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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
200610
Total citations
8991419
Citations per publication
44.82
Average publications per year
1364.69
Average authors per publication
11.58
h-index
840
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, 8.32%
General Medicine
16686 publications, 8.32%
Oncology, 9771, 4.87%
Oncology
9771 publications, 4.87%
Biochemistry, 9368, 4.67%
Biochemistry
9368 publications, 4.67%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 9244, 4.61%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
9244 publications, 4.61%
General Chemistry, 8274, 4.12%
General Chemistry
8274 publications, 4.12%
Neurology (clinical), 7422, 3.7%
Neurology (clinical)
7422 publications, 3.7%
Cancer Research, 7351, 3.66%
Cancer Research
7351 publications, 3.66%
Molecular Biology, 6926, 3.45%
Molecular Biology
6926 publications, 3.45%
General Materials Science, 6909, 3.44%
General Materials Science
6909 publications, 3.44%
Surgery, 6836, 3.41%
Surgery
6836 publications, 3.41%
Condensed Matter Physics, 6751, 3.37%
Condensed Matter Physics
6751 publications, 3.37%
Cell Biology, 6513, 3.25%
Cell Biology
6513 publications, 3.25%
Immunology, 6442, 3.21%
Immunology
6442 publications, 3.21%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 5807, 2.89%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
5807 publications, 2.89%
Mechanical Engineering, 5738, 2.86%
Mechanical Engineering
5738 publications, 2.86%
General Physics and Astronomy, 5484, 2.73%
General Physics and Astronomy
5484 publications, 2.73%
Multidisciplinary, 5077, 2.53%
Multidisciplinary
5077 publications, 2.53%
Mechanics of Materials, 5060, 2.52%
Mechanics of Materials
5060 publications, 2.52%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 4849, 2.42%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
4849 publications, 2.42%
Immunology and Allergy, 4712, 2.35%
Immunology and Allergy
4712 publications, 2.35%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, 4019, 2%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
4019 publications, 2%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 3831, 1.91%
Psychiatry and Mental health
3831 publications, 1.91%
Materials Chemistry, 3825, 1.91%
Materials Chemistry
3825 publications, 1.91%
General Neuroscience, 3816, 1.9%
General Neuroscience
3816 publications, 1.9%
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 3742, 1.87%
Obstetrics and Gynecology
3742 publications, 1.87%
Catalysis, 3636, 1.81%
Catalysis
3636 publications, 1.81%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 3446, 1.72%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
3446 publications, 1.72%
Economics and Econometrics, 3406, 1.7%
Economics and Econometrics
3406 publications, 1.7%
Hematology, 3399, 1.69%
Hematology
3399 publications, 1.69%
Sociology and Political Science, 3362, 1.68%
Sociology and Political Science
3362 publications, 1.68%
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Journals

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
2383 publications, 1.19%
SSRN Electronic Journal
2219 publications, 1.11%
Journal of Clinical Oncology
1930 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
1327 publications, 0.66%
Physical Review B
1312 publications, 0.65%
Cancer Research
1229 publications, 0.61%
Science
1080 publications, 0.54%
PLoS ONE
1038 publications, 0.52%
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1015 publications, 0.51%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
995 publications, 0.5%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
965 publications, 0.48%
Astrophysical Journal
958 publications, 0.48%
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
872 publications, 0.43%
Journal of Chemical Physics
860 publications, 0.43%
Journal of Urology
853 publications, 0.43%
Nature Communications
847 publications, 0.42%
Physical Review Letters
846 publications, 0.42%
Applied Physics Letters
792 publications, 0.39%
Neuro-Oncology
758 publications, 0.38%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
733 publications, 0.37%
Scientific Reports
704 publications, 0.35%
Journal of Immunology
676 publications, 0.34%
Inorganic Chemistry
669 publications, 0.33%
Nature
633 publications, 0.32%
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
573 publications, 0.29%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
47469 publications, 23.66%
Springer Nature
24222 publications, 12.07%
Wiley
21511 publications, 10.72%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
9522 publications, 4.75%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
9500 publications, 4.74%
Oxford University Press
7851 publications, 3.91%
SAGE
7170 publications, 3.57%
Taylor & Francis
5573 publications, 2.78%
American Physical Society (APS)
3828 publications, 1.91%
Cambridge University Press
3006 publications, 1.5%
AIP Publishing
2923 publications, 1.46%
American Medical Association (AMA)
2451 publications, 1.22%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2365 publications, 1.18%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
2154 publications, 1.07%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2122 publications, 1.06%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
1909 publications, 0.95%
American Society of Hematology
1766 publications, 0.88%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1610 publications, 0.8%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1525 publications, 0.76%
MDPI
1383 publications, 0.69%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1377 publications, 0.69%
American Society for Microbiology
1357 publications, 0.68%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1349 publications, 0.67%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1327 publications, 0.66%
American Astronomical Society
1271 publications, 0.63%
American Physiological Society
1191 publications, 0.59%
The Endocrine Society
1115 publications, 0.56%
Mary Ann Liebert
1083 publications, 0.54%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
1081 publications, 0.54%
ASME International
1078 publications, 0.54%
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With other organizations

