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Wilfrid Laurier University
Short name
WLU
Country, city
Canada, Waterloo
Publications
12 093
Citations
279 967
h-index
193
Top-3 journals
Top-3 organizations
University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo (1350 publications)
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (706 publications)
McMaster University
McMaster University (428 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Florida
University of Florida (76 publications)
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (65 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1974

Total publications
12093
Total citations
279967
Citations per publication
23.15
Average publications per year
228.17
Average authors per publication
4
h-index
193
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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Sociology and Political Science, 821, 6.79%
Sociology and Political Science
821 publications, 6.79%
General Medicine, 648, 5.36%
General Medicine
648 publications, 5.36%
Economics and Econometrics, 646, 5.34%
Economics and Econometrics
646 publications, 5.34%
Geography, Planning and Development, 498, 4.12%
Geography, Planning and Development
498 publications, 4.12%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 417, 3.45%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
417 publications, 3.45%
Social Psychology, 398, 3.29%
Social Psychology
398 publications, 3.29%
Applied Mathematics, 390, 3.23%
Applied Mathematics
390 publications, 3.23%
Education, 388, 3.21%
Education
388 publications, 3.21%
History, 381, 3.15%
History
381 publications, 3.15%
Finance, 366, 3.03%
Finance
366 publications, 3.03%
Strategy and Management, 364, 3.01%
Strategy and Management
364 publications, 3.01%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 348, 2.88%
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
348 publications, 2.88%
Applied Psychology, 346, 2.86%
Applied Psychology
346 publications, 2.86%
Developmental and Educational Psychology, 343, 2.84%
Developmental and Educational Psychology
343 publications, 2.84%
General Psychology, 332, 2.75%
General Psychology
332 publications, 2.75%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 327, 2.7%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
327 publications, 2.7%
Health (social science), 313, 2.59%
Health (social science)
313 publications, 2.59%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous), 309, 2.56%
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
309 publications, 2.56%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 287, 2.37%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
287 publications, 2.37%
Business and International Management, 287, 2.37%
Business and International Management
287 publications, 2.37%
Cultural Studies, 286, 2.37%
Cultural Studies
286 publications, 2.37%
Aquatic Science, 258, 2.13%
Aquatic Science
258 publications, 2.13%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 243, 2.01%
Psychiatry and Mental health
243 publications, 2.01%
Ecology, 232, 1.92%
Ecology
232 publications, 1.92%
Management Science and Operations Research, 226, 1.87%
Management Science and Operations Research
226 publications, 1.87%
Political Science and International Relations, 222, 1.84%
Political Science and International Relations
222 publications, 1.84%
Management of Technology and Innovation, 221, 1.83%
Management of Technology and Innovation
221 publications, 1.83%
Religious studies, 217, 1.79%
Religious studies
217 publications, 1.79%
Water Science and Technology, 208, 1.72%
Water Science and Technology
208 publications, 1.72%
Physiology, 200, 1.65%
Physiology
200 publications, 1.65%
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Journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
375 publications, 3.1%
Canadian Journal of Political Science
94 publications, 0.78%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
89 publications, 0.74%
Studies in Religion-Sciences Religieuses
87 publications, 0.72%
PLoS ONE
77 publications, 0.64%
Canadian Geographer / Geographie Canadien
72 publications, 0.6%
Hydrological Processes
56 publications, 0.46%
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
53 publications, 0.44%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
51 publications, 0.42%
Scientific Reports
50 publications, 0.41%
Canadian Journal of Communication
48 publications, 0.4%
European Journal of Operational Research
47 publications, 0.39%
Aquatic Toxicology
46 publications, 0.38%
Journal of Experimental Biology
44 publications, 0.36%
Journal of History
43 publications, 0.36%
Experimental Brain Research
42 publications, 0.35%
Frontiers in Psychology
41 publications, 0.34%
American Journal of Community Psychology
38 publications, 0.31%
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
37 publications, 0.31%
Journal of Applied Physics
35 publications, 0.29%
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences
34 publications, 0.28%
Accounting Perspectives
34 publications, 0.28%
Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
33 publications, 0.27%
Sustainability
33 publications, 0.27%
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
32 publications, 0.26%
Environmental Science & Technology
32 publications, 0.26%
Physical Review B
32 publications, 0.26%
Group Decision and Negotiation
31 publications, 0.26%
Chaos, Solitons and Fractals
29 publications, 0.24%
International Journal of Production Economics
29 publications, 0.24%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
2225 publications, 18.4%
Springer Nature
1925 publications, 15.92%
Wiley
1517 publications, 12.54%
Taylor & Francis
1306 publications, 10.8%
SAGE
904 publications, 7.48%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
370 publications, 3.06%
Cambridge University Press
350 publications, 2.89%
Oxford University Press
245 publications, 2.03%
MDPI
245 publications, 2.03%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
236 publications, 1.95%
Emerald
199 publications, 1.65%
American Psychological Association (APA)
187 publications, 1.55%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
159 publications, 1.31%
Frontiers Media S.A.
127 publications, 1.05%
Canadian Science Publishing
105 publications, 0.87%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
101 publications, 0.84%
AIP Publishing
96 publications, 0.79%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
85 publications, 0.7%
American Physical Society (APS)
79 publications, 0.65%
World Scientific
78 publications, 0.65%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
74 publications, 0.61%
Optica Publishing Group
63 publications, 0.52%
IOP Publishing
57 publications, 0.47%
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
53 publications, 0.44%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
52 publications, 0.43%
Hindawi Limited
46 publications, 0.38%
The Company of Biologists
44 publications, 0.36%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
42 publications, 0.35%
Human Kinetics
42 publications, 0.35%
Copernicus
37 publications, 0.31%
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With other organizations

