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Northwestern University
Short name
NU
Country, city
USA, Evanston

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1880

Total publications
201169
Total citations
9063834
Citations per publication
45.06
Average publications per year
1368.5
Average authors per publication
11.67
h-index
843
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, 16686, 8.29%
General Medicine
16686 publications, 8.29%
Oncology, 9771, 4.86%
Oncology
9771 publications, 4.86%
Biochemistry, 9368, 4.66%
Biochemistry
9368 publications, 4.66%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 9244, 4.6%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
9244 publications, 4.6%
General Chemistry, 8274, 4.11%
General Chemistry
8274 publications, 4.11%
Neurology (clinical), 7422, 3.69%
Neurology (clinical)
7422 publications, 3.69%
Cancer Research, 7351, 3.65%
Cancer Research
7351 publications, 3.65%
Molecular Biology, 6926, 3.44%
Molecular Biology
6926 publications, 3.44%
General Materials Science, 6909, 3.43%
General Materials Science
6909 publications, 3.43%
Surgery, 6836, 3.4%
Surgery
6836 publications, 3.4%
Condensed Matter Physics, 6751, 3.36%
Condensed Matter Physics
6751 publications, 3.36%
Cell Biology, 6513, 3.24%
Cell Biology
6513 publications, 3.24%
Immunology, 6442, 3.2%
Immunology
6442 publications, 3.2%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 5807, 2.89%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
5807 publications, 2.89%
Mechanical Engineering, 5738, 2.85%
Mechanical Engineering
5738 publications, 2.85%
General Physics and Astronomy, 5484, 2.73%
General Physics and Astronomy
5484 publications, 2.73%
Multidisciplinary, 5077, 2.52%
Multidisciplinary
5077 publications, 2.52%
Mechanics of Materials, 5060, 2.52%
Mechanics of Materials
5060 publications, 2.52%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 4849, 2.41%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
4849 publications, 2.41%
Immunology and Allergy, 4712, 2.34%
Immunology and Allergy
4712 publications, 2.34%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, 4019, 2%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
4019 publications, 2%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 3831, 1.9%
Psychiatry and Mental health
3831 publications, 1.9%
Materials Chemistry, 3825, 1.9%
Materials Chemistry
3825 publications, 1.9%
General Neuroscience, 3816, 1.9%
General Neuroscience
3816 publications, 1.9%
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 3742, 1.86%
Obstetrics and Gynecology
3742 publications, 1.86%
Catalysis, 3636, 1.81%
Catalysis
3636 publications, 1.81%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 3446, 1.71%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
3446 publications, 1.71%
Economics and Econometrics, 3406, 1.69%
Economics and Econometrics
3406 publications, 1.69%
Hematology, 3399, 1.69%
Hematology
3399 publications, 1.69%
Sociology and Political Science, 3362, 1.67%
Sociology and Political Science
3362 publications, 1.67%
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Journals

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
2387 publications, 1.19%
SSRN Electronic Journal
2213 publications, 1.1%
Journal of Clinical Oncology
1932 publications, 0.96%
Blood
1630 publications, 0.81%
Circulation
1509 publications, 0.75%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
1333 publications, 0.66%
Physical Review B
1313 publications, 0.65%
Cancer Research
1229 publications, 0.61%
Science
1082 publications, 0.54%
PLoS ONE
1038 publications, 0.52%
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1015 publications, 0.5%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
995 publications, 0.49%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
965 publications, 0.48%
Astrophysical Journal
958 publications, 0.48%
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
876 publications, 0.44%
Journal of Chemical Physics
861 publications, 0.43%
Journal of Urology
855 publications, 0.43%
Nature Communications
847 publications, 0.42%
Physical Review Letters
847 publications, 0.42%
Neuro-Oncology
821 publications, 0.41%
Applied Physics Letters
792 publications, 0.39%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
733 publications, 0.36%
Journal of Immunology
707 publications, 0.35%
Scientific Reports
704 publications, 0.35%
Inorganic Chemistry
670 publications, 0.33%
Nature
633 publications, 0.31%
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
611 publications, 0.3%
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
600 publications, 0.3%
Fertility and Sterility
589 publications, 0.29%
Physical Review D
579 publications, 0.29%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
47504 publications, 23.61%
Springer Nature
24228 publications, 12.04%
Wiley
21618 publications, 10.75%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
9565 publications, 4.75%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
9534 publications, 4.74%
Oxford University Press
7959 publications, 3.96%
SAGE
7189 publications, 3.57%
Taylor & Francis
5596 publications, 2.78%
American Physical Society (APS)
3838 publications, 1.91%
Cambridge University Press
3010 publications, 1.5%
AIP Publishing
2932 publications, 1.46%
American Medical Association (AMA)
2465 publications, 1.23%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2370 publications, 1.18%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
2154 publications, 1.07%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2125 publications, 1.06%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
1916 publications, 0.95%
American Society of Hematology
1770 publications, 0.88%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1615 publications, 0.8%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1536 publications, 0.76%
MDPI
1401 publications, 0.7%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1377 publications, 0.68%
American Society for Microbiology
1357 publications, 0.67%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1349 publications, 0.67%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1333 publications, 0.66%
American Astronomical Society
1271 publications, 0.63%
American Physiological Society
1193 publications, 0.59%
The Endocrine Society
1115 publications, 0.55%
Mary Ann Liebert
1083 publications, 0.54%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
1081 publications, 0.54%
ASME International
1080 publications, 0.54%
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With other organizations

