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Northern Illinois University
Short name
NIU
Country, city
USA, Chicago
Publications
20 274
Citations
488 315
h-index
235
Top-3 journals
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal of High Energy Physics (400 publications)
European Physical Journal C
European Physical Journal C (352 publications)
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (299 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (889 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (889 publications)
University College London
University College London (877 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1957

Total publications
20274
Total citations
488315
Citations per publication
24.09
Average publications per year
289.63
Average authors per publication
121.58
h-index
235
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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Education, 2068, 10.2%
Education
2068 publications, 10.2%
General Medicine, 1083, 5.34%
General Medicine
1083 publications, 5.34%
Sociology and Political Science, 953, 4.7%
Sociology and Political Science
953 publications, 4.7%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 932, 4.6%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
932 publications, 4.6%
History, 698, 3.44%
History
698 publications, 3.44%
Condensed Matter Physics, 673, 3.32%
Condensed Matter Physics
673 publications, 3.32%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 667, 3.29%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
667 publications, 3.29%
Biochemistry, 596, 2.94%
Biochemistry
596 publications, 2.94%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 594, 2.93%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
594 publications, 2.93%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 575, 2.84%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
575 publications, 2.84%
Applied Mathematics, 544, 2.68%
Applied Mathematics
544 publications, 2.68%
General Physics and Astronomy, 539, 2.66%
General Physics and Astronomy
539 publications, 2.66%
Clinical Psychology, 532, 2.62%
Clinical Psychology
532 publications, 2.62%
General Chemistry, 524, 2.58%
General Chemistry
524 publications, 2.58%
Social Psychology, 514, 2.54%
Social Psychology
514 publications, 2.54%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 488, 2.41%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
488 publications, 2.41%
Cultural Studies, 451, 2.22%
Cultural Studies
451 publications, 2.22%
General Psychology, 451, 2.22%
General Psychology
451 publications, 2.22%
Organic Chemistry, 445, 2.19%
Organic Chemistry
445 publications, 2.19%
Economics and Econometrics, 434, 2.14%
Economics and Econometrics
434 publications, 2.14%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 433, 2.14%
Psychiatry and Mental health
433 publications, 2.14%
General Mathematics, 430, 2.12%
General Mathematics
430 publications, 2.12%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 427, 2.11%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
427 publications, 2.11%
Materials Chemistry, 417, 2.06%
Materials Chemistry
417 publications, 2.06%
Applied Psychology, 416, 2.05%
Applied Psychology
416 publications, 2.05%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 407, 2.01%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
407 publications, 2.01%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous), 391, 1.93%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
391 publications, 1.93%
Molecular Biology, 379, 1.87%
Molecular Biology
379 publications, 1.87%
Statistics and Probability, 372, 1.83%
Statistics and Probability
372 publications, 1.83%
Inorganic Chemistry, 368, 1.82%
Inorganic Chemistry
368 publications, 1.82%
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Journals

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Journal of High Energy Physics
400 publications, 1.97%
European Physical Journal C
352 publications, 1.74%
Physical Review B
299 publications, 1.47%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
227 publications, 1.12%
SSRN Electronic Journal
182 publications, 0.9%
Physical Review Letters
156 publications, 0.77%
Physical Review D
154 publications, 0.76%
Journal of Asian Studies
117 publications, 0.58%
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
76 publications, 0.37%
Psychological Reports
76 publications, 0.37%
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
75 publications, 0.37%
Journal of Teacher Education
74 publications, 0.36%
Journal of Algebra
68 publications, 0.34%
Journal of Applied Physics
67 publications, 0.33%
Applied Physics Letters
66 publications, 0.33%
Community & Junior College Libraries
65 publications, 0.32%
Science
62 publications, 0.31%
Child Abuse and Neglect
58 publications, 0.29%
Adult Learning
58 publications, 0.29%
Politics and the Life Sciences
56 publications, 0.28%
Tetrahedron Letters
55 publications, 0.27%
Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
50 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Applied Probability
50 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Instrumentation
50 publications, 0.25%
Journal of Organic Chemistry
49 publications, 0.24%
FASEB Journal
49 publications, 0.24%
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
49 publications, 0.24%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
49 publications, 0.24%
MRS Proceedings
49 publications, 0.24%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
48 publications, 0.24%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3564 publications, 17.58%
Springer Nature
3182 publications, 15.69%
Taylor & Francis
2182 publications, 10.76%
Wiley
2150 publications, 10.6%
SAGE
1913 publications, 9.44%
Cambridge University Press
776 publications, 3.83%
American Physical Society (APS)
725 publications, 3.58%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
491 publications, 2.42%
Oxford University Press
449 publications, 2.21%
Emerald
253 publications, 1.25%
MDPI
247 publications, 1.22%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
227 publications, 1.12%
AIP Publishing
226 publications, 1.11%
American Psychological Association (APA)
215 publications, 1.06%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
206 publications, 1.02%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
177 publications, 0.87%
Human Kinetics
150 publications, 0.74%
IOP Publishing
143 publications, 0.71%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
129 publications, 0.64%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
126 publications, 0.62%
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
99 publications, 0.49%
American Meteorological Society
91 publications, 0.45%
IGI Global
84 publications, 0.41%
The Electrochemical Society
76 publications, 0.37%
University of Chicago Press
74 publications, 0.36%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
73 publications, 0.36%
American Society for Microbiology
69 publications, 0.34%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
69 publications, 0.34%
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
67 publications, 0.33%
Walter de Gruyter
65 publications, 0.32%
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With other organizations

