Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Short name
HHMI
Country, city
USA, Chevy Chase
Publications
67 193
Citations
10 041 931
h-index
1 074
Top-3 journals
Nature
Nature (3644 publications)
Science
Science (2644 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (9899 publications)
Stanford University
Stanford University (4828 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (4700 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (790 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (520 publications)
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (519 publications)

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Since 1948

Total publications
67193
Total citations
10041931
Citations per publication
149.45
Average publications per year
872.64
Average authors per publication
7.72
h-index
1074
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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Molecular Biology, 14813, 11%
Molecular Biology
14813 publications, 11%
Multidisciplinary, 12895, 9.58%
Multidisciplinary
12895 publications, 9.58%
Cell Biology, 11396, 8.46%
Cell Biology
11396 publications, 8.46%
Biochemistry, 8690, 6.45%
Biochemistry
8690 publications, 6.45%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8286, 6.15%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
8286 publications, 6.15%
Genetics, 7650, 5.68%
Genetics
7650 publications, 5.68%
Immunology, 5835, 4.33%
Immunology
5835 publications, 4.33%
General Neuroscience, 5292, 3.93%
General Neuroscience
5292 publications, 3.93%
General Medicine, 4787, 3.56%
General Medicine
4787 publications, 3.56%
Developmental Biology, 3480, 2.58%
Developmental Biology
3480 publications, 2.58%
Immunology and Allergy, 3446, 2.56%
Immunology and Allergy
3446 publications, 2.56%
Structural Biology, 2419, 1.8%
Structural Biology
2419 publications, 1.8%
General Chemistry, 2082, 1.55%
General Chemistry
2082 publications, 1.55%
Microbiology, 1945, 1.44%
Microbiology
1945 publications, 1.44%
General Immunology and Microbiology, 1865, 1.39%
General Immunology and Microbiology
1865 publications, 1.39%
Genetics (clinical), 1727, 1.28%
Genetics (clinical)
1727 publications, 1.28%
Biotechnology, 1694, 1.26%
Biotechnology
1694 publications, 1.26%
Cancer Research, 1651, 1.23%
Cancer Research
1651 publications, 1.23%
Molecular Medicine, 1589, 1.18%
Molecular Medicine
1589 publications, 1.18%
Virology, 1433, 1.06%
Virology
1433 publications, 1.06%
Hematology, 1399, 1.04%
Hematology
1399 publications, 1.04%
Physiology, 1334, 0.99%
Physiology
1334 publications, 0.99%
Oncology, 1333, 0.99%
Oncology
1333 publications, 0.99%
Biophysics, 1265, 0.94%
Biophysics
1265 publications, 0.94%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1248, 0.93%
General Physics and Astronomy
1248 publications, 0.93%
Infectious Diseases, 1236, 0.92%
Infectious Diseases
1236 publications, 0.92%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 1217, 0.9%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
1217 publications, 0.9%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 813, 0.6%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
813 publications, 0.6%
Insect Science, 769, 0.57%
Insect Science
769 publications, 0.57%
Pharmacology, 761, 0.57%
Pharmacology
761 publications, 0.57%
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Journals

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
5429 publications, 8.08%
Nature
3644 publications, 5.42%
Science
2644 publications, 3.93%
Cell
2410 publications, 3.59%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
1925 publications, 2.86%
eLife
1331 publications, 1.98%
Neuron
1145 publications, 1.7%
Nature Communications
1132 publications, 1.68%
Blood
1023 publications, 1.52%
Molecular Cell
1003 publications, 1.49%
Molecular and Cellular Biology
881 publications, 1.31%
Development (Cambridge)
872 publications, 1.3%
Genes and Development
798 publications, 1.19%
Current Biology
767 publications, 1.14%
Journal of Immunology
755 publications, 1.12%
Nature Genetics
751 publications, 1.12%
Journal of Virology
687 publications, 1.02%
Journal of Experimental Medicine
668 publications, 0.99%
Nucleic Acids Research
661 publications, 0.98%
Journal of Neuroscience
659 publications, 0.98%
Biochemistry
645 publications, 0.96%
Journal of Cell Biology
643 publications, 0.96%
Journal of Molecular Biology
642 publications, 0.96%
Biophysical Journal
501 publications, 0.75%
Nature Neuroscience
494 publications, 0.74%
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
489 publications, 0.73%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
467 publications, 0.7%
Immunity
446 publications, 0.66%
Developmental Biology
445 publications, 0.66%
Cell Reports
430 publications, 0.64%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
16125 publications, 24%
Springer Nature
13839 publications, 20.6%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
5429 publications, 8.08%
Wiley
3763 publications, 5.6%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
3285 publications, 4.89%
Oxford University Press
2474 publications, 3.68%
American Society for Microbiology
2234 publications, 3.32%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2000 publications, 2.98%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1937 publications, 2.88%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1508 publications, 2.24%
Rockefeller University Press
1439 publications, 2.14%
eLife Sciences Publications
1331 publications, 1.98%
The Company of Biologists
1125 publications, 1.67%
American Society of Hematology
1045 publications, 1.56%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
870 publications, 1.29%
The American Association of Immunologists
757 publications, 1.13%
Society for Neuroscience
667 publications, 0.99%
Annual Reviews
648 publications, 0.96%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
617 publications, 0.92%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
414 publications, 0.62%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
413 publications, 0.61%
The Endocrine Society
410 publications, 0.61%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
398 publications, 0.59%
Frontiers Media S.A.
340 publications, 0.51%
European Molecular Biology Organization
340 publications, 0.51%
American Physiological Society
332 publications, 0.49%
Taylor & Francis
323 publications, 0.48%
American Society for Clinical Investigation
256 publications, 0.38%
Portland Press
220 publications, 0.33%
American Diabetes Association
201 publications, 0.3%
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With other organizations

