Leiden University

75.2k papers and 2.8M indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Leiden University have published 75.2k papers, which have received a total of 2.8M indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 12.1k papers in Molecular Biology, 7.3k papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 4.7k papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics on the topics of Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (3.5k papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (3.4k papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (3.0k papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology (489.0k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (303.9k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (163.7k citations). Authors at Leiden University collaborate with scholars in The Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Cell. Some of Leiden University's most productive authors include Marc T. M. Koper, Jan P. Vandenbroucke, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Ludo Waltman, C. W. J. Beenakker, Douglas G. Altman, Matthias Egger, Stuart Pocock, Peter C Gøtzsche and Erik von Elm.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Leiden University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Leiden University at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with Leiden University at the time of their publication.

Countries citing scholars working at Leiden University

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at Leiden University. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers produced at Leiden University with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Leiden University more than expected).

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