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Argonne National Laboratory
2001 publications, 9.87%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1089 publications, 5.37%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1015 publications, 5.01%
University of Chicago
998 publications, 4.92%
Michigan State University
985 publications, 4.86%
University of Michigan
968 publications, 4.77%
Ohio State University
956 publications, 4.72%
Yale University
942 publications, 4.65%
Iowa State University
937 publications, 4.62%
Southern Methodist University
933 publications, 4.6%
Indiana University Bloomington
928 publications, 4.58%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
923 publications, 4.55%
University of Iowa
914 publications, 4.51%
University of Arizona
911 publications, 4.49%
University of Pittsburgh
910 publications, 4.49%
Harvard University
898 publications, 4.43%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
895 publications, 4.41%
Duke University
892 publications, 4.4%
Brookhaven National Laboratory
890 publications, 4.39%
University of Oxford
889 publications, 4.38%
University of Cambridge
889 publications, 4.38%
Boston University
885 publications, 4.37%
University of Washington
885 publications, 4.37%
Stony Brook University
882 publications, 4.35%
University of California, Irvine
879 publications, 4.34%
University College London
877 publications, 4.33%
New York University
877 publications, 4.33%
Charles University
875 publications, 4.32%
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
871 publications, 4.3%
University of Birmingham
870 publications, 4.29%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Oxford
889 publications, 4.38%
University of Cambridge
889 publications, 4.38%
University College London
877 publications, 4.33%
Charles University
875 publications, 4.32%
University of Birmingham
870 publications, 4.29%
European Organization for Nuclear Research
867 publications, 4.28%
University of Liverpool
864 publications, 4.26%
University of Edinburgh
861 publications, 4.25%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
861 publications, 4.25%
University of Melbourne
857 publications, 4.23%
Université Paris-Saclay
856 publications, 4.22%
McGill University
854 publications, 4.21%
University of Manchester
852 publications, 4.2%
University of Tokyo
851 publications, 4.2%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
850 publications, 4.19%
University of SĂŁo Paulo
850 publications, 4.19%
University of British Columbia
849 publications, 4.19%
Nanjing University
846 publications, 4.17%
Lancaster University
846 publications, 4.17%
University of Pisa
845 publications, 4.17%
University of Pavia
845 publications, 4.17%
University of Alberta
845 publications, 4.17%
National Institute for Subatomic Physics
844 publications, 4.16%
University of Bern
842 publications, 4.15%
University of Sheffield
842 publications, 4.15%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
841 publications, 4.15%
Heidelberg University
840 publications, 4.14%
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
840 publications, 4.14%
York University
840 publications, 4.14%
University of Bologna
839 publications, 4.14%
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With other countries

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China, 1629, 8.03%
China
1629 publications, 8.03%
United Kingdom, 1246, 6.15%
United Kingdom
1246 publications, 6.15%
Canada, 1161, 5.73%
Canada
1161 publications, 5.73%
Germany, 1152, 5.68%
Germany
1152 publications, 5.68%
France, 1046, 5.16%
France
1046 publications, 5.16%
Australia, 1009, 4.98%
Australia
1009 publications, 4.98%
Italy, 986, 4.86%
Italy
986 publications, 4.86%
Japan, 953, 4.7%
Japan
953 publications, 4.7%
Netherlands, 928, 4.58%
Netherlands
928 publications, 4.58%
Poland, 920, 4.54%
Poland
920 publications, 4.54%
Switzerland, 912, 4.5%
Switzerland
912 publications, 4.5%
Spain, 903, 4.45%
Spain
903 publications, 4.45%
Brazil, 894, 4.41%
Brazil
894 publications, 4.41%
Czech Republic, 865, 4.27%
Czech Republic
865 publications, 4.27%
Sweden, 865, 4.27%
Sweden
865 publications, 4.27%
Turkey, 846, 4.17%
Turkey
846 publications, 4.17%
Israel, 845, 4.17%
Israel
845 publications, 4.17%
Norway, 843, 4.16%
Norway
843 publications, 4.16%
Portugal, 830, 4.09%
Portugal
830 publications, 4.09%
Chile, 827, 4.08%
Chile
827 publications, 4.08%
Colombia, 824, 4.06%
Colombia
824 publications, 4.06%
Greece, 820, 4.04%
Greece
820 publications, 4.04%
Denmark, 820, 4.04%
Denmark
820 publications, 4.04%
Austria, 818, 4.03%
Austria
818 publications, 4.03%
Argentina, 810, 4%
Argentina
810 publications, 4%
South Africa, 810, 4%
South Africa
810 publications, 4%
Romania, 800, 3.95%
Romania
800 publications, 3.95%
Georgia, 797, 3.93%
Georgia
797 publications, 3.93%
Slovenia, 786, 3.88%
Slovenia
786 publications, 3.88%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1957 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.