Northeastern University

51.3k papers and 890.3k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Northeastern University have published 51.3k papers, which have received a total of 890.3k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 14.7k papers in Mechanical Engineering, 10.3k papers in Materials Chemistry and 8.5k papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the topics of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (2.5k papers), Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics (2.1k papers) and Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (2.0k papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Mechanical Engineering (239.5k citations), Materials Chemistry (197.4k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (171.3k citations). Authors at Northeastern University collaborate with scholars in China, United States and Australia and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some of Northeastern University's most productive authors include Guang‐Hong Yang, Huaguang Zhang, Jun Zhao, Jianhua Wang, Tianyou Chai, Yong Zhao, Zhi‐Ping Fan, Zhanshan Wang, Qingling Zhang and Dan Ye.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Northeastern University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Northeastern 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 Northeastern University at the time of their publication.

Countries citing scholars working at Northeastern University

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