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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Short name
NREL
Country, city
USA, Golden
Publications
16 163
Citations
919 837
h-index
370
Top-3 journals
ECS Meeting Abstracts
ECS Meeting Abstracts (713 publications)
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (656 publications)
MRS Proceedings
MRS Proceedings (534 publications)
Top-3 organizations
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder (1617 publications)
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines (1392 publications)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (646 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1954

Total publications
16163
Total citations
919837
Citations per publication
56.91
Average publications per year
221.41
Average authors per publication
6.23
h-index
370
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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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 2997, 18.54%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
2997 publications, 18.54%
Condensed Matter Physics, 2163, 13.38%
Condensed Matter Physics
2163 publications, 13.38%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 2084, 12.89%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
2084 publications, 12.89%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1749, 10.82%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1749 publications, 10.82%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology, 1570, 9.71%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
1570 publications, 9.71%
General Materials Science, 1436, 8.88%
General Materials Science
1436 publications, 8.88%
General Chemistry, 1308, 8.09%
General Chemistry
1308 publications, 8.09%
Materials Chemistry, 1261, 7.8%
Materials Chemistry
1261 publications, 7.8%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1202, 7.44%
General Physics and Astronomy
1202 publications, 7.44%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 1068, 6.61%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
1068 publications, 6.61%
General Engineering, 902, 5.58%
General Engineering
902 publications, 5.58%
Mechanical Engineering, 845, 5.23%
Mechanical Engineering
845 publications, 5.23%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 826, 5.11%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
826 publications, 5.11%
General Environmental Science, 822, 5.09%
General Environmental Science
822 publications, 5.09%
General Energy, 729, 4.51%
General Energy
729 publications, 4.51%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 690, 4.27%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
690 publications, 4.27%
General Chemical Engineering, 678, 4.19%
General Chemical Engineering
678 publications, 4.19%
General Medicine, 652, 4.03%
General Medicine
652 publications, 4.03%
Biotechnology, 611, 3.78%
Biotechnology
611 publications, 3.78%
Biochemistry, 609, 3.77%
Biochemistry
609 publications, 3.77%
Fuel Technology, 594, 3.68%
Fuel Technology
594 publications, 3.68%
Bioengineering, 592, 3.66%
Bioengineering
592 publications, 3.66%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 558, 3.45%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
558 publications, 3.45%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 493, 3.05%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
493 publications, 3.05%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 448, 2.77%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
448 publications, 2.77%
Environmental Chemistry, 431, 2.67%
Environmental Chemistry
431 publications, 2.67%
Electrochemistry, 418, 2.59%
Electrochemistry
418 publications, 2.59%
Mechanics of Materials, 374, 2.31%
Mechanics of Materials
374 publications, 2.31%
Building and Construction, 360, 2.23%
Building and Construction
360 publications, 2.23%
Surfaces and Interfaces, 355, 2.2%
Surfaces and Interfaces
355 publications, 2.2%
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Journals

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ECS Meeting Abstracts
713 publications, 4.41%
Physical Review B
656 publications, 4.06%
MRS Proceedings
534 publications, 3.3%
Applied Physics Letters
525 publications, 3.25%
Journal of Applied Physics
376 publications, 2.33%
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
260 publications, 1.61%
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
258 publications, 1.6%
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
229 publications, 1.42%
Physical Review Letters
209 publications, 1.29%
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
207 publications, 1.28%
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
203 publications, 1.26%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
179 publications, 1.11%
Applied Energy
178 publications, 1.1%
Solar Energy
174 publications, 1.08%
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME
167 publications, 1.03%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
161 publications, 1%
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
153 publications, 0.95%
ACS Energy Letters
144 publications, 0.89%
Thin Solid Films
144 publications, 0.89%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
143 publications, 0.88%
Journal of Power Sources
134 publications, 0.83%
Chemistry of Materials
131 publications, 0.81%
Wind Energy Science
130 publications, 0.8%
ACS applied materials & interfaces
129 publications, 0.8%
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
129 publications, 0.8%
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films
123 publications, 0.76%
Wind Energy
120 publications, 0.74%
Nature Communications
116 publications, 0.72%
Energy and Environmental Science
116 publications, 0.72%
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
116 publications, 0.72%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3438 publications, 21.27%
Springer Nature
2001 publications, 12.38%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1928 publications, 11.93%
Wiley
1367 publications, 8.46%
AIP Publishing
1174 publications, 7.26%
The Electrochemical Society
1006 publications, 6.22%
American Physical Society (APS)
956 publications, 5.91%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
949 publications, 5.87%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
630 publications, 3.9%
IOP Publishing
350 publications, 2.17%
ASME International
243 publications, 1.5%
MDPI
240 publications, 1.48%
American Vacuum Society
191 publications, 1.18%
Copernicus
168 publications, 1.04%
Taylor & Francis
166 publications, 1.03%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
153 publications, 0.95%
SAE International
126 publications, 0.78%
Frontiers Media S.A.
119 publications, 0.74%
Oxford University Press
118 publications, 0.73%
SAGE
99 publications, 0.61%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
95 publications, 0.59%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
67 publications, 0.41%
American Meteorological Society
64 publications, 0.4%
Cambridge University Press
50 publications, 0.31%
American Society for Microbiology
47 publications, 0.29%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
37 publications, 0.23%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
27 publications, 0.17%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
26 publications, 0.16%
Optica Publishing Group
24 publications, 0.15%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
23 publications, 0.14%
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With other organizations

