American University

American University
Short name
AU
Country, city
USA, Washington D.C.
Publications
13 427
Citations
285 522
h-index
200
Top-3 journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (858 publications)
Science
Science (95 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center (197 publications)
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (193 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Cardiff University
Cardiff University (56 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (51 publications)
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (49 publications)

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Since 1906

Total publications
13427
Total citations
285522
Citations per publication
21.26
Average publications per year
112.83
Average authors per publication
4.19
h-index
200
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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Sociology and Political Science, 1957, 14.58%
Sociology and Political Science
1957 publications, 14.58%
Economics and Econometrics, 1109, 8.26%
Economics and Econometrics
1109 publications, 8.26%
Political Science and International Relations, 976, 7.27%
Political Science and International Relations
976 publications, 7.27%
History, 887, 6.61%
History
887 publications, 6.61%
Cultural Studies, 604, 4.5%
Cultural Studies
604 publications, 4.5%
General Medicine, 599, 4.46%
General Medicine
599 publications, 4.46%
Geography, Planning and Development, 569, 4.24%
Geography, Planning and Development
569 publications, 4.24%
Law, 567, 4.22%
Law
567 publications, 4.22%
Education, 562, 4.19%
Education
562 publications, 4.19%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 514, 3.83%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
514 publications, 3.83%
Public Administration, 441, 3.28%
Public Administration
441 publications, 3.28%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 397, 2.96%
Psychiatry and Mental health
397 publications, 2.96%
Finance, 395, 2.94%
Finance
395 publications, 2.94%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 388, 2.89%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
388 publications, 2.89%
Strategy and Management, 379, 2.82%
Strategy and Management
379 publications, 2.82%
Business and International Management, 348, 2.59%
Business and International Management
348 publications, 2.59%
Clinical Psychology, 343, 2.55%
Clinical Psychology
343 publications, 2.55%
Marketing, 342, 2.55%
Marketing
342 publications, 2.55%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 326, 2.43%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
326 publications, 2.43%
Development, 326, 2.43%
Development
326 publications, 2.43%
Communication, 317, 2.36%
Communication
317 publications, 2.36%
General Social Sciences, 311, 2.32%
General Social Sciences
311 publications, 2.32%
Behavioral Neuroscience, 287, 2.14%
Behavioral Neuroscience
287 publications, 2.14%
Biochemistry, 279, 2.08%
Biochemistry
279 publications, 2.08%
Social Psychology, 279, 2.08%
Social Psychology
279 publications, 2.08%
Anthropology, 264, 1.97%
Anthropology
264 publications, 1.97%
Pharmacology, 237, 1.77%
Pharmacology
237 publications, 1.77%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 229, 1.71%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
229 publications, 1.71%
General Psychology, 215, 1.6%
General Psychology
215 publications, 1.6%
General Business, Management and Accounting, 214, 1.59%
General Business, Management and Accounting
214 publications, 1.59%
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Journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
858 publications, 6.39%
American Political Science Review
133 publications, 0.99%
Science
95 publications, 0.71%
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
94 publications, 0.7%
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
78 publications, 0.58%
HAHR - Hispanic American Historical Review
64 publications, 0.48%
World Development
64 publications, 0.48%
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
63 publications, 0.47%
Journal of Asian Studies
60 publications, 0.45%
Public Administration Review
58 publications, 0.43%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
56 publications, 0.42%
Americas
56 publications, 0.42%
PS - Political Science and Politics
51 publications, 0.38%
Slavic Review
50 publications, 0.37%
PLoS ONE
50 publications, 0.37%
Physical Review Letters
49 publications, 0.36%
American Journal of International Law
48 publications, 0.36%
Perspectives on Politics
46 publications, 0.34%
Review of Radical Political Economics
46 publications, 0.34%
Physical Review A
44 publications, 0.33%
Physiology and Behavior
43 publications, 0.32%
American Historical Review
43 publications, 0.32%
Carbohydrate Research
43 publications, 0.32%
Journal of Economic History
42 publications, 0.31%
Journal of Vision
40 publications, 0.3%
Journal of Politics
39 publications, 0.29%
American Review of Public Administration
38 publications, 0.28%
Physical Review C
36 publications, 0.27%
Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction
36 publications, 0.27%
American Anthropologist
35 publications, 0.26%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
2022 publications, 15.06%
Taylor & Francis
1487 publications, 11.07%
Wiley
1483 publications, 11.04%
Springer Nature
1472 publications, 10.96%
SAGE
1359 publications, 10.12%
Cambridge University Press
877 publications, 6.53%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
854 publications, 6.36%
Oxford University Press
589 publications, 4.39%
American Physical Society (APS)
168 publications, 1.25%
MDPI
149 publications, 1.11%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
146 publications, 1.09%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
102 publications, 0.76%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
93 publications, 0.69%
American Psychological Association (APA)
92 publications, 0.69%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
91 publications, 0.68%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
87 publications, 0.65%
AIP Publishing
85 publications, 0.63%
Emerald
82 publications, 0.61%
Duke University Press
79 publications, 0.59%
University of Chicago Press
73 publications, 0.54%
Brill
71 publications, 0.53%
American Astronomical Society
67 publications, 0.5%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
66 publications, 0.49%
University of California Press
65 publications, 0.48%
Frontiers Media S.A.
62 publications, 0.46%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
56 publications, 0.42%
The Electrochemical Society
55 publications, 0.41%
IGI Global
55 publications, 0.41%
IOP Publishing
54 publications, 0.4%
MIT Press
52 publications, 0.39%
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With other organizations

