Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Short name
Salk
Country, city
USA, La Jolla
Publications
12 389
Citations
1 428 076
h-index
517
Top-3 journals
Top-3 organizations
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1541 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (380 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

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Since 1963

Total publications
12389
Total citations
1428076
Citations per publication
115.27
Average publications per year
199.82
Average authors per publication
6.17
h-index
517
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, 2297, 8.84%
Molecular Biology
2297 publications, 8.84%
Multidisciplinary, 1910, 7.35%
Multidisciplinary
1910 publications, 7.35%
Cell Biology, 1818, 7%
Cell Biology
1818 publications, 7%
General Neuroscience, 1671, 6.43%
General Neuroscience
1671 publications, 6.43%
Biochemistry, 1385, 5.33%
Biochemistry
1385 publications, 5.33%
Genetics, 1204, 4.64%
Genetics
1204 publications, 4.64%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 1163, 4.48%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
1163 publications, 4.48%
General Medicine, 950, 3.66%
General Medicine
950 publications, 3.66%
Developmental Biology, 732, 2.82%
Developmental Biology
732 publications, 2.82%
Endocrinology, 731, 2.81%
Endocrinology
731 publications, 2.81%
Immunology, 618, 2.38%
Immunology
618 publications, 2.38%
Physiology, 531, 2.04%
Physiology
531 publications, 2.04%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 524, 2.02%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
524 publications, 2.02%
Neurology (clinical), 385, 1.48%
Neurology (clinical)
385 publications, 1.48%
Plant Science, 376, 1.45%
Plant Science
376 publications, 1.45%
Molecular Medicine, 357, 1.37%
Molecular Medicine
357 publications, 1.37%
Cancer Research, 342, 1.32%
Cancer Research
342 publications, 1.32%
Biophysics, 311, 1.2%
Biophysics
311 publications, 1.2%
Cognitive Neuroscience, 296, 1.14%
Cognitive Neuroscience
296 publications, 1.14%
Oncology, 277, 1.07%
Oncology
277 publications, 1.07%
Immunology and Allergy, 275, 1.06%
Immunology and Allergy
275 publications, 1.06%
Biotechnology, 273, 1.05%
Biotechnology
273 publications, 1.05%
Clinical Biochemistry, 267, 1.03%
Clinical Biochemistry
267 publications, 1.03%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 261, 1%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
261 publications, 1%
Sensory Systems, 256, 0.99%
Sensory Systems
256 publications, 0.99%
Virology, 229, 0.88%
Virology
229 publications, 0.88%
Pharmacology, 227, 0.87%
Pharmacology
227 publications, 0.87%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 221, 0.85%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
221 publications, 0.85%
Ophthalmology, 217, 0.84%
Ophthalmology
217 publications, 0.84%
General Chemistry, 205, 0.79%
General Chemistry
205 publications, 0.79%
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Journals

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
682 publications, 5.5%
Nature
642 publications, 5.18%
Science
364 publications, 2.94%
Endocrinology
308 publications, 2.49%
Journal of Neuroscience
284 publications, 2.29%
Cell
271 publications, 2.19%
Neuron
219 publications, 1.77%
Brain Research
195 publications, 1.57%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
184 publications, 1.49%
Journal of Vision
165 publications, 1.33%
Nature Communications
147 publications, 1.19%
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
144 publications, 1.16%
Journal of Comparative Neurology
139 publications, 1.12%
Genes and Development
135 publications, 1.09%
Cancer Research
124 publications, 1%
Molecular and Cellular Biology
123 publications, 0.99%
Current Biology
119 publications, 0.96%
Nature Neuroscience
113 publications, 0.91%
Development (Cambridge)
109 publications, 0.88%
Journal of Virology
108 publications, 0.87%
PLoS ONE
99 publications, 0.8%
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
96 publications, 0.77%
Journal of Immunology
95 publications, 0.77%
Plant Cell
88 publications, 0.71%
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
88 publications, 0.71%
eLife
83 publications, 0.67%
Neural Computation
78 publications, 0.63%
Journal of Molecular Evolution
76 publications, 0.61%
FASEB Journal
75 publications, 0.61%
Molecular Cell
75 publications, 0.61%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
3482 publications, 28.11%
Springer Nature
2383 publications, 19.23%
Wiley
1044 publications, 8.43%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
682 publications, 5.5%
The Endocrine Society
473 publications, 3.82%
Oxford University Press
423 publications, 3.41%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
419 publications, 3.38%
Society for Neuroscience
288 publications, 2.32%
American Society for Microbiology
252 publications, 2.03%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
197 publications, 1.59%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
197 publications, 1.59%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
196 publications, 1.58%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
188 publications, 1.52%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
178 publications, 1.44%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
169 publications, 1.36%
The Company of Biologists
134 publications, 1.08%
Frontiers Media S.A.
121 publications, 0.98%
Rockefeller University Press
109 publications, 0.88%
MIT Press
109 publications, 0.88%
Taylor & Francis
101 publications, 0.82%
The American Association of Immunologists
95 publications, 0.77%
American Physiological Society
91 publications, 0.73%
eLife Sciences Publications
83 publications, 0.67%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
75 publications, 0.61%
SAGE
73 publications, 0.59%
Annual Reviews
66 publications, 0.53%
MDPI
55 publications, 0.44%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
53 publications, 0.43%
Cambridge University Press
46 publications, 0.37%
European Molecular Biology Organization
39 publications, 0.31%
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With other organizations

