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Publications
23 565
Citations
608 629
h-index
237
Top-3 journals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
(538 publications)

Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(382 publications)

Optics Express
(219 publications)
Top-3 organizations

University of Edinburgh
(15635 publications)

University of Glasgow
(574 publications)

University of Strathclyde
(344 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

Utrecht University
(104 publications)

ETH Zurich
(99 publications)

University of California, Santa Barbara
(87 publications)
Most cited in 5 years
from 3 chars
Publications found: 0
Since 1966
Total publications
23565
Total citations
608629
Citations per publication
25.83
Average publications per year
392.75
Average authors per publication
4.45
h-index
237
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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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1938, 8.22%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1938 publications, 8.22%
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Condensed Matter Physics
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Condensed Matter Physics, 1523, 6.46%
Condensed Matter Physics
1523 publications, 6.46%
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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 1464, 6.21%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
1464 publications, 6.21%
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General Chemistry
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General Chemistry, 1250, 5.3%
General Chemistry
1250 publications, 5.3%
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General Physics and Astronomy
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General Physics and Astronomy, 1168, 4.96%
General Physics and Astronomy
1168 publications, 4.96%
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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 1142, 4.85%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
1142 publications, 4.85%
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Mechanical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering, 1125, 4.77%
Mechanical Engineering
1125 publications, 4.77%
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General Medicine
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General Medicine, 1093, 4.64%
General Medicine
1093 publications, 4.64%
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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 1077, 4.57%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
1077 publications, 4.57%
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Applied Mathematics
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Applied Mathematics, 977, 4.15%
Applied Mathematics
977 publications, 4.15%
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General Materials Science
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General Materials Science, 973, 4.13%
General Materials Science
973 publications, 4.13%
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Materials Chemistry
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Materials Chemistry, 875, 3.71%
Materials Chemistry
875 publications, 3.71%
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General Chemical Engineering
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General Chemical Engineering, 851, 3.61%
General Chemical Engineering
851 publications, 3.61%
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Computer Science Applications
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Computer Science Applications, 837, 3.55%
Computer Science Applications
837 publications, 3.55%
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Biochemistry
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Biochemistry, 774, 3.28%
Biochemistry
774 publications, 3.28%
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Organic Chemistry
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Organic Chemistry, 717, 3.04%
Organic Chemistry
717 publications, 3.04%
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General Engineering
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General Engineering, 713, 3.03%
General Engineering
713 publications, 3.03%
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Civil and Structural Engineering
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Civil and Structural Engineering, 688, 2.92%
Civil and Structural Engineering
688 publications, 2.92%
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Economics and Econometrics
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Economics and Econometrics, 631, 2.68%
Economics and Econometrics
631 publications, 2.68%
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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 613, 2.6%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
613 publications, 2.6%
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Building and Construction
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Building and Construction, 594, 2.52%
Building and Construction
594 publications, 2.52%
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Mechanics of Materials
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Mechanics of Materials, 573, 2.43%
Mechanics of Materials
573 publications, 2.43%
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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
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Energy Engineering and Power Technology, 556, 2.36%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
556 publications, 2.36%
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Fuel Technology
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Fuel Technology, 549, 2.33%
Fuel Technology
549 publications, 2.33%
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Inorganic Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry, 522, 2.22%
Inorganic Chemistry
522 publications, 2.22%
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Aquatic Science
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Aquatic Science, 501, 2.13%
Aquatic Science
501 publications, 2.13%
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Software
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Software, 492, 2.09%
Software
492 publications, 2.09%
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Water Science and Technology
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Water Science and Technology, 469, 1.99%
Water Science and Technology
469 publications, 1.99%
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Geography, Planning and Development
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Geography, Planning and Development, 469, 1.99%
Geography, Planning and Development
469 publications, 1.99%
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General Mathematics
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General Mathematics, 466, 1.98%
General Mathematics
466 publications, 1.98%
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Journals
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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
538 publications, 2.28%
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science
382 publications, 1.62%
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Optics Express
219 publications, 0.93%
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SSRN Electronic Journal
212 publications, 0.9%
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Applied Physics Letters
201 publications, 0.85%
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Physical Review A
191 publications, 0.81%
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Applied Optics
173 publications, 0.73%
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Physical Review B
171 publications, 0.73%
