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Boston College
Short name
BC
Country, city
USA, Boston
Publications
25 763
Citations
941 440
h-index
348
Top-3 journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (1113 publications)
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (347 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (1480 publications)
Boston University
Boston University (610 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (132 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (108 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (108 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1935

Total publications
25763
Total citations
941440
Citations per publication
36.54
Average publications per year
280.03
Average authors per publication
4.15
h-index
348
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, 1737, 6.74%
Education
1737 publications, 6.74%
Sociology and Political Science, 1442, 5.6%
Sociology and Political Science
1442 publications, 5.6%
Economics and Econometrics, 1361, 5.28%
Economics and Econometrics
1361 publications, 5.28%
General Medicine, 1285, 4.99%
General Medicine
1285 publications, 4.99%
Biochemistry, 1283, 4.98%
Biochemistry
1283 publications, 4.98%
Religious studies, 1229, 4.77%
Religious studies
1229 publications, 4.77%
General Chemistry, 1063, 4.13%
General Chemistry
1063 publications, 4.13%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 1002, 3.89%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
1002 publications, 3.89%
History, 887, 3.44%
History
887 publications, 3.44%
Strategy and Management, 718, 2.79%
Strategy and Management
718 publications, 2.79%
Condensed Matter Physics, 679, 2.64%
Condensed Matter Physics
679 publications, 2.64%
Finance, 679, 2.64%
Finance
679 publications, 2.64%
Social Psychology, 678, 2.63%
Social Psychology
678 publications, 2.63%
Catalysis, 639, 2.48%
Catalysis
639 publications, 2.48%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 638, 2.48%
Psychiatry and Mental health
638 publications, 2.48%
Molecular Biology, 626, 2.43%
Molecular Biology
626 publications, 2.43%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous), 622, 2.41%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
622 publications, 2.41%
Cultural Studies, 620, 2.41%
Cultural Studies
620 publications, 2.41%
General Physics and Astronomy, 605, 2.35%
General Physics and Astronomy
605 publications, 2.35%
Philosophy, 597, 2.32%
Philosophy
597 publications, 2.32%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 578, 2.24%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
578 publications, 2.24%
Health (social science), 571, 2.22%
Health (social science)
571 publications, 2.22%
General Psychology, 559, 2.17%
General Psychology
559 publications, 2.17%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 556, 2.16%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
556 publications, 2.16%
Applied Psychology, 537, 2.08%
Applied Psychology
537 publications, 2.08%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 529, 2.05%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
529 publications, 2.05%
Business and International Management, 500, 1.94%
Business and International Management
500 publications, 1.94%
Organic Chemistry, 467, 1.81%
Organic Chemistry
467 publications, 1.81%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 458, 1.78%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
458 publications, 1.78%
General Nursing, 435, 1.69%
General Nursing
435 publications, 1.69%
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Journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
1113 publications, 4.32%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
405 publications, 1.57%
Physical Review B
347 publications, 1.35%
Theological Studies
328 publications, 1.27%
Academy of Management Proceedings
251 publications, 0.97%
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
173 publications, 0.67%
Innovation in Aging
172 publications, 0.67%
Horizons
154 publications, 0.6%
Physical Review Letters
151 publications, 0.59%
Angewandte Chemie
118 publications, 0.46%
Biochemistry
104 publications, 0.4%
PLoS ONE
104 publications, 0.4%
Nature Communications
98 publications, 0.38%
Applied Physics Letters
92 publications, 0.36%
Journal of Chemical Physics
89 publications, 0.35%
Organic Letters
86 publications, 0.33%
Journal of Financial Economics
84 publications, 0.33%
Journal of Geophysical Research
80 publications, 0.31%
Nature
80 publications, 0.31%
Studies in East European Thought
80 publications, 0.31%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
79 publications, 0.31%
Religion and the Arts
75 publications, 0.29%
Science
74 publications, 0.29%
Geophysical Research Letters
74 publications, 0.29%
Radio Science
71 publications, 0.28%
Sovietica
69 publications, 0.27%
Philosophy and Social Criticism
68 publications, 0.26%
FASEB Journal
67 publications, 0.26%
Journal of Organic Chemistry
66 publications, 0.26%
Management Science
65 publications, 0.25%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3937 publications, 15.28%
Springer Nature
3320 publications, 12.89%
Wiley
2778 publications, 10.78%
SAGE
2742 publications, 10.64%
Taylor & Francis
1772 publications, 6.88%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1119 publications, 4.34%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1087 publications, 4.22%
Cambridge University Press
988 publications, 3.83%
Oxford University Press
943 publications, 3.66%
American Physical Society (APS)
653 publications, 2.53%
American Psychological Association (APA)
464 publications, 1.8%
Academy of Management
393 publications, 1.53%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
360 publications, 1.4%
Brill
321 publications, 1.25%
AIP Publishing
307 publications, 1.19%
MDPI
233 publications, 0.9%
Frontiers Media S.A.
173 publications, 0.67%
Emerald
166 publications, 0.64%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
165 publications, 0.64%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
153 publications, 0.59%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
144 publications, 0.56%
IOP Publishing
118 publications, 0.46%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
113 publications, 0.44%
American Geophysical Union
101 publications, 0.39%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
100 publications, 0.39%
Mary Ann Liebert
92 publications, 0.36%
Copernicus
87 publications, 0.34%
American Accounting Association
80 publications, 0.31%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
79 publications, 0.31%
American Society for Microbiology
73 publications, 0.28%
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With other organizations