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University of California, San Diego
2301 publications, 13.05%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1541 publications, 8.74%
Harvard University
380 publications, 2.16%
Scripps Research
377 publications, 2.14%
Stanford University
270 publications, 1.53%
University of California, Los Angeles
231 publications, 1.31%
University of California, San Francisco
189 publications, 1.07%
Yale University
155 publications, 0.88%
University of Pennsylvania
145 publications, 0.82%
University of California, Berkeley
137 publications, 0.78%
Johns Hopkins University
133 publications, 0.75%
University of California, Irvine
133 publications, 0.75%
University of Southern California
129 publications, 0.73%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
127 publications, 0.72%
Columbia University
123 publications, 0.7%
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
115 publications, 0.65%
University of Washington
114 publications, 0.65%
University of Michigan
114 publications, 0.65%
Baylor College of Medicine
110 publications, 0.62%
University of California, Davis
106 publications, 0.6%
University of Utah
104 publications, 0.59%
Cornell University
98 publications, 0.56%
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
98 publications, 0.56%
New York University
87 publications, 0.49%
University of Minnesota
86 publications, 0.49%
California Institute of Technology
84 publications, 0.48%
Massachusetts General Hospital
84 publications, 0.48%
University of Cambridge
83 publications, 0.47%
Washington University in St. Louis
80 publications, 0.45%
RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
80 publications, 0.45%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Cambridge
83 publications, 1.38%
RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
80 publications, 1.33%
University of Sydney
69 publications, 1.15%
ETH Zurich
65 publications, 1.08%
Karolinska Institute
64 publications, 1.07%
McGill University
63 publications, 1.05%
University of Toronto
62 publications, 1.03%
University of Tokyo
61 publications, 1.02%
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
58 publications, 0.97%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
54 publications, 0.9%
University College London
52 publications, 0.87%
Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen
50 publications, 0.83%
Weizmann Institute of Science
47 publications, 0.78%
Kyoto University
46 publications, 0.77%
Capital Medical University
42 publications, 0.7%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
42 publications, 0.7%
Saint Anthony Catholic University
42 publications, 0.7%
Peking University
39 publications, 0.65%
University of Bern
39 publications, 0.65%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
38 publications, 0.63%
University of Lausanne
38 publications, 0.63%
Tokyo Women's Medical University
38 publications, 0.63%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
37 publications, 0.62%
Université Laval
36 publications, 0.6%
University of Zurich
35 publications, 0.58%
University of Geneva
35 publications, 0.58%
University of British Columbia
35 publications, 0.58%
University of Alberta
35 publications, 0.58%
Tel Aviv University
34 publications, 0.57%
University of Barcelona
34 publications, 0.57%
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With other countries

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Germany, 567, 3.23%
Germany
567 publications, 3.23%
United Kingdom, 481, 2.74%
United Kingdom
481 publications, 2.74%
Japan, 459, 2.61%
Japan
459 publications, 2.61%
Canada, 409, 2.33%
Canada
409 publications, 2.33%
France, 342, 1.95%
France
342 publications, 1.95%
China, 342, 1.95%
China
342 publications, 1.95%
Spain, 337, 1.92%
Spain
337 publications, 1.92%
Switzerland, 287, 1.63%
Switzerland
287 publications, 1.63%
Australia, 228, 1.3%
Australia
228 publications, 1.3%
Italy, 164, 0.93%
Italy
164 publications, 0.93%
Netherlands, 158, 0.9%
Netherlands
158 publications, 0.9%
Sweden, 154, 0.88%
Sweden
154 publications, 0.88%
Republic of Korea, 149, 0.85%
Republic of Korea
149 publications, 0.85%
Israel, 143, 0.81%
Israel
143 publications, 0.81%
Austria, 101, 0.57%
Austria
101 publications, 0.57%
Brazil, 87, 0.49%
Brazil
87 publications, 0.49%
Belgium, 83, 0.47%
Belgium
83 publications, 0.47%
Singapore, 56, 0.32%
Singapore
56 publications, 0.32%
India, 49, 0.28%
India
49 publications, 0.28%
Denmark, 48, 0.27%
Denmark
48 publications, 0.27%
Argentina, 41, 0.23%
Argentina
41 publications, 0.23%
Finland, 41, 0.23%
Finland
41 publications, 0.23%
Portugal, 38, 0.22%
Portugal
38 publications, 0.22%
Norway, 37, 0.21%
Norway
37 publications, 0.21%
Mexico, 34, 0.19%
Mexico
34 publications, 0.19%
Poland, 33, 0.19%
Poland
33 publications, 0.19%
Hungary, 31, 0.18%
Hungary
31 publications, 0.18%
New Zealand, 30, 0.17%
New Zealand
30 publications, 0.17%
Saudi Arabia, 29, 0.16%
Saudi Arabia
29 publications, 0.16%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1963 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.