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Harvard University
9899 publications, 6.34%
Stanford University
4828 publications, 3.09%
Yale University
4700 publications, 3.01%
University of California, San Francisco
4446 publications, 2.85%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3584 publications, 2.29%
University of Washington
3521 publications, 2.25%
Rockefeller University
3380 publications, 2.16%
University of California, Berkeley
3192 publications, 2.04%
University of California, San Diego
3020 publications, 1.93%
Johns Hopkins University
2894 publications, 1.85%
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2651 publications, 1.7%
Columbia University
2599 publications, 1.66%
Massachusetts General Hospital
2361 publications, 1.51%
Boston Children's Hospital
2151 publications, 1.38%
University of California, Los Angeles
2078 publications, 1.33%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2065 publications, 1.32%
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
2001 publications, 1.28%
University of Michigan
1987 publications, 1.27%
University of Pennsylvania
1961 publications, 1.26%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
1856 publications, 1.19%
University of Chicago
1825 publications, 1.17%
Duke University Hospital
1822 publications, 1.17%
Baylor College of Medicine
1800 publications, 1.15%
California Institute of Technology
1651 publications, 1.06%
Washington University in St. Louis
1546 publications, 0.99%
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
1541 publications, 0.99%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1468 publications, 0.94%
New York University
1322 publications, 0.85%
University of Utah
1288 publications, 0.82%
Cornell University
1266 publications, 0.81%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Cambridge
790 publications, 2.06%
University of Oxford
520 publications, 1.35%
University of Toronto
519 publications, 1.35%
Paris Cité University
452 publications, 1.18%
Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital
417 publications, 1.08%
University College London
387 publications, 1.01%
Karolinska Institute
339 publications, 0.88%
McGill University
296 publications, 0.77%
University of Tokyo
281 publications, 0.73%
University of Copenhagen
278 publications, 0.72%
University of British Columbia
272 publications, 0.71%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
260 publications, 0.68%
Imperial College London
259 publications, 0.67%
Weizmann Institute of Science
256 publications, 0.67%
Institut Pasteur
249 publications, 0.65%
ETH Zurich
241 publications, 0.63%
RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
235 publications, 0.61%
University of Edinburgh
221 publications, 0.57%
University of Melbourne
212 publications, 0.55%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
208 publications, 0.54%
University of Zurich
205 publications, 0.53%
Wellcome Sanger Institute
205 publications, 0.53%
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
198 publications, 0.52%
Sorbonne University
197 publications, 0.51%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
191 publications, 0.5%
Hospital for Sick Children
190 publications, 0.49%
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
189 publications, 0.49%
Kyoto University
187 publications, 0.49%
Peking University
186 publications, 0.48%
Fudan University
186 publications, 0.48%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 3759, 3.83%
United Kingdom
3759 publications, 3.83%
Germany, 3399, 3.46%
Germany
3399 publications, 3.46%
China, 2267, 2.31%
China
2267 publications, 2.31%
France, 2222, 2.26%
France
2222 publications, 2.26%
Canada, 2089, 2.13%
Canada
2089 publications, 2.13%
Japan, 1897, 1.93%
Japan
1897 publications, 1.93%
Switzerland, 1286, 1.31%
Switzerland
1286 publications, 1.31%
Italy, 1132, 1.15%
Italy
1132 publications, 1.15%
Netherlands, 1099, 1.12%
Netherlands
1099 publications, 1.12%
Australia, 1098, 1.12%
Australia
1098 publications, 1.12%
Spain, 932, 0.95%
Spain
932 publications, 0.95%
Sweden, 858, 0.87%
Sweden
858 publications, 0.87%
Israel, 816, 0.83%
Israel
816 publications, 0.83%
Republic of Korea, 785, 0.8%
Republic of Korea
785 publications, 0.8%
Austria, 567, 0.58%
Austria
567 publications, 0.58%
Denmark, 551, 0.56%
Denmark
551 publications, 0.56%
Belgium, 523, 0.53%
Belgium
523 publications, 0.53%
Brazil, 361, 0.37%
Brazil
361 publications, 0.37%
Singapore, 343, 0.35%
Singapore
343 publications, 0.35%
Finland, 260, 0.26%
Finland
260 publications, 0.26%
Turkey, 254, 0.26%
Turkey
254 publications, 0.26%
India, 250, 0.25%
India
250 publications, 0.25%
Russia, 245, 0.25%
Russia
245 publications, 0.25%
Portugal, 243, 0.25%
Portugal
243 publications, 0.25%
South Africa, 232, 0.24%
South Africa
232 publications, 0.24%
Norway, 217, 0.22%
Norway
217 publications, 0.22%
Mexico, 184, 0.19%
Mexico
184 publications, 0.19%
Czech Republic, 171, 0.17%
Czech Republic
171 publications, 0.17%
Ireland, 169, 0.17%
Ireland
169 publications, 0.17%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1948 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.