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Lurie Children's Hospital
11219 publications, 5.58%
Harvard University
7743 publications, 3.85%
Johns Hopkins University
6384 publications, 3.17%
University of Chicago
6170 publications, 3.07%
University of Michigan
5699 publications, 2.83%
University of Illinois at Chicago
5330 publications, 2.65%
Stanford University
4928 publications, 2.45%
University of Pennsylvania
4816 publications, 2.39%
University of California, San Francisco
4704 publications, 2.34%
University of Washington
4593 publications, 2.28%
University of California, Los Angeles
4586 publications, 2.28%
Argonne National Laboratory
4355 publications, 2.16%
Columbia University
3811 publications, 1.89%
University of Minnesota
3487 publications, 1.73%
University of California, San Diego
3443 publications, 1.71%
Cornell University
3324 publications, 1.65%
University of Pittsburgh
3318 publications, 1.65%
Mayo Clinic
3257 publications, 1.62%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
3187 publications, 1.58%
Emory University
3158 publications, 1.57%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3048 publications, 1.52%
Yale University
2937 publications, 1.46%
Massachusetts General Hospital
2918 publications, 1.45%
Ohio State University
2903 publications, 1.44%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2705 publications, 1.34%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2646 publications, 1.32%
Washington University in St. Louis
2624 publications, 1.3%
Vanderbilt University
2579 publications, 1.28%
Duke University
2469 publications, 1.23%
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2419 publications, 1.2%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Toronto
2209 publications, 1.1%
Imperial College London
1293 publications, 0.64%
University College London
1067 publications, 0.53%
University of British Columbia
1001 publications, 0.5%
Peking University
992 publications, 0.49%
University of Oxford
985 publications, 0.49%
Tsinghua University
933 publications, 0.46%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
919 publications, 0.46%
University of Cambridge
901 publications, 0.45%
McGill University
875 publications, 0.43%
University of Zurich
850 publications, 0.42%
Seoul National University
840 publications, 0.42%
ETH Zurich
795 publications, 0.4%
University of Calgary
791 publications, 0.39%
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
789 publications, 0.39%
Sungkyunkwan University
776 publications, 0.39%
University of Padua
771 publications, 0.38%
University of Sydney
757 publications, 0.38%
Tel Aviv University
737 publications, 0.37%
University of Bristol
712 publications, 0.35%
Sapienza University of Rome
694 publications, 0.34%
Korea University
685 publications, 0.34%
University of Bologna
682 publications, 0.34%
Ghent University
681 publications, 0.34%
Université Paris-Saclay
680 publications, 0.34%
Zhejiang University
676 publications, 0.34%
Monash University
659 publications, 0.33%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
649 publications, 0.32%
University of Milano-Bicocca
636 publications, 0.32%
University of Southampton
623 publications, 0.31%
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With other countries

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China, 8857, 4.4%
China
8857 publications, 4.4%
United Kingdom, 8374, 4.16%
United Kingdom
8374 publications, 4.16%
Canada, 7819, 3.89%
Canada
7819 publications, 3.89%
Germany, 6259, 3.11%
Germany
6259 publications, 3.11%
Italy, 5005, 2.49%
Italy
5005 publications, 2.49%
France, 4621, 2.3%
France
4621 publications, 2.3%
Republic of Korea, 4621, 2.3%
Republic of Korea
4621 publications, 2.3%
Australia, 3852, 1.91%
Australia
3852 publications, 1.91%
Netherlands, 3427, 1.7%
Netherlands
3427 publications, 1.7%
Japan, 3187, 1.58%
Japan
3187 publications, 1.58%
Spain, 3169, 1.58%
Spain
3169 publications, 1.58%
Switzerland, 2948, 1.47%
Switzerland
2948 publications, 1.47%
Belgium, 2042, 1.02%
Belgium
2042 publications, 1.02%
Israel, 2027, 1.01%
Israel
2027 publications, 1.01%
Sweden, 1773, 0.88%
Sweden
1773 publications, 0.88%
India, 1730, 0.86%
India
1730 publications, 0.86%
Brazil, 1727, 0.86%
Brazil
1727 publications, 0.86%
Denmark, 1444, 0.72%
Denmark
1444 publications, 0.72%
Austria, 1340, 0.67%
Austria
1340 publications, 0.67%
Mexico, 1203, 0.6%
Mexico
1203 publications, 0.6%
Poland, 1122, 0.56%
Poland
1122 publications, 0.56%
Turkey, 1114, 0.55%
Turkey
1114 publications, 0.55%
Singapore, 1091, 0.54%
Singapore
1091 publications, 0.54%
Greece, 1083, 0.54%
Greece
1083 publications, 0.54%
Russia, 1055, 0.52%
Russia
1055 publications, 0.52%
Finland, 1010, 0.5%
Finland
1010 publications, 0.5%
Ireland, 910, 0.45%
Ireland
910 publications, 0.45%
New Zealand, 860, 0.43%
New Zealand
860 publications, 0.43%
Saudi Arabia, 837, 0.42%
Saudi Arabia
837 publications, 0.42%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1880 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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