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Howard University
Short name
HU
Country, city
USA, Washington D.C.
Publications
17 231
Citations
333 190
h-index
187
Top-3 journals
Blood
Blood (199 publications)
FASEB Journal
FASEB Journal (196 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (709 publications)
Georgetown University
Georgetown University (379 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Mysore
University of Mysore (169 publications)
Mangalore University
Mangalore University (143 publications)

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Since 1888

Total publications
17231
Total citations
333190
Citations per publication
19.34
Average publications per year
123.96
Average authors per publication
5.56
h-index
187
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, 1621, 9.41%
General Medicine
1621 publications, 9.41%
Biochemistry, 1107, 6.42%
Biochemistry
1107 publications, 6.42%
Condensed Matter Physics, 963, 5.59%
Condensed Matter Physics
963 publications, 5.59%
General Chemistry, 881, 5.11%
General Chemistry
881 publications, 5.11%
Molecular Biology, 839, 4.87%
Molecular Biology
839 publications, 4.87%
General Materials Science, 789, 4.58%
General Materials Science
789 publications, 4.58%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 771, 4.47%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
771 publications, 4.47%
Inorganic Chemistry, 675, 3.92%
Inorganic Chemistry
675 publications, 3.92%
Materials Chemistry, 608, 3.53%
Materials Chemistry
608 publications, 3.53%
Cell Biology, 554, 3.22%
Cell Biology
554 publications, 3.22%
Genetics, 553, 3.21%
Genetics
553 publications, 3.21%
Oncology, 548, 3.18%
Oncology
548 publications, 3.18%
Sociology and Political Science, 541, 3.14%
Sociology and Political Science
541 publications, 3.14%
Organic Chemistry, 462, 2.68%
Organic Chemistry
462 publications, 2.68%
Cancer Research, 450, 2.61%
Cancer Research
450 publications, 2.61%
General Physics and Astronomy, 427, 2.48%
General Physics and Astronomy
427 publications, 2.48%
Immunology, 414, 2.4%
Immunology
414 publications, 2.4%
Education, 413, 2.4%
Education
413 publications, 2.4%
Surgery, 408, 2.37%
Surgery
408 publications, 2.37%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 387, 2.25%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
387 publications, 2.25%
Cultural Studies, 376, 2.18%
Cultural Studies
376 publications, 2.18%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 352, 2.04%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
352 publications, 2.04%
Pharmacology, 332, 1.93%
Pharmacology
332 publications, 1.93%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 328, 1.9%
Psychiatry and Mental health
328 publications, 1.9%
Hematology, 324, 1.88%
Hematology
324 publications, 1.88%
General Neuroscience, 323, 1.87%
General Neuroscience
323 publications, 1.87%
Anthropology, 319, 1.85%
Anthropology
319 publications, 1.85%
Applied Mathematics, 300, 1.74%
Applied Mathematics
300 publications, 1.74%
History, 300, 1.74%
History
300 publications, 1.74%
Multidisciplinary, 298, 1.73%
Multidisciplinary
298 publications, 1.73%
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Journals

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Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online
427 publications, 2.48%
Blood
199 publications, 1.15%
FASEB Journal
196 publications, 1.14%
Polyhedron
130 publications, 0.75%
Cancer Research
128 publications, 0.74%
Inorganica Chimica Acta
118 publications, 0.68%
SSRN Electronic Journal
109 publications, 0.63%
Journal of Chemical Physics
104 publications, 0.6%
Journal of Molecular Structure
86 publications, 0.5%
Science
85 publications, 0.49%
Journal of the National Medical Association
81 publications, 0.47%
MRS Proceedings
81 publications, 0.47%
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
80 publications, 0.46%
Journal of Surgical Research
79 publications, 0.46%
Journal of Black Studies
76 publications, 0.44%
PLoS ONE
76 publications, 0.44%
Journal of Applied Physics
68 publications, 0.39%
Brain Research
66 publications, 0.38%
Dalton Transactions
65 publications, 0.38%
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
65 publications, 0.38%
Physical Review B
57 publications, 0.33%
Journal of Chemical Crystallography
54 publications, 0.31%
Scientific Reports
54 publications, 0.31%
Alzheimer's and Dementia
52 publications, 0.3%
A Current Bibliography on African Affairs
52 publications, 0.3%
Americas
51 publications, 0.3%
Life Sciences
50 publications, 0.29%
The Journal of Black Psychology
49 publications, 0.28%
Psychological Reports
49 publications, 0.28%
HAHR - Hispanic American Historical Review
48 publications, 0.28%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
4036 publications, 23.42%
Springer Nature
2254 publications, 13.08%
Wiley
1675 publications, 9.72%
SAGE
1064 publications, 6.17%
Taylor & Francis
1029 publications, 5.97%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
509 publications, 2.95%
Oxford University Press
460 publications, 2.67%
Cambridge University Press
415 publications, 2.41%
MDPI
390 publications, 2.26%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
364 publications, 2.11%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
325 publications, 1.89%
AIP Publishing
262 publications, 1.52%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
243 publications, 1.41%
American Society of Hematology
206 publications, 1.2%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
199 publications, 1.15%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
196 publications, 1.14%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
175 publications, 1.02%
Frontiers Media S.A.
138 publications, 0.8%
American Physical Society (APS)
133 publications, 0.77%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
104 publications, 0.6%
Hindawi Limited
102 publications, 0.59%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
100 publications, 0.58%
American Physiological Society
96 publications, 0.56%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
94 publications, 0.55%
S. Karger AG
84 publications, 0.49%
Emerald
83 publications, 0.48%
Mary Ann Liebert
83 publications, 0.48%
American Psychological Association (APA)
77 publications, 0.45%
World Scientific
73 publications, 0.42%
American Society for Microbiology
62 publications, 0.36%
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With other organizations