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Optics Letters
167 publications, 0.71%
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Optics Communications
163 publications, 0.69%
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Scientific Reports
154 publications, 0.65%
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Physical Review Letters
139 publications, 0.59%
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Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
106 publications, 0.45%
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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
98 publications, 0.42%
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Chemical Communications
88 publications, 0.37%
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Electronics Letters
82 publications, 0.35%
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Dalton Transactions
79 publications, 0.34%
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
76 publications, 0.32%
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Journal of Chemical Physics
75 publications, 0.32%
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IEEE Access
72 publications, 0.31%
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Transport in Porous Media
71 publications, 0.3%
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Nature Communications
70 publications, 0.3%
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Geological Society Special Publication
69 publications, 0.29%
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Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
69 publications, 0.29%
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Carbohydrate Research
68 publications, 0.29%
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Journal of Crystal Growth
67 publications, 0.28%
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Journal of High Energy Physics
66 publications, 0.28%
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PLoS ONE
65 publications, 0.28%
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Energy Procedia
62 publications, 0.26%
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
61 publications, 0.26%
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Elsevier
5997 publications, 25.45%
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Springer Nature
3310 publications, 14.05%
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Wiley
1882 publications, 7.99%
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Taylor & Francis
1301 publications, 5.52%
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1017 publications, 4.32%
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Optica Publishing Group
727 publications, 3.09%
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
663 publications, 2.81%
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SAGE
641 publications, 2.72%
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American Physical Society (APS)
631 publications, 2.68%
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MDPI
563 publications, 2.39%
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SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
555 publications, 2.36%
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
530 publications, 2.25%
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Emerald
520 publications, 2.21%
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IOP Publishing
492 publications, 2.09%
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Cambridge University Press
473 publications, 2.01%
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AIP Publishing
466 publications, 1.98%
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Oxford University Press
372 publications, 1.58%
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Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
305 publications, 1.29%
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Social Science Electronic Publishing
206 publications, 0.87%
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Frontiers Media S.A.
170 publications, 0.72%
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Geological Society of London
162 publications, 0.69%
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Society of Petroleum Engineers
137 publications, 0.58%
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Thomas Telford
132 publications, 0.56%
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
107 publications, 0.45%
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The Royal Society
106 publications, 0.45%
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World Scientific
101 publications, 0.43%
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Walter de Gruyter
82 publications, 0.35%
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
80 publications, 0.34%
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EDP Sciences
79 publications, 0.34%
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ASME International
77 publications, 0.33%
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University of Edinburgh
15635 publications, 66.35%
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University of Glasgow
574 publications, 2.44%
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University of Strathclyde
344 publications, 1.46%
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University of Oxford
281 publications, 1.19%
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University of Leeds
279 publications, 1.18%
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Imperial College London
266 publications, 1.13%
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University of Southampton
233 publications, 0.99%
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University of St Andrews
232 publications, 0.98%
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University College London
227 publications, 0.96%
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University of Dundee
220 publications, 0.93%
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University of Cambridge
209 publications, 0.89%
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University of Manchester
209 publications, 0.89%
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University of Exeter
196 publications, 0.83%
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University of Sheffield
180 publications, 0.76%
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Newcastle University
174 publications, 0.74%
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University of Bath
173 publications, 0.73%
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University of Aberdeen
168 publications, 0.71%
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University of Nottingham
151 publications, 0.64%
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University of Bristol
143 publications, 0.61%
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University of York
142 publications, 0.6%
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University of Liverpool
137 publications, 0.58%
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Loughborough University
132 publications, 0.56%
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Durham University
128 publications, 0.54%
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University of Stirling
127 publications, 0.54%
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University of Birmingham
126 publications, 0.53%
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University of Surrey
122 publications, 0.52%
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Queen's University Belfast
108 publications, 0.46%
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Utrecht University
104 publications, 0.44%
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University of Warwick
101 publications, 0.43%
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ETH Zurich
99 publications, 0.42%
