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Total Citation Counts | AD Scientific Index - World Citation Ranking - 2024 | Citation Metrics | ||||||||
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University Rank | Country Rank | Region Rank | World Rank | Name | Country | University / Institution |
Subject Research Areas |
Total | Last 6 Year | Last 6 year/total |
26 | 143 | 307 | 46,193 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Skeletal Muscle Physiology | Biology and Biotechnology | |
17,679 | 10,947 | 0.619 | |
27 | 144 | 309 | 46,372 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis | medicine | microbiology | |
17,629 | 9,261 | 0.525 | |
28 | 156 | 331 | 49,252 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Physiology
breast cancer | chemoresistance | tumor microenvironment | |
16,865 | 8,226 | 0.488 | |
29 | 163 | 345 | 51,133 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
psychiatry | |
16,392 | 5,162 | 0.315 | |
30 | 176 | 368 | 54,720 |
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Social Sciences / Psychology
HIV/ AIDS | adherence | mental health | |
15,592 | 7,278 | 0.467 | |
31 | 187 | 396 | 58,342 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Physiology
erythrocytes | fibrinogen | platelets | coagulation | long covid | |
14,855 | 9,516 | 0.641 | |
32 | 204 | 428 | 61,389 |
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Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences
geology | petrology | |
14,289 | 4,609 | 0.323 | |
33 | 207 | 436 | 62,380 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Physiology
doxorubicin | cardiotoxicity | |
14,108 | 6,531 | 0.463 | |
34 | 221 | 461 | 65,509 |
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Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Mathematical Ecology | Ecological Networks | Spatial Ecology | Biodiversity Informatics | Evolutionary Dynamics | |
13,598 | 8,778 | 0.646 | |
35 | 230 | 478 | 67,381 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
yeast & fungal bioolgy and biotechnology | |
13,305 | 2,711 | 0.204 | |
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36 | 234 | 490 | 68,813 |
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Agriculture & Forestry / Entomology & Pesticides
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity | |
13,093 | 6,859 | 0.524 | |
37 | 252 | 541 | 76,161 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Biochemistry
Computational Systems Biology | Metabolic Control Analysis | Whole Body Modelling | Epidemiology | |
12,062 | 3,073 | 0.255 | |
38 | 257 | 550 | 77,475 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Conservation Ecology | Restoration Ecology | Social-Ecological Systems | Invasion Biology | |
11,893 | 6,221 | 0.523 | |
39 | 267 | 573 | 80,692 |
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Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
radical polymerization | RAFT | ATRP | nanomedicine | drug delivery | |
11,506 | 3,216 | 0.280 | |
40 | 273 | 582 | 81,183 |
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Business & Management / Business Administration
Marketing | |
11,449 | 3,546 | 0.310 | |
41 | 274 | 583 | 81,211 |
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Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Testing | Symbolic Execution | Software Engineering | Model Checing | |
11,446 | 2,749 | 0.240 | |
42 | 275 | 587 | 81,466 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
Neonatal sepsis | Bloodstream infection | Antimicrobial resistance & stewardship | Healthcare-associated infection | Infection preve | |
11,414 | 10,841 | 0.950 | |
43 | 276 | 590 | 81,763 |
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Engineering & Technology / Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
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11,379 | 7,860 | 0.691 | |
44 | 280 | 601 | 82,984 |
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Business & Management / Business Administration
sustainable development | |
11,241 | 5,971 | 0.531 | |
45 | 285 | 610 | 83,739 |
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Engineering & Technology / Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
X-ray tomography | Additive Manufacturing | Biomimicry | |
11,154 | 10,123 | 0.908 | |
46 | 302 | 640 | 87,919 |
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Education / Education (Other, All)
education | curriculum | policy | |
10,712 | 3,320 | 0.310 | |
47 | 323 | 681 | 92,652 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Genetics
Life Sciences | |
10,239 | 2,572 | 0.251 | |
48 | 324 | 683 | 92,720 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
Microbiology | water | nanotechnology | |
10,233 | 3,040 | 0.297 | |
49 | 342 | 719 | 96,963 |
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Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences
Mycobactomics (comparative mycobacterial genomics | proteomics | etc) | Mycobacterial evolution | Type VII ESX secretion | |
9,852 | 3,267 | 0.332 | |
50 | 343 | 722 | 97,337 |
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Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
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9,820 | 3,581 | 0.365 |