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University of Waterloo
1350 publications, 11.16%
University of Toronto
706 publications, 5.84%
McMaster University
428 publications, 3.54%
University of Guelph
398 publications, 3.29%
Western University
319 publications, 2.64%
York University
296 publications, 2.45%
University of British Columbia
265 publications, 2.19%
University of Ottawa
199 publications, 1.65%
University of Alberta
188 publications, 1.55%
Toronto Metropolitan University
180 publications, 1.49%
McGill University
168 publications, 1.39%
Queen's University at Kingston
156 publications, 1.29%
University of Calgary
154 publications, 1.27%
Université de Montréal
136 publications, 1.12%
Carleton University
131 publications, 1.08%
University of Saskatchewan
129 publications, 1.07%
Dalhousie University
119 publications, 0.98%
University of Manitoba
115 publications, 0.95%
Brock University
106 publications, 0.88%
Université Laval
100 publications, 0.83%
University of Windsor
98 publications, 0.81%
Memorial University of Newfoundland
95 publications, 0.79%
Simon Fraser University
91 publications, 0.75%
University of New Brunswick
91 publications, 0.75%
Environment and Climate Change Canada
88 publications, 0.73%
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
85 publications, 0.7%
Basque Center for Applied Mathematics
83 publications, 0.69%
University of Victoria
80 publications, 0.66%
University of Florida
76 publications, 0.63%
University of Lethbridge
66 publications, 0.55%
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With foreign organizations

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Basque Center for Applied Mathematics
83 publications, 0.69%
University of Florida
76 publications, 0.63%
Michigan State University
65 publications, 0.54%
New York University
65 publications, 0.54%
Sun Yat-sen University
62 publications, 0.51%
Harvard University
53 publications, 0.44%
University of Michigan
51 publications, 0.42%
University of Alaska Fairbanks
51 publications, 0.42%
Aarhus University
48 publications, 0.4%
University of Münster
46 publications, 0.38%
University of Arizona
42 publications, 0.35%
Hebei Normal University
41 publications, 0.34%
Hunan University
40 publications, 0.33%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
40 publications, 0.33%
University of California, San Diego
38 publications, 0.31%
Northern Arizona University
38 publications, 0.31%
University College London
37 publications, 0.31%
University of Colorado Boulder
37 publications, 0.31%
University of Minnesota
35 publications, 0.29%
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
34 publications, 0.28%
University of California, Berkeley
34 publications, 0.28%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
34 publications, 0.28%
Columbia University
33 publications, 0.27%
University of Vienna
33 publications, 0.27%
University of Melbourne
32 publications, 0.26%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
32 publications, 0.26%
Yanshan University
31 publications, 0.26%
University of Oxford
31 publications, 0.26%
University of Cambridge
31 publications, 0.26%
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
31 publications, 0.26%
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With other countries

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USA, 1780, 14.72%
USA
1780 publications, 14.72%
China, 962, 7.96%
China
962 publications, 7.96%
United Kingdom, 402, 3.32%
United Kingdom
402 publications, 3.32%
Germany, 279, 2.31%
Germany
279 publications, 2.31%
Australia, 248, 2.05%
Australia
248 publications, 2.05%
Spain, 237, 1.96%
Spain
237 publications, 1.96%
Italy, 149, 1.23%
Italy
149 publications, 1.23%
France, 123, 1.02%
France
123 publications, 1.02%
Netherlands, 116, 0.96%
Netherlands
116 publications, 0.96%
India, 108, 0.89%
India
108 publications, 0.89%
Brazil, 106, 0.88%
Brazil
106 publications, 0.88%
New Zealand, 103, 0.85%
New Zealand
103 publications, 0.85%
Sweden, 101, 0.84%
Sweden
101 publications, 0.84%
Denmark, 100, 0.83%
Denmark
100 publications, 0.83%
Japan, 93, 0.77%
Japan
93 publications, 0.77%
Austria, 89, 0.74%
Austria
89 publications, 0.74%
Finland, 83, 0.69%
Finland
83 publications, 0.69%
Mexico, 81, 0.67%
Mexico
81 publications, 0.67%
Switzerland, 79, 0.65%
Switzerland
79 publications, 0.65%
Russia, 74, 0.61%
Russia
74 publications, 0.61%
Iran, 66, 0.55%
Iran
66 publications, 0.55%
Belgium, 65, 0.54%
Belgium
65 publications, 0.54%
Norway, 64, 0.53%
Norway
64 publications, 0.53%
Czech Republic, 62, 0.51%
Czech Republic
62 publications, 0.51%
Israel, 60, 0.5%
Israel
60 publications, 0.5%
Greece, 58, 0.48%
Greece
58 publications, 0.48%
South Africa, 56, 0.46%
South Africa
56 publications, 0.46%
Portugal, 54, 0.45%
Portugal
54 publications, 0.45%
Republic of Korea, 51, 0.42%
Republic of Korea
51 publications, 0.42%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1974 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.