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Aberystwyth University
Short name
AU
Country, city
United Kingdom, Aberystwyth
Publications
7 711
Citations
258 746
h-index
183
Top-3 journals
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (92 publications)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (79 publications)
Top-3 organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (206 publications)
Bangor University
Bangor University (182 publications)
Cardiff University
Cardiff University (175 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen (87 publications)
Aarhus University
Aarhus University (80 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1952

Total publications
7711
Total citations
258746
Citations per publication
33.56
Average publications per year
102.81
Average authors per publication
6.32
h-index
183
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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Geography, Planning and Development, 504, 6.54%
Geography, Planning and Development
504 publications, 6.54%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 478, 6.2%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
478 publications, 6.2%
General Medicine, 408, 5.29%
General Medicine
408 publications, 5.29%
Plant Science, 385, 4.99%
Plant Science
385 publications, 4.99%
History, 329, 4.27%
History
329 publications, 4.27%
Political Science and International Relations, 310, 4.02%
Political Science and International Relations
310 publications, 4.02%
Earth-Surface Processes, 304, 3.94%
Earth-Surface Processes
304 publications, 3.94%
Genetics, 281, 3.64%
Genetics
281 publications, 3.64%
Sociology and Political Science, 267, 3.46%
Sociology and Political Science
267 publications, 3.46%
Multidisciplinary, 256, 3.32%
Multidisciplinary
256 publications, 3.32%
Computer Science Applications, 253, 3.28%
Computer Science Applications
253 publications, 3.28%
Ecology, 239, 3.1%
Ecology
239 publications, 3.1%
Geology, 237, 3.07%
Geology
237 publications, 3.07%
Agronomy and Crop Science, 234, 3.03%
Agronomy and Crop Science
234 publications, 3.03%
Software, 208, 2.7%
Software
208 publications, 2.7%
Artificial Intelligence, 195, 2.53%
Artificial Intelligence
195 publications, 2.53%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 193, 2.5%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
193 publications, 2.5%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 190, 2.46%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
190 publications, 2.46%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 178, 2.31%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
178 publications, 2.31%
Molecular Biology, 177, 2.3%
Molecular Biology
177 publications, 2.3%
Cultural Studies, 172, 2.23%
Cultural Studies
172 publications, 2.23%
Space and Planetary Science, 171, 2.22%
Space and Planetary Science
171 publications, 2.22%
Microbiology, 168, 2.18%
Microbiology
168 publications, 2.18%
Global and Planetary Change, 164, 2.13%
Global and Planetary Change
164 publications, 2.13%
Animal Science and Zoology, 157, 2.04%
Animal Science and Zoology
157 publications, 2.04%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 157, 2.04%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
157 publications, 2.04%
General Physics and Astronomy, 156, 2.02%
General Physics and Astronomy
156 publications, 2.02%
Law, 152, 1.97%
Law
152 publications, 1.97%
Condensed Matter Physics, 151, 1.96%
Condensed Matter Physics
151 publications, 1.96%
Biochemistry, 149, 1.93%
Biochemistry
149 publications, 1.93%
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Journals

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science
116 publications, 1.5%
Scientific Reports
92 publications, 1.19%
PLoS ONE
79 publications, 1.02%
Quaternary Science Reviews
70 publications, 0.91%
Frontiers in Plant Science
67 publications, 0.87%
GCB Bioenergy
57 publications, 0.74%
Radiation Measurements
55 publications, 0.71%
Intelligence and National Security
50 publications, 0.65%
Frontiers in Microbiology
45 publications, 0.58%
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
44 publications, 0.57%
Remote Sensing
44 publications, 0.57%
Nature Communications
43 publications, 0.56%
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
43 publications, 0.56%
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
39 publications, 0.51%
Quaternary Geochronology
38 publications, 0.49%
Geomorphology
37 publications, 0.48%
New Phytologist
36 publications, 0.47%
Journal of Quaternary Science
35 publications, 0.45%
Cryosphere
31 publications, 0.4%
Solar Physics
31 publications, 0.4%
Animal
31 publications, 0.4%
Astrophysical Journal
30 publications, 0.39%
Bioresource Technology
28 publications, 0.36%
Journal of Experimental Botany
28 publications, 0.36%
Nature
27 publications, 0.35%
Science of the Total Environment
26 publications, 0.34%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
25 publications, 0.32%
Annals of Botany
25 publications, 0.32%
Journal of Rural Studies
25 publications, 0.32%
BMC Genomics
25 publications, 0.32%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
1531 publications, 19.85%
Springer Nature
1355 publications, 17.57%
Wiley
952 publications, 12.35%
Taylor & Francis
709 publications, 9.19%
SAGE
368 publications, 4.77%
Oxford University Press
361 publications, 4.68%
MDPI
308 publications, 3.99%
Cambridge University Press
263 publications, 3.41%
Frontiers Media S.A.
196 publications, 2.54%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
181 publications, 2.35%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
114 publications, 1.48%
Emerald
89 publications, 1.15%
The Royal Society
71 publications, 0.92%
Copernicus
71 publications, 0.92%
IOP Publishing
69 publications, 0.89%
American Physical Society (APS)
65 publications, 0.84%
American Geophysical Union
59 publications, 0.77%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
49 publications, 0.64%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
39 publications, 0.51%
AIP Publishing
39 publications, 0.51%
American Astronomical Society
38 publications, 0.49%
Microbiology Society
29 publications, 0.38%
Intellect
29 publications, 0.38%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
28 publications, 0.36%
American Society for Microbiology
27 publications, 0.35%
Brill
26 publications, 0.34%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
25 publications, 0.32%
EDP Sciences
23 publications, 0.3%
Walter de Gruyter
22 publications, 0.29%
Pleiades Publishing
20 publications, 0.26%
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With other organizations

