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Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Short name
AECL
Country, city
Canada, Ottawa
Publications
4 634
Citations
121 836
h-index
120
Top-3 journals
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal of Nuclear Materials (345 publications)
Physical Review Letters
Physical Review Letters (137 publications)
Nuclear Physics A
Nuclear Physics A (136 publications)
Top-3 organizations
McMaster University
McMaster University (227 publications)
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (160 publications)
Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University at Kingston (99 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1917

Total publications
4634
Total citations
121836
Citations per publication
26.29
Average publications per year
42.51
Average authors per publication
3.62
h-index
120
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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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 1133, 24.45%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
1133 publications, 24.45%
Nuclear Energy and Engineering, 839, 18.11%
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
839 publications, 18.11%
General Materials Science, 693, 14.95%
General Materials Science
693 publications, 14.95%
General Physics and Astronomy, 526, 11.35%
General Physics and Astronomy
526 publications, 11.35%
Condensed Matter Physics, 505, 10.9%
Condensed Matter Physics
505 publications, 10.9%
Mechanical Engineering, 464, 10.01%
Mechanical Engineering
464 publications, 10.01%
General Engineering, 410, 8.85%
General Engineering
410 publications, 8.85%
General Medicine, 387, 8.35%
General Medicine
387 publications, 8.35%
Waste Management and Disposal, 273, 5.89%
Waste Management and Disposal
273 publications, 5.89%
Mechanics of Materials, 252, 5.44%
Mechanics of Materials
252 publications, 5.44%
Instrumentation, 240, 5.18%
Instrumentation
240 publications, 5.18%
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 224, 4.83%
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
224 publications, 4.83%
Pollution, 204, 4.4%
Pollution
204 publications, 4.4%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 182, 3.93%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
182 publications, 3.93%
Materials Chemistry, 176, 3.8%
Materials Chemistry
176 publications, 3.8%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 174, 3.75%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
174 publications, 3.75%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 163, 3.52%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
163 publications, 3.52%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, 142, 3.06%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
142 publications, 3.06%
Environmental Chemistry, 137, 2.96%
Environmental Chemistry
137 publications, 2.96%
General Chemical Engineering, 132, 2.85%
General Chemical Engineering
132 publications, 2.85%
Radiation, 128, 2.76%
Radiation
128 publications, 2.76%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 122, 2.63%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
122 publications, 2.63%
Biochemistry, 117, 2.52%
Biochemistry
117 publications, 2.52%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 116, 2.5%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
116 publications, 2.5%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 113, 2.44%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
113 publications, 2.44%
General Chemistry, 112, 2.42%
General Chemistry
112 publications, 2.42%
Molecular Biology, 106, 2.29%
Molecular Biology
106 publications, 2.29%
Biophysics, 95, 2.05%
Biophysics
95 publications, 2.05%
General Environmental Science, 89, 1.92%
General Environmental Science
89 publications, 1.92%
Analytical Chemistry, 88, 1.9%
Analytical Chemistry
88 publications, 1.9%
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Journals

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Journal of Nuclear Materials
345 publications, 7.44%
Physical Review Letters
137 publications, 2.96%
Nuclear Physics A
136 publications, 2.93%
Physical Review A
129 publications, 2.78%
Nuclear Engineering and Design
125 publications, 2.7%
MRS Proceedings
121 publications, 2.61%
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
99 publications, 2.14%
Physical Review B
91 publications, 1.96%
Nuclear Technology
87 publications, 1.88%
Physical Review C
86 publications, 1.86%
Nuclear Science and Engineering
72 publications, 1.55%
Journal of Applied Physics
71 publications, 1.53%
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
64 publications, 1.38%
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
61 publications, 1.32%
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
61 publications, 1.32%
Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME
53 publications, 1.14%
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
49 publications, 1.06%
Review of Scientific Instruments
45 publications, 0.97%
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
44 publications, 0.95%
International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine
44 publications, 0.95%
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
41 publications, 0.88%
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
39 publications, 0.84%
Nature
35 publications, 0.76%
Radiation Protection Dosimetry
34 publications, 0.73%
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
33 publications, 0.71%
AECL Nuclear Review
33 publications, 0.71%
Health Physics
32 publications, 0.69%
Annals of Nuclear Energy
31 publications, 0.67%
Physica B: Condensed Matter
29 publications, 0.63%
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
29 publications, 0.63%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
2112 publications, 45.58%
Springer Nature
470 publications, 10.14%
American Physical Society (APS)
458 publications, 9.88%
Taylor & Francis
368 publications, 7.94%
AIP Publishing
182 publications, 3.93%
Wiley
176 publications, 3.8%
ASME International
114 publications, 2.46%
IOP Publishing
94 publications, 2.03%
Oxford University Press
80 publications, 1.73%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
64 publications, 1.38%
The Electrochemical Society
49 publications, 1.06%
EDP Sciences
47 publications, 1.01%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
42 publications, 0.91%
SAGE
39 publications, 0.84%
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Limited
33 publications, 0.71%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
32 publications, 0.69%
Walter de Gruyter
27 publications, 0.58%
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
19 publications, 0.41%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
19 publications, 0.41%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
16 publications, 0.35%
American Society for Microbiology
13 publications, 0.28%
International Dose-Response Society
12 publications, 0.26%
Cambridge University Press
11 publications, 0.24%
American Vacuum Society
11 publications, 0.24%
World Scientific
9 publications, 0.19%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
8 publications, 0.17%
Optica Publishing Group
7 publications, 0.15%
ASM International
7 publications, 0.15%
Physical Society of Japan
7 publications, 0.15%
International Association for Food Protection
6 publications, 0.13%
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With other organizations

