infectious Diseases, 2607, 1.88%
Infectious Diseases
2607 publications, 1.88%
Space and Planetary Science, 2462, 1.78%
Space and Planetary Science
2462 publications, 1.78%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 2461, 1.78%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
2461 publications, 1.78%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2408, 1.74%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
2408 publications, 1.74%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 2330, 1.68%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
2330 publications, 1.68%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 2288, 1.65%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
2288 publications, 1.65%
Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2254, 1.63%
Geriatrics and Gerontology
2254 publications, 1.63%
Sociology and Political Science, 2207, 1.59%
Sociology and Political Science
2207 publications, 1.59%
Education, 2134, 1.54%
Education
2134 publications, 1.54%
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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, 0.97%
Alzheimer's and Dementia
1279 publications, 0.92%
PLoS ONE
1024 publications, 0.74%
Circulation
1015 publications, 0.73%
Journal of High Energy Physics
971 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
755 publications, 0.55%
Blood
685 publications, 0.49%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
672 publications, 0.49%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
668 publications, 0.48%
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, 0.44%
FASEB Journal
609 publications, 0.44%
Scientific Reports
606 publications, 0.44%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
594 publications, 0.43%
European Physical Journal C
558 publications, 0.4%
Science
540 publications, 0.39%
Pediatrics
533 publications, 0.39%
Nature Communications
526 publications, 0.38%
Nature
522 publications, 0.38%
Geophysical Research Letters
489 publications, 0.35%
Journal of General Internal Medicine
479 publications, 0.35%
Cancer Research
464 publications, 0.34%
Journal of Clinical Oncology
460 publications, 0.33%
JAMA network open
433 publications, 0.31%
Journal of Vision
425 publications, 0.31%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
30218 publications, 21.83%
Springer Nature
20598 publications, 14.88%
Wiley
16083 publications, 11.62%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
5883 publications, 4.25%
SAGE
5657 publications, 4.09%
Oxford University Press
5655 publications, 4.09%
Taylor & Francis
4762 publications, 3.44%
American Physical Society (APS)
2852 publications, 2.06%
Cambridge University Press
2361 publications, 1.71%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1936 publications, 1.4%
American Medical Association (AMA)
1732 publications, 1.25%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1623 publications, 1.17%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1618 publications, 1.17%
MDPI
1469 publications, 1.06%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1444 publications, 1.04%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
1356 publications, 0.98%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1251 publications, 0.9%
AIP Publishing
1200 publications, 0.87%
BMJ
1001 publications, 0.72%
IOP Publishing
992 publications, 0.72%
Mary Ann Liebert
920 publications, 0.66%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
862 publications, 0.62%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
853 publications, 0.62%
American Physiological Society
843 publications, 0.61%
American Psychological Association (APA)
839 publications, 0.61%
American Astronomical Society
833 publications, 0.6%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
823 publications, 0.59%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
778 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
19123 publications, 13.82%
Massachusetts General Hospital
6582 publications, 4.76%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
5868 publications, 4.24%
University of Washington
4203 publications, 3.04%
Johns Hopkins University
4051 publications, 2.93%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3838 publications, 2.77%
University of Michigan
3702 publications, 2.67%
Yale University
3615 publications, 2.61%
University of Pennsylvania
3607 publications, 2.61%
Tufts University
3329 publications, 2.4%
Brown University
3228 publications, 2.33%
University of California, Los Angeles