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University of Cambridge
206 publications, 2.67%
Bangor University
182 publications, 2.36%
Cardiff University
175 publications, 2.27%
Swansea University
163 publications, 2.11%
University of Manchester
145 publications, 1.88%
University College London
141 publications, 1.83%
University of Leeds
137 publications, 1.78%
University of Exeter
135 publications, 1.75%
University of Sheffield
134 publications, 1.74%
Newcastle University
131 publications, 1.7%
University of Oxford
129 publications, 1.67%
University of Bristol
117 publications, 1.52%
University of Edinburgh
115 publications, 1.49%
University of Liverpool
112 publications, 1.45%
Queen's University Belfast
101 publications, 1.31%
University of Birmingham
95 publications, 1.23%
Imperial College London
90 publications, 1.17%
University of Copenhagen
87 publications, 1.13%
University of Southampton
87 publications, 1.13%
University of Aberdeen
83 publications, 1.08%
Aarhus University
80 publications, 1.04%
University of Glasgow
79 publications, 1.02%
Royal Holloway University of London
76 publications, 0.99%
University of St Andrews
76 publications, 0.99%
University of Nottingham
75 publications, 0.97%
University of Leicester
74 publications, 0.96%
Lancaster University
73 publications, 0.95%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
72 publications, 0.93%
Northwestern Polytechnical University
67 publications, 0.87%
ETH Zurich
67 publications, 0.87%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Copenhagen
87 publications, 1.13%
Aarhus University
80 publications, 1.04%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
72 publications, 0.93%
Northwestern Polytechnical University
67 publications, 0.87%
ETH Zurich
67 publications, 0.87%
University of New South Wales
67 publications, 0.87%
University of Sydney
65 publications, 0.84%
Nepean Hospital
64 publications, 0.83%
Trinity College Dublin
63 publications, 0.82%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
59 publications, 0.77%
University College Dublin
59 publications, 0.77%
Xiamen University
55 publications, 0.71%
Ghent University
52 publications, 0.67%
University of Helsinki
52 publications, 0.67%
Shanghai University
51 publications, 0.66%
University of Queensland
50 publications, 0.65%
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
49 publications, 0.64%
University of Bern
48 publications, 0.62%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
47 publications, 0.61%
Goddard Space Flight Center
46 publications, 0.6%
Massey University
45 publications, 0.58%
University of Cologne
45 publications, 0.58%
Stockholm University
44 publications, 0.57%
Utrecht University
44 publications, 0.57%
Rhodes University
43 publications, 0.56%
University of Tokyo
42 publications, 0.54%
University of Toronto
42 publications, 0.54%
Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
42 publications, 0.54%
University of Western Australia
41 publications, 0.53%
University of Arizona
41 publications, 0.53%
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With other countries

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USA, 923, 11.97%
USA
923 publications, 11.97%
China, 735, 9.53%
China
735 publications, 9.53%
Germany, 516, 6.69%
Germany
516 publications, 6.69%
Australia, 424, 5.5%
Australia
424 publications, 5.5%
France, 380, 4.93%
France
380 publications, 4.93%
Spain, 357, 4.63%
Spain
357 publications, 4.63%
Italy, 326, 4.23%
Italy
326 publications, 4.23%
Canada, 290, 3.76%
Canada
290 publications, 3.76%
Netherlands, 282, 3.66%
Netherlands
282 publications, 3.66%
Switzerland, 233, 3.02%
Switzerland
233 publications, 3.02%
Ireland, 212, 2.75%
Ireland
212 publications, 2.75%
Denmark, 209, 2.71%
Denmark
209 publications, 2.71%
Norway, 209, 2.71%
Norway
209 publications, 2.71%
Japan, 201, 2.61%
Japan
201 publications, 2.61%
Sweden, 193, 2.5%
Sweden
193 publications, 2.5%
Belgium, 163, 2.11%
Belgium
163 publications, 2.11%
New Zealand, 155, 2.01%
New Zealand
155 publications, 2.01%
India, 153, 1.98%
India
153 publications, 1.98%
Austria, 145, 1.88%
Austria
145 publications, 1.88%
Poland, 145, 1.88%
Poland
145 publications, 1.88%
South Africa, 134, 1.74%
South Africa
134 publications, 1.74%
Russia, 118, 1.53%
Russia
118 publications, 1.53%
Brazil, 113, 1.47%
Brazil
113 publications, 1.47%
Finland, 99, 1.28%
Finland
99 publications, 1.28%
Czech Republic, 98, 1.27%
Czech Republic
98 publications, 1.27%
Portugal, 90, 1.17%
Portugal
90 publications, 1.17%
Pakistan, 86, 1.12%
Pakistan
86 publications, 1.12%
Hungary, 71, 0.92%
Hungary
71 publications, 0.92%
Saudi Arabia, 70, 0.91%
Saudi Arabia
70 publications, 0.91%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1952 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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