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McMaster University
227 publications, 4.9%
University of Toronto
160 publications, 3.45%
Queen's University at Kingston
99 publications, 2.14%
University of Manitoba
86 publications, 1.86%
University of Ottawa
83 publications, 1.79%
University of Waterloo
62 publications, 1.34%
National Research Council Canada
61 publications, 1.32%
University of Alberta
52 publications, 1.12%
Argonne National Laboratory
50 publications, 1.08%
Western University
45 publications, 0.97%
McGill University
38 publications, 0.82%
Université de Montréal
38 publications, 0.82%
Université Laval
37 publications, 0.8%
Polytechnique Montréal
32 publications, 0.69%
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
30 publications, 0.65%
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
28 publications, 0.6%
University of Guelph
27 publications, 0.58%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
26 publications, 0.56%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
26 publications, 0.56%
University of Liverpool
25 publications, 0.54%
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
25 publications, 0.54%
University of Saskatchewan
23 publications, 0.5%
University of Birmingham
22 publications, 0.47%
Brookhaven National Laboratory
22 publications, 0.47%
University of British Columbia
22 publications, 0.47%
Michigan State University
21 publications, 0.45%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
21 publications, 0.45%
Royal Military College of Canada
21 publications, 0.45%
Lund University
19 publications, 0.41%
International Atomic Energy Agency
19 publications, 0.41%
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With foreign organizations

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Argonne National Laboratory
50 publications, 1.08%
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
30 publications, 0.65%
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
28 publications, 0.6%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
26 publications, 0.56%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
26 publications, 0.56%
University of Liverpool
25 publications, 0.54%
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
25 publications, 0.54%
University of Birmingham
22 publications, 0.47%
Brookhaven National Laboratory
22 publications, 0.47%
Michigan State University
21 publications, 0.45%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
21 publications, 0.45%
Lund University
19 publications, 0.41%
International Atomic Energy Agency
19 publications, 0.41%
University of York
19 publications, 0.41%
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
18 publications, 0.39%
Aarhus University
16 publications, 0.35%
Pennsylvania State University
16 publications, 0.35%
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
15 publications, 0.32%
Los Alamos National Laboratory
14 publications, 0.3%
Purdue University
13 publications, 0.28%
University of Amsterdam
13 publications, 0.28%
University of Edinburgh
12 publications, 0.26%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12 publications, 0.26%
University of Cambridge
11 publications, 0.24%
Colorado State University
11 publications, 0.24%
University of Notre Dame
11 publications, 0.24%
École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la Ville de Paris
9 publications, 0.19%
Technical University of Munich
9 publications, 0.19%
Chalmers University of Technology
9 publications, 0.19%
ETH Zurich
9 publications, 0.19%
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With other countries

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USA, 508, 10.96%
USA
508 publications, 10.96%
United Kingdom, 195, 4.21%
United Kingdom
195 publications, 4.21%
Germany, 136, 2.93%
Germany
136 publications, 2.93%
France, 122, 2.63%
France
122 publications, 2.63%
Japan, 87, 1.88%
Japan
87 publications, 1.88%
Sweden, 62, 1.34%
Sweden
62 publications, 1.34%
Denmark, 44, 0.95%
Denmark
44 publications, 0.95%
Netherlands, 41, 0.88%
Netherlands
41 publications, 0.88%
China, 39, 0.84%
China
39 publications, 0.84%
Italy, 39, 0.84%
Italy
39 publications, 0.84%
Republic of Korea, 34, 0.73%
Republic of Korea
34 publications, 0.73%
Switzerland, 29, 0.63%
Switzerland
29 publications, 0.63%
Austria, 25, 0.54%
Austria
25 publications, 0.54%
Russia, 23, 0.5%
Russia
23 publications, 0.5%
Belgium, 22, 0.47%
Belgium
22 publications, 0.47%
Finland, 16, 0.35%
Finland
16 publications, 0.35%
Australia, 15, 0.32%
Australia
15 publications, 0.32%
Romania, 15, 0.32%
Romania
15 publications, 0.32%
Poland, 14, 0.3%
Poland
14 publications, 0.3%
Argentina, 13, 0.28%
Argentina
13 publications, 0.28%
Mexico, 13, 0.28%
Mexico
13 publications, 0.28%
Spain, 12, 0.26%
Spain
12 publications, 0.26%
India, 10, 0.22%
India
10 publications, 0.22%
Czech Republic, 10, 0.22%
Czech Republic
10 publications, 0.22%
Hungary, 9, 0.19%
Hungary
9 publications, 0.19%
Brazil, 8, 0.17%
Brazil
8 publications, 0.17%
Israel, 8, 0.17%
Israel
8 publications, 0.17%
South Africa, 8, 0.17%
South Africa
8 publications, 0.17%
Slovenia, 7, 0.15%
Slovenia
7 publications, 0.15%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1917 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.