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Lurie Children's Hospital
11153 publications, 5.56%
Harvard University
7700 publications, 3.84%
Johns Hopkins University
6360 publications, 3.17%
University of Chicago
6141 publications, 3.06%
University of Michigan
5676 publications, 2.83%
University of Illinois at Chicago
5302 publications, 2.64%
Stanford University
4897 publications, 2.44%
University of Pennsylvania
4799 publications, 2.39%
University of California, San Francisco
4672 publications, 2.33%
University of Washington
4569 publications, 2.28%
University of California, Los Angeles
4565 publications, 2.28%
Argonne National Laboratory
4339 publications, 2.16%
Columbia University
3797 publications, 1.89%
University of Minnesota
3463 publications, 1.73%
University of California, San Diego
3429 publications, 1.71%
Cornell University
3305 publications, 1.65%
University of Pittsburgh
3304 publications, 1.65%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3248 publications, 1.62%
Mayo Clinic
3231 publications, 1.61%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
3168 publications, 1.58%
Emory University
3141 publications, 1.57%
Yale University
2905 publications, 1.45%
Massachusetts General Hospital
2888 publications, 1.44%
Ohio State University
2886 publications, 1.44%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2689 publications, 1.34%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2626 publications, 1.31%
Washington University in St. Louis
2615 publications, 1.3%
Vanderbilt University
2564 publications, 1.28%
Duke University
2450 publications, 1.22%
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2403 publications, 1.2%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Toronto
2195 publications, 1.09%
Imperial College London
1285 publications, 0.64%
University College London
1065 publications, 0.53%
University of British Columbia
997 publications, 0.5%
University of Oxford
982 publications, 0.49%
Peking University
980 publications, 0.49%
Tsinghua University
921 publications, 0.46%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
918 publications, 0.46%
University of Cambridge
895 publications, 0.45%
McGill University
873 publications, 0.44%
University of Zurich
837 publications, 0.42%
Seoul National University
829 publications, 0.41%
ETH Zurich
790 publications, 0.39%
University of Calgary
790 publications, 0.39%
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
779 publications, 0.39%
Sungkyunkwan University
766 publications, 0.38%
University of Padua
765 publications, 0.38%
University of Sydney
758 publications, 0.38%
Tel Aviv University
734 publications, 0.37%
University of Bristol
705 publications, 0.35%
Sapienza University of Rome
684 publications, 0.34%
Korea University
675 publications, 0.34%
Ghent University
674 publications, 0.34%
University of Bologna
673 publications, 0.34%
Université Paris-Saclay
673 publications, 0.34%
Zhejiang University
664 publications, 0.33%
Monash University
655 publications, 0.33%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
643 publications, 0.32%
University of Milano-Bicocca
627 publications, 0.31%
University of Southampton
618 publications, 0.31%
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With other countries

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China, 8824, 4.4%
China
8824 publications, 4.4%
United Kingdom, 8337, 4.16%
United Kingdom
8337 publications, 4.16%
Canada, 7802, 3.89%
Canada
7802 publications, 3.89%
Germany, 6233, 3.11%
Germany
6233 publications, 3.11%
Italy, 4987, 2.49%
Italy
4987 publications, 2.49%
France, 4598, 2.29%
France
4598 publications, 2.29%
Republic of Korea, 4597, 2.29%
Republic of Korea
4597 publications, 2.29%
Australia, 3833, 1.91%
Australia
3833 publications, 1.91%
Netherlands, 3412, 1.7%
Netherlands
3412 publications, 1.7%
Japan, 3176, 1.58%
Japan
3176 publications, 1.58%
Spain, 3155, 1.57%
Spain
3155 publications, 1.57%
Switzerland, 2930, 1.46%
Switzerland
2930 publications, 1.46%
Belgium, 2030, 1.01%
Belgium
2030 publications, 1.01%
Israel, 2024, 1.01%
Israel
2024 publications, 1.01%
Sweden, 1767, 0.88%
Sweden
1767 publications, 0.88%
India, 1720, 0.86%
India
1720 publications, 0.86%
Brazil, 1713, 0.85%
Brazil
1713 publications, 0.85%
Denmark, 1439, 0.72%
Denmark
1439 publications, 0.72%
Austria, 1329, 0.66%
Austria
1329 publications, 0.66%
Mexico, 1195, 0.6%
Mexico
1195 publications, 0.6%
Poland, 1111, 0.55%
Poland
1111 publications, 0.55%
Turkey, 1104, 0.55%
Turkey
1104 publications, 0.55%
Singapore, 1088, 0.54%
Singapore
1088 publications, 0.54%
Greece, 1075, 0.54%
Greece
1075 publications, 0.54%
Russia, 1051, 0.52%
Russia
1051 publications, 0.52%
Finland, 1003, 0.5%
Finland
1003 publications, 0.5%
Ireland, 900, 0.45%
Ireland
900 publications, 0.45%
New Zealand, 852, 0.42%
New Zealand
852 publications, 0.42%
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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