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Harvard University
1480 publications, 5.74%
Boston University
610 publications, 2.37%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
550 publications, 2.13%
Massachusetts General Hospital
412 publications, 1.6%
Northeastern University
359 publications, 1.39%
Tufts University
320 publications, 1.24%
Yale University
306 publications, 1.19%
University of Michigan
292 publications, 1.13%
University of Pennsylvania
290 publications, 1.13%
Columbia University
265 publications, 1.03%
Stanford University
259 publications, 1.01%
University of Massachusetts Boston
247 publications, 0.96%
New York University
239 publications, 0.93%
University of Texas at Austin
229 publications, 0.89%
Brown University
225 publications, 0.87%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
220 publications, 0.85%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
219 publications, 0.85%
University of Maryland, College Park
210 publications, 0.82%
Cornell University
208 publications, 0.81%
University of Washington
202 publications, 0.78%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
192 publications, 0.75%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
187 publications, 0.73%
Pennsylvania State University
185 publications, 0.72%
Boston Children's Hospital
184 publications, 0.71%
University of California, Los Angeles
184 publications, 0.71%
University of California, Berkeley
181 publications, 0.7%
University of California, San Diego
179 publications, 0.69%
University of Chicago
179 publications, 0.69%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
178 publications, 0.69%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
177 publications, 0.69%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Toronto
132 publications, 0.51%
University of Oxford
108 publications, 0.42%
University of Cambridge
108 publications, 0.42%
University College London
97 publications, 0.38%
Imperial College London
90 publications, 0.35%
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
90 publications, 0.35%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
86 publications, 0.33%
South China Normal University
86 publications, 0.33%
McGill University
86 publications, 0.33%
University of British Columbia
84 publications, 0.33%
Peking University
82 publications, 0.32%
Tsinghua University
81 publications, 0.31%
Nanjing University
80 publications, 0.31%
University of Alberta
70 publications, 0.27%
University of Tokyo
67 publications, 0.26%
Université Paris-Saclay
65 publications, 0.25%
University of Zurich
62 publications, 0.24%
University of Melbourne
59 publications, 0.23%
ETH Zurich
57 publications, 0.22%
Tohoku University
56 publications, 0.22%
Tel Aviv University
55 publications, 0.21%
University of Exeter
55 publications, 0.21%
Sorbonne University
53 publications, 0.21%
Utrecht University
52 publications, 0.2%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
51 publications, 0.2%
Zhejiang University
50 publications, 0.19%
University of Oslo
50 publications, 0.19%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
49 publications, 0.19%
Paul Scherrer Institute
49 publications, 0.19%
University of Hong Kong
49 publications, 0.19%
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With other countries

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China, 998, 3.87%
China
998 publications, 3.87%
United Kingdom, 911, 3.54%
United Kingdom
911 publications, 3.54%
Canada, 756, 2.93%
Canada
756 publications, 2.93%
Germany, 617, 2.39%
Germany
617 publications, 2.39%
Italy, 487, 1.89%
Italy
487 publications, 1.89%
France, 446, 1.73%
France
446 publications, 1.73%
Australia, 380, 1.47%
Australia
380 publications, 1.47%
Japan, 331, 1.28%
Japan
331 publications, 1.28%
Switzerland, 304, 1.18%
Switzerland
304 publications, 1.18%
Netherlands, 224, 0.87%
Netherlands
224 publications, 0.87%
Spain, 216, 0.84%
Spain
216 publications, 0.84%
Republic of Korea, 212, 0.82%
Republic of Korea
212 publications, 0.82%
Israel, 182, 0.71%
Israel
182 publications, 0.71%
Sweden, 170, 0.66%
Sweden
170 publications, 0.66%
India, 163, 0.63%
India
163 publications, 0.63%
Turkey, 136, 0.53%
Turkey
136 publications, 0.53%
Norway, 120, 0.47%
Norway
120 publications, 0.47%
Brazil, 94, 0.36%
Brazil
94 publications, 0.36%
Mexico, 90, 0.35%
Mexico
90 publications, 0.35%
New Zealand, 90, 0.35%
New Zealand
90 publications, 0.35%
Belgium, 87, 0.34%
Belgium
87 publications, 0.34%
Hungary, 83, 0.32%
Hungary
83 publications, 0.32%
South Africa, 82, 0.32%
South Africa
82 publications, 0.32%
Singapore, 81, 0.31%
Singapore
81 publications, 0.31%
Austria, 79, 0.31%
Austria
79 publications, 0.31%
Denmark, 77, 0.3%
Denmark
77 publications, 0.3%
Poland, 76, 0.29%
Poland
76 publications, 0.29%
Russia, 75, 0.29%
Russia
75 publications, 0.29%
Ireland, 74, 0.29%
Ireland
74 publications, 0.29%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1935 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
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