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University of Colorado Boulder
1617 publications, 10%
Colorado School of Mines
1392 publications, 8.61%
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
646 publications, 4%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
518 publications, 3.2%
Argonne National Laboratory
455 publications, 2.82%
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
404 publications, 2.5%
Colorado State University
343 publications, 2.12%
Sandia National Laboratories
322 publications, 1.99%
Stanford University
240 publications, 1.48%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
225 publications, 1.39%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
206 publications, 1.27%
University of Tennessee
199 publications, 1.23%
Los Alamos National Laboratory
198 publications, 1.23%
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
192 publications, 1.19%
University of California, Berkeley
191 publications, 1.18%
Arizona State University
180 publications, 1.11%
Georgia Institute of technology
170 publications, 1.05%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
170 publications, 1.05%
Purdue University
156 publications, 0.97%
University of New Mexico
140 publications, 0.87%
University of Toledo
136 publications, 0.84%
Pennsylvania State University
135 publications, 0.84%
North Carolina State University
135 publications, 0.84%
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
133 publications, 0.82%
Idaho National Laboratory
132 publications, 0.82%
Princeton University
129 publications, 0.8%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
128 publications, 0.79%
Technical University of Denmark
127 publications, 0.79%
University of New South Wales
122 publications, 0.75%
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
121 publications, 0.75%
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With foreign organizations

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Technical University of Denmark
127 publications, 0.79%
University of New South Wales
122 publications, 0.75%
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
121 publications, 0.75%
Imperial College London
112 publications, 0.69%
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
76 publications, 0.47%
Delft University of Technology
74 publications, 0.46%
Fudan University
69 publications, 0.43%
Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Energy
67 publications, 0.41%
University College London
66 publications, 0.41%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
65 publications, 0.4%
University of Stuttgart
63 publications, 0.39%
University of Oxford
60 publications, 0.37%
Australian National University
55 publications, 0.34%
ETH Zurich
51 publications, 0.32%
Forschungszentrum Jülich
49 publications, 0.3%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
47 publications, 0.29%
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
46 publications, 0.28%
Seoul National University
46 publications, 0.28%
University of British Columbia
45 publications, 0.28%
University of Toronto
45 publications, 0.28%
King's College London
44 publications, 0.27%
Weizmann Institute of Science
43 publications, 0.27%
University College Dublin
42 publications, 0.26%
University of Cambridge
41 publications, 0.25%
Tsinghua University
40 publications, 0.25%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
40 publications, 0.25%
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
40 publications, 0.25%
Utrecht University
38 publications, 0.24%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
37 publications, 0.23%
Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences
37 publications, 0.23%
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With other countries

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China, 764, 4.73%
China
764 publications, 4.73%
Germany, 708, 4.38%
Germany
708 publications, 4.38%
United Kingdom, 568, 3.51%
United Kingdom
568 publications, 3.51%
Republic of Korea, 350, 2.17%
Republic of Korea
350 publications, 2.17%
Japan, 314, 1.94%
Japan
314 publications, 1.94%
Canada, 296, 1.83%
Canada
296 publications, 1.83%
Australia, 259, 1.6%
Australia
259 publications, 1.6%
France, 240, 1.48%
France
240 publications, 1.48%
Netherlands, 233, 1.44%
Netherlands
233 publications, 1.44%
Spain, 214, 1.32%
Spain
214 publications, 1.32%
Denmark, 206, 1.27%
Denmark
206 publications, 1.27%
Italy, 189, 1.17%
Italy
189 publications, 1.17%
Switzerland, 178, 1.1%
Switzerland
178 publications, 1.1%
Sweden, 161, 1%
Sweden
161 publications, 1%
India, 144, 0.89%
India
144 publications, 0.89%
Brazil, 114, 0.71%
Brazil
114 publications, 0.71%
Israel, 109, 0.67%
Israel
109 publications, 0.67%
Norway, 98, 0.61%
Norway
98 publications, 0.61%
Russia, 90, 0.56%
Russia
90 publications, 0.56%
Belgium, 87, 0.54%
Belgium
87 publications, 0.54%
Mexico, 80, 0.49%
Mexico
80 publications, 0.49%
Ireland, 76, 0.47%
Ireland
76 publications, 0.47%
Saudi Arabia, 70, 0.43%
Saudi Arabia
70 publications, 0.43%
Finland, 55, 0.34%
Finland
55 publications, 0.34%
Austria, 54, 0.33%
Austria
54 publications, 0.33%
Singapore, 53, 0.33%
Singapore
53 publications, 0.33%
Portugal, 48, 0.3%
Portugal
48 publications, 0.3%
Czech Republic, 47, 0.29%
Czech Republic
47 publications, 0.29%
Turkey, 41, 0.25%
Turkey
41 publications, 0.25%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1954 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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