3134 publications, 2.26%
Columbia University
3030 publications, 2.19%
Stanford University
2796 publications, 2.02%
University of Pittsburgh
2794 publications, 2.02%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2771 publications, 2%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2737 publications, 1.98%
University of California, San Diego
2722 publications, 1.97%
University of California, San Francisco
2667 publications, 1.93%
University of Iowa
2618 publications, 1.89%
University of Minnesota
2544 publications, 1.84%
Ohio State University
2502 publications, 1.81%
Duke University
2241 publications, 1.62%
Cornell University
2204 publications, 1.59%
Northwestern University
2173 publications, 1.57%
New York University
2159 publications, 1.56%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2126 publications, 1.54%
University College London
2114 publications, 1.53%
University of Toronto
2038 publications, 1.47%
University of California, Berkeley
1967 publications, 1.42%
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With foreign organizations

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University College London
2114 publications, 1.53%
University of Toronto
2038 publications, 1.47%
Sapienza University of Rome
1879 publications, 1.36%
University of Oxford
1835 publications, 1.33%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
1808 publications, 1.31%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
1807 publications, 1.31%
University of Pavia
1755 publications, 1.27%
University of Bologna
1731 publications, 1.25%
University of Pisa
1728 publications, 1.25%
University of Cambridge
1712 publications, 1.24%
University of Naples Federico II
1704 publications, 1.23%
Charles University
1704 publications, 1.23%
European Organization for Nuclear Research
1701 publications, 1.23%
University of British Columbia
1681 publications, 1.21%
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
1677 publications, 1.21%
University of Belgrade
1640 publications, 1.18%
Imperial College London
1633 publications, 1.18%
Université Paris-Saclay
1600 publications, 1.16%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
1597 publications, 1.15%
Boğaziçi University
1584 publications, 1.14%
National Laboratory of Frascati
1574 publications, 1.14%
University of Genoa
1562 publications, 1.13%
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
1558 publications, 1.13%
McGill University
1550 publications, 1.12%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
1541 publications, 1.11%
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1471 publications, 1.06%
University of Sydney
1443 publications, 1.04%
University of Edinburgh
1427 publications, 1.03%
Lund University
1380 publications, 1%
University of the Witwatersrand
1380 publications, 1%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 8460, 6.11%
United Kingdom
8460 publications, 6.11%
Germany, 7103, 5.13%
Germany
7103 publications, 5.13%
China, 6236, 4.51%
China
6236 publications, 4.51%
Canada, 6146, 4.44%
Canada
6146 publications, 4.44%
Italy, 5452, 3.94%
Italy
5452 publications, 3.94%
France, 4637, 3.35%
France
4637 publications, 3.35%
Australia, 3946, 2.85%
Australia
3946 publications, 2.85%
Netherlands, 3776, 2.73%
Netherlands
3776 publications, 2.73%
Switzerland, 3664, 2.65%
Switzerland
3664 publications, 2.65%
Spain, 3619, 2.61%
Spain
3619 publications, 2.61%
Japan, 3216, 2.32%
Japan
3216 publications, 2.32%
Sweden, 2751, 1.99%
Sweden
2751 publications, 1.99%
Brazil, 2692, 1.94%
Brazil
2692 publications, 1.94%
Israel, 2463, 1.78%
Israel
2463 publications, 1.78%
Denmark, 2417, 1.75%
Denmark
2417 publications, 1.75%
Austria, 2370, 1.71%
Austria
2370 publications, 1.71%
Republic of Korea, 2349, 1.7%
Republic of Korea
2349 publications, 1.7%
Greece, 2182, 1.58%
Greece
2182 publications, 1.58%
Turkey, 2070, 1.5%
Turkey
2070 publications, 1.5%
Russia, 2011, 1.45%
Russia
2011 publications, 1.45%
Poland, 2003, 1.45%
Poland
2003 publications, 1.45%
South Africa, 1876, 1.36%
South Africa
1876 publications, 1.36%
Portugal, 1870, 1.35%
Portugal
1870 publications, 1.35%
India, 1811, 1.31%
India
1811 publications, 1.31%
Czech Republic, 1802, 1.3%
Czech Republic
1802 publications, 1.3%
Colombia, 1777, 1.28%
Colombia
1777 publications, 1.28%
Finland, 1775, 1.28%
Finland
1775 publications, 1.28%
Belgium, 1765, 1.28%
Belgium
1765 publications, 1.28%
Norway, 1672, 1.21%
Norway
1672 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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