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Johns Hopkins University
709 publications, 4.11%
Georgetown University
379 publications, 2.2%
University of Maryland, College Park
331 publications, 1.92%
George Washington University
328 publications, 1.9%
Harvard University
301 publications, 1.75%
Howard University Hospital
287 publications, 1.67%
University of Michigan
254 publications, 1.47%
University of Washington
247 publications, 1.43%
University of Pittsburgh
225 publications, 1.31%
National Human Genome Research Institute
212 publications, 1.23%
National Cancer Institute
205 publications, 1.19%
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
201 publications, 1.17%
Children's National Hospital
199 publications, 1.15%
Cornell University
195 publications, 1.13%
University of Maryland, Baltimore
192 publications, 1.11%
Goddard Space Flight Center
192 publications, 1.11%
Columbia University
184 publications, 1.07%
University of Pennsylvania
177 publications, 1.03%
United States Naval Research Laboratory
170 publications, 0.99%
University of Mysore
169 publications, 0.98%
Stanford University
163 publications, 0.95%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
159 publications, 0.92%
Pennsylvania State University
156 publications, 0.91%
Boston University
156 publications, 0.91%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
153 publications, 0.89%
University of Illinois at Chicago
152 publications, 0.88%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
151 publications, 0.88%
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
148 publications, 0.86%
Mangalore University
143 publications, 0.83%
University of California, San Diego
141 publications, 0.82%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Mysore
169 publications, 0.98%
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
148 publications, 0.86%
Mangalore University
143 publications, 0.83%
Banaras Hindu University
88 publications, 0.51%
University of Toronto
66 publications, 0.38%
Erciyes University
61 publications, 0.35%
Guru Nanak Dev University
52 publications, 0.3%
University of Cambridge
52 publications, 0.3%
University of Lucknow
51 publications, 0.3%
Jiwaji University
51 publications, 0.3%
McGill University
47 publications, 0.27%
University of Oxford
44 publications, 0.26%
Savitribai Phule Pune University
43 publications, 0.25%
King Saud University
42 publications, 0.24%
University of Graz
41 publications, 0.24%
University of Valencia
41 publications, 0.24%
Annamalai University
40 publications, 0.23%
University of Ibadan
40 publications, 0.23%
King Abdulaziz University
39 publications, 0.23%
University of Calcutta
39 publications, 0.23%
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
38 publications, 0.22%
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
37 publications, 0.21%
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
36 publications, 0.21%
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
36 publications, 0.21%
Bharathiar University
36 publications, 0.21%
Sungkyunkwan University
36 publications, 0.21%
University of Leeds
36 publications, 0.21%
Jadavpur University
35 publications, 0.2%
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
35 publications, 0.2%
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
35 publications, 0.2%
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With other countries

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India, 1181, 6.85%
India
1181 publications, 6.85%
China, 509, 2.95%
China
509 publications, 2.95%
United Kingdom, 429, 2.49%
United Kingdom
429 publications, 2.49%
Canada, 381, 2.21%
Canada
381 publications, 2.21%
Germany, 243, 1.41%
Germany
243 publications, 1.41%
France, 237, 1.38%
France
237 publications, 1.38%
Italy, 212, 1.23%
Italy
212 publications, 1.23%
Spain, 190, 1.1%
Spain
190 publications, 1.1%
Republic of Korea, 186, 1.08%
Republic of Korea
186 publications, 1.08%
Australia, 171, 0.99%
Australia
171 publications, 0.99%
Japan, 155, 0.9%
Japan
155 publications, 0.9%
Russia, 148, 0.86%
Russia
148 publications, 0.86%
Nigeria, 136, 0.79%
Nigeria
136 publications, 0.79%
Turkey, 133, 0.77%
Turkey
133 publications, 0.77%
Saudi Arabia, 121, 0.7%
Saudi Arabia
121 publications, 0.7%
Brazil, 117, 0.68%
Brazil
117 publications, 0.68%
Netherlands, 108, 0.63%
Netherlands
108 publications, 0.63%
South Africa, 102, 0.59%
South Africa
102 publications, 0.59%
Iran, 99, 0.57%
Iran
99 publications, 0.57%
Sweden, 83, 0.48%
Sweden
83 publications, 0.48%
Switzerland, 81, 0.47%
Switzerland
81 publications, 0.47%
Austria, 78, 0.45%
Austria
78 publications, 0.45%
Poland, 76, 0.44%
Poland
76 publications, 0.44%
Belgium, 71, 0.41%
Belgium
71 publications, 0.41%
Israel, 69, 0.4%
Israel
69 publications, 0.4%
Pakistan, 69, 0.4%
Pakistan
69 publications, 0.4%
Mexico, 65, 0.38%
Mexico
65 publications, 0.38%
Egypt, 49, 0.28%
Egypt
49 publications, 0.28%
Moldova, 48, 0.28%
Moldova
48 publications, 0.28%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1888 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.