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University of Maryland, College Park
370 publications, 2.76%
Goddard Space Flight Center
197 publications, 1.47%
Johns Hopkins University
193 publications, 1.44%
Harvard University
173 publications, 1.29%
Georgetown University
169 publications, 1.26%
George Washington University
144 publications, 1.07%
Columbia University
133 publications, 0.99%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
123 publications, 0.92%
Yale University
121 publications, 0.9%
University of Washington
112 publications, 0.83%
University of Pennsylvania
111 publications, 0.83%
University of Michigan
108 publications, 0.8%
University of California, Berkeley
106 publications, 0.79%
George Mason University
100 publications, 0.74%
Stanford University
94 publications, 0.7%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
89 publications, 0.66%
University of Florida
89 publications, 0.66%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
89 publications, 0.66%
Cornell University
85 publications, 0.63%
Pennsylvania State University
81 publications, 0.6%
University of Texas at Austin
81 publications, 0.6%
Arizona State University
79 publications, 0.59%
University of Minnesota
75 publications, 0.56%
University of Arizona
73 publications, 0.54%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
72 publications, 0.54%
University of California, Los Angeles
72 publications, 0.54%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
72 publications, 0.54%
Ohio State University
65 publications, 0.48%
University of Colorado Boulder
64 publications, 0.48%
Indiana University Bloomington
64 publications, 0.48%
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With foreign organizations

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Cardiff University
56 publications, 0.42%
University of Oxford
51 publications, 0.38%
University of Toronto
49 publications, 0.36%
Leiden University
44 publications, 0.33%
University of British Columbia
37 publications, 0.28%
Australian National University
36 publications, 0.27%
University of Glasgow
36 publications, 0.27%
University of Tokyo
36 publications, 0.27%
Sorbonne University
35 publications, 0.26%
American University of Beirut
34 publications, 0.25%
University of Cambridge
34 publications, 0.25%
University of Amsterdam
34 publications, 0.25%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
27 publications, 0.2%
Tel Aviv University
26 publications, 0.19%
Stockholm University
26 publications, 0.19%
University of the Witwatersrand
26 publications, 0.19%
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
26 publications, 0.19%
Monash University
25 publications, 0.19%
Seoul National University
25 publications, 0.19%
McGill University
25 publications, 0.19%
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
24 publications, 0.18%
University College London
24 publications, 0.18%
Hamburg University
24 publications, 0.18%
University of Birmingham
23 publications, 0.17%
University of Calgary
23 publications, 0.17%
Observatoire de Paris
23 publications, 0.17%
University of Melbourne
22 publications, 0.16%
University of Western Australia
22 publications, 0.16%
University of Pretoria
22 publications, 0.16%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
22 publications, 0.16%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 457, 3.4%
United Kingdom
457 publications, 3.4%
Canada, 314, 2.34%
Canada
314 publications, 2.34%
Italy, 270, 2.01%
Italy
270 publications, 2.01%
China, 240, 1.79%
China
240 publications, 1.79%
Germany, 221, 1.65%
Germany
221 publications, 1.65%
Australia, 201, 1.5%
Australia
201 publications, 1.5%
Lebanon, 179, 1.33%
Lebanon
179 publications, 1.33%
Netherlands, 168, 1.25%
Netherlands
168 publications, 1.25%
France, 164, 1.22%
France
164 publications, 1.22%
India, 130, 0.97%
India
130 publications, 0.97%
Japan, 125, 0.93%
Japan
125 publications, 0.93%
Spain, 121, 0.9%
Spain
121 publications, 0.9%
Israel, 88, 0.66%
Israel
88 publications, 0.66%
Republic of Korea, 87, 0.65%
Republic of Korea
87 publications, 0.65%
Sweden, 86, 0.64%
Sweden
86 publications, 0.64%
South Africa, 83, 0.62%
South Africa
83 publications, 0.62%
Belgium, 80, 0.6%
Belgium
80 publications, 0.6%
Switzerland, 80, 0.6%
Switzerland
80 publications, 0.6%
Brazil, 75, 0.56%
Brazil
75 publications, 0.56%
Denmark, 59, 0.44%
Denmark
59 publications, 0.44%
Turkey, 56, 0.42%
Turkey
56 publications, 0.42%
Mexico, 55, 0.41%
Mexico
55 publications, 0.41%
Norway, 55, 0.41%
Norway
55 publications, 0.41%
Russia, 53, 0.39%
Russia
53 publications, 0.39%
Slovenia, 50, 0.37%
Slovenia
50 publications, 0.37%
Greece, 47, 0.35%
Greece
47 publications, 0.35%
Singapore, 39, 0.29%
Singapore
39 publications, 0.29%
Tanzania, 37, 0.28%
Tanzania
37 publications, 0.28%
Austria, 36, 0.27%
Austria
36 publications, 0.27%
New Zealand, 36, 0.27%
New Zealand
36 publications, 0.27%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1906 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.