Boston University (BU)

United States of America (USA)

1 June 2017 - 31 May 2018

Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All

The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Boston University (BU) published between 1 June 2017 - 31 May 2018 which are tracked by the Nature Index.

Hover over the donut graph to view the FC output for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.

AC FC
475 92.02

Outputs by subject (FC)

Subject AC FC
Life Sciences 183 40.88
Chemistry 73 22.43
Physical Sciences 239 32.83
Earth & Environmental Sciences 38 9.38

Top articles by Altmetric score in current window

Article has an altmetric score of 3002

CRISPR-Cas encoding of a digital movie into the genomes of a population of living bacteria

Nature

2017-07-12

Article has an altmetric score of 1649

Inactivation of porcine endogenous retrovirus in pigs using CRISPR-Cas9

Science

2017-09-22

Article has an altmetric score of 1539

Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

2017-10-16

Article has an altmetric score of 1320

Avian egg shape: Form, function, and evolution

Science

2017-06-23

Article has an altmetric score of 1301

Knee osteoarthritis has doubled in prevalence since the mid-20th century

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

2017-08-29

1 June 2017 - 31 May 2018

International vs. domestic collaboration by FC

  • 49.38% Domestic
  • 50.62% International

Note: Hover over the graph to view the percentage of collaboration.

Top 10 domestic collaborators by FC (394 total)

  • Boston University (BU), United States of America (USA)
  • Domestic institution
  1. Harvard University, United States of America (USA) (70.97)
    12.43
    58.54
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) (33.28)
    13.64
    19.64
  3. University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMass Medical School), United States of America (USA) (10.24)
    6.42
    3.82
  4. Tufts University, United States of America (USA) (8.34)
    5.63
    2.71
  5. University of Pennsylvania (Penn), United States of America (USA) (7.83)
    3.83
    4.01
  6. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), United States of America (USA) (7.28)
    2.48
    4.80
  7. National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States of America (USA) (6.77)
    1.79
    4.98
  8. Johns Hopkins University (JHU), United States of America (USA) (6.24)
    2.66
    3.58
  9. Stanford University, United States of America (USA) (5.73)
    2.40
    3.33
  10. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, United States of America (USA) (5.66)
    1.71
    3.95

Top 10 international collaborators by FC (1213 total)

  • Boston University (BU), United States of America (USA)
  • Foreign institution
  1. Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany (7.65)
    5.32
    2.34
  2. University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland (7.20)
    5.45
    1.75
  3. National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy (7.20)
    0.45
    6.75
  4. Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany (7.01)
    5.51
    1.50
  5. Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin), Germany (6.49)
    5.32
    1.17
  6. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland (5.77)
    0.58
    5.18
  7. French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France (5.34)
    1.48
    3.86
  8. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany (5.15)
    0.71
    4.45
  9. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China (3.31)
    1.44
    1.87
  10. McGill University, Canada (3.17)
    1.16
    2.01

Note: Collaboration is determined by the fractional count (FC), which is listed in parentheses.

Boston University (BU)
Bioinformatics Program, BU
Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), BU
Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC), BU
Amyloidosis Center, BU
Arthritis Center/Rheumatology, BU
Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, BU
Department of Pediatrics, BU
Hematology and Medical Oncology Section, BU
Renal Section, BU
Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, BU
Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, BU
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, BU
Department of Biochemistry, BU
Department of Dermatology, BU
Department of Genetics and Genomics, BU
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research (Evans Center), BU
Obesity Research Center (ORC), BU
Section of Biomedical Genetics, BU
Section of Computational Biomedicine, BU
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition, and Weight Management, BU
Section of General Internal Medicine (GIM), BU
Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, BU
Department of Microbiology, BU
Department of Neurology, BU
Department of Ophthalmology, BU
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (BUMC), BU
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, BU
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, BU
Department of Psychiatry, BU
Department of Radiology, BU
Department of Surgery, BU
Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN), BU
Pulmonary Center, BU
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute (WCI), BU
Boston University's Center for Computational Science (BU CCS)
Center for Biodynamics (CBD), BU
Center for Computational Neuroscience and Neural Technology (CompNet), BU
Center for Memory and Brain (CMB), BU
Center for Molecular Discovery (CMD), BU
Center for Polymer Studies (CPS), BU
Center for Remote Sensing, BU
Center for Research in Sensory Communication and Emerging Neural Technology (CRESCENT), BU
Center for Systems Neuroscience (CSN), BU
Cognitive Rhythms Collaborative (CRC), BU
Center for Space Physics (CSP), BU
Department of Anthropology, BU
Department of Astronomy, BU
Department of Biology, BU
Department of Chemistry, BU
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS), BU
Department of Computer Science, BU
Department of Earth and Environment, BU
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, BU
Keck Laboratory for Network Physiology, BU
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, BU
Institute for Astrophysical Research (IAR), BU
Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (MCBB), BU
Biological Design Center, BU
Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), BU
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, BU
Department of Mechanical Engineering, BU
Division of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), BU
Human Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, BU
Neural Systems Laboratory, BU
Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, BU
Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, BU
Hearing Research Center (HRC), BU
Center for Exocrine Disorders, BU
Marine Program, BU
Metropolitan College (MET), BU
Molecular Biophysics Group, BU
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), BU
Photonics Center (BU Photonics Center), BU
RWMC Department of Dermatology, BU
RWMC Department of Surgery, BU
School of Education (SED), BU
Center for Global Health and Development (CGHS), BU
Data Coordinating Center (DCC), BU
Department of Biostatistics, BU
Department of Community Health Sciences, BU
Department of Environmental Health, BU
Department of Epidemiology, BU
Health and Disability Research Institute (HDRI), BU
Slone Epidemiology Center, BU
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, BU

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