Northwestern University

165.4k papers and 7.7M indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Northwestern University have published 165.4k papers, which have received a total of 7.7M indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 21.3k papers in Molecular Biology, 15.4k papers in Surgery and 13.7k papers in Materials Chemistry on the topics of Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2.0k papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (1.4k papers) and Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS Infection (1.3k papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology (1.2M citations), Materials Chemistry (946.2k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (616.3k citations). Authors at Northwestern University collaborate with scholars in United States, China and Canada and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Cell. Some of Northwestern University's most productive authors include Chad A. Mirkin, Tobin J. Marks, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, David F. Larcker, George C. Schatz, Ted Belytschko, Claes Fornell, Mark A. Ratner, Richard P. Van Duyne and Joseph T. Hupp.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Northwestern University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Countries citing scholars working at Northwestern University

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at Northwestern 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 Northwestern University with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Northwestern University more than expected).

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