Boston University (BU)

United States of America (USA)

1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017

Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All

The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Boston University (BU) published between 1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017 which are tracked by the Nature Index.

Hover over the donut graph to view the WFC 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 WFC
508 89.85 80.71

Outputs by subject (WFC)

Subject AC FC WFC
Life Sciences 148 35.48 35.48
Physical Sciences 322 35.43 26.30
Chemistry 59 18.35 18.35
Earth & Environmental Sciences 19 8.51 8.51

1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017

International vs. domestic collaboration by WFC

  • 47.52% Domestic
  • 52.48% International

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

Top 10 domestic collaborators by WFC (427 total)

  • Boston University (BU), United States of America (USA)
  • Domestic institution
  1. Harvard University, United States of America (USA) (62.57)
    10.41
    52.16
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) (18.37)
    5.60
    12.77
  3. Stanford University, United States of America (USA) (6.55)
    2.95
    3.60
  4. The Johns Hopkins University (JHU), United States of America (USA) (6.06)
    2.43
    3.63
  5. National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States of America (USA) (5.39)
    1.22
    4.17
  6. University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States of America (USA) (4.09)
    1.07
    3.02
  7. Yale University, United States of America (USA) (4.06)
    1.57
    2.49
  8. University of Michigan (U-M), United States of America (USA) (4.01)
    1.15
    2.85
  9. Tufts University, United States of America (USA) (3.86)
    1.98
    1.88
  10. Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA) (3.58)
    1.02
    2.57

Top 10 international collaborators by WFC (1102 total)

  • Boston University (BU), United States of America (USA)
  • Foreign institution
  1. National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy (6.99)
    0.81
    6.18
  2. French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France (6.34)
    2.19
    4.15
  3. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland (5.26)
    0.43
    4.84
  4. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany (4.41)
    1.06
    3.35
  5. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland (3.35)
    1.94
    1.41
  6. University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) (3.07)
    1.59
    1.48
  7. University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland (2.62)
    1.17
    1.44
  8. Max Planck Society, Germany (2.53)
    0.61
    1.92
  9. Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK) (2.40)
    0.69
    1.71
  10. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China (2.40)
    1.09
    1.31

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

Boston University (BU)
Bioinformatics Program, BU
Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), BU
Alzheimer’s Disease Center (ADC), BU
Arthritis Center/Rheumatology, BU
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, BU
Department of Pediatrics, 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
Section of Biomedical Genetics, BU
Section of Computational Biomedicine, BU
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition, and Weight Management, 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
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 Systems Neuroscience (CSN), BU
Cognitive Rhythms Collaborative (CRC), BU
Center for Space Physics (CSP), 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 Mathematics and Statistics, BU
Department of Physics, 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
Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, BU
Department of Earth and Environment, BU
Department of Psychological and Brain 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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