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Utrecht University
104 publications, 0.44%
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ETH Zurich
99 publications, 0.42%
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University of California, Santa Barbara
87 publications, 0.37%
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Delft University of Technology
78 publications, 0.33%
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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
78 publications, 0.33%
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University of Arizona
76 publications, 0.32%
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University of Queensland
73 publications, 0.31%
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
72 publications, 0.31%
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Polytechnic University of Milan
69 publications, 0.29%
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University of Copenhagen
69 publications, 0.29%
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University of Gothenburg
67 publications, 0.28%
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King Abdulaziz University
63 publications, 0.27%
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Technical University of Denmark
63 publications, 0.27%
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Monash University
63 publications, 0.27%
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Ghent University
62 publications, 0.26%
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Shandong University
62 publications, 0.26%
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University of New South Wales
61 publications, 0.26%
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
61 publications, 0.26%
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Aarhus University
60 publications, 0.25%
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University of Sydney
60 publications, 0.25%
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Stanford University
60 publications, 0.25%
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University of Amsterdam
60 publications, 0.25%
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Jadavpur University
59 publications, 0.25%
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
58 publications, 0.25%
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University of Lisbon
58 publications, 0.25%
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National University of Singapore
54 publications, 0.23%
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
54 publications, 0.23%
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Wuhan University
53 publications, 0.22%
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Uppsala University
52 publications, 0.22%
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University of the Sunshine Coast
52 publications, 0.22%
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USA
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USA, 2207, 9.37%
USA
2207 publications, 9.37%
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China
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China, 1520, 6.45%
China
1520 publications, 6.45%
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Germany
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Germany, 1413, 6%
Germany
1413 publications, 6%
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Italy
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Italy, 825, 3.5%
Italy
825 publications, 3.5%
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France
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France, 797, 3.38%
France
797 publications, 3.38%
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Australia
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Australia, 729, 3.09%
Australia
729 publications, 3.09%
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Spain
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Spain, 714, 3.03%
Spain
714 publications, 3.03%
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Netherlands
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Netherlands, 663, 2.81%
Netherlands
663 publications, 2.81%
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Canada
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Canada, 565, 2.4%
Canada
565 publications, 2.4%
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Japan
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Japan, 387, 1.64%
Japan
387 publications, 1.64%
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Switzerland
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Switzerland, 383, 1.63%
Switzerland
383 publications, 1.63%
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India
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India, 348, 1.48%
India
348 publications, 1.48%
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Sweden
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Sweden, 338, 1.43%
Sweden
338 publications, 1.43%
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Denmark
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Denmark, 287, 1.22%
Denmark
287 publications, 1.22%
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Russia
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Russia, 259, 1.1%
Russia
259 publications, 1.1%
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Belgium
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Belgium, 246, 1.04%
Belgium
246 publications, 1.04%
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Greece
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Greece, 242, 1.03%
Greece
242 publications, 1.03%
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Ireland
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Ireland, 241, 1.02%
Ireland
241 publications, 1.02%
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Norway
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Norway, 236, 1%
Norway
236 publications, 1%
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Portugal
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Portugal, 231, 0.98%
Portugal
231 publications, 0.98%
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Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia, 223, 0.95%
Saudi Arabia
223 publications, 0.95%
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Poland
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Poland, 201, 0.85%
Poland
201 publications, 0.85%
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Brazil
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Brazil, 200, 0.85%
Brazil
200 publications, 0.85%
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Malaysia
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Malaysia, 198, 0.84%
Malaysia
198 publications, 0.84%
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Pakistan
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Pakistan, 193, 0.82%
Pakistan
193 publications, 0.82%
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Austria
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Austria, 183, 0.78%
Austria
183 publications, 0.78%
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Finland
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Finland, 161, 0.68%
Finland
161 publications, 0.68%
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Republic of Korea
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Republic of Korea, 156, 0.66%
Republic of Korea
156 publications, 0.66%
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UAE
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UAE, 147, 0.62%
UAE
147 publications, 0.62%
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- We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
- Statistics recalculated daily.
- Publications published earlier than 1966 are ignored in the statistics.
- The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
- Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.