Northwestern University (NU)

United States of America (USA)

1 October 2017 - 30 September 2018

Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All

The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Northwestern University (NU) published between 1 October 2017 - 30 September 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
724 295

Outputs by subject (FC)

Subject AC FC
Chemistry 266 131.16
Physical Sciences 304 94.33
Life Sciences 248 109.66
Earth & Environmental Sciences 15 6.80

1 October 2017 - 30 September 2018

International vs. domestic collaboration by FC

  • 55.99% Domestic
  • 44.01% International

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

Top 10 domestic collaborators by FC (472 total)

  • Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA)
  • Domestic institution
  1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), United States of America (USA) (48.10)
    26.65
    21.45
  2. The University of Chicago (UChicago), United States of America (USA) (29.95)
    15.45
    14.51
  3. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States of America (USA) (26.04)
    14.55
    11.49
  4. Harvard University, United States of America (USA) (16.94)
    7.77
    9.17
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) (15.06)
    8.59
    6.47
  6. Yale University, United States of America (USA) (11.69)
    8.09
    3.61
  7. National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States of America (USA) (11.28)
    5.11
    6.17
  8. Cornell University, United States of America (USA) (10.89)
    6.41
    4.48
  9. Stanford University, United States of America (USA) (10.24)
    5.57
    4.66
  10. University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States of America (USA) (9.26)
    4.31
    4.95

Top 10 international collaborators by FC (1048 total)

  • Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA)
  • Foreign institution
  1. Tsinghua University, China (13.06)
    8.64
    4.42
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China (9.99)
    4.77
    5.22
  3. King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia (7.57)
    7.03
    0.54
  4. French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France (7.34)
    4.11
    3.23
  5. National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy (5.91)
    0.54
    5.37
  6. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland (4.67)
    1.26
    3.41
  7. Max Planck Society, Germany (4.45)
    2.26
    2.19
  8. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany (4.42)
    1.01
    3.41
  9. Soochow University, China (4.13)
    2.53
    1.60
  10. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea (3.90)
    2.19
    1.71

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

Northwestern University (NU)
Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, NU
Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging (CAMI), NU
Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, NU
Center for Developmental Therapeutics, NU
Center for Functional Genomics, NU
Center for Reproductive Science (CRS), NU
Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology (CSCB), NU
Center for Synthetic Biology (CBS), NU
Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery (CMIDD), NU
Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Graduate Program, NU
Quantitative Bioelemental Imaging Center (QBIC), NU
Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, NU
Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders, NU
Center for Advanced Microscopy, NU
Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, NU
Center for Genetic Medicine (CGM), NU
Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Centre, NU
Comprehensive Transplant Center (CTC), NU
Department of Anesthesiology, NU
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, NU
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB), NU
Department of Dermatology, NU
Department of Emergency Medicine, NU
Department of Medical Social Sciences, NU
Center for Healthcare Studies (CHS), NU
Division of Allergy and Immunology, NU
Division of Cardiology, NU
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, NU
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, NU
Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, NU
Division of Hematology and Oncology, NU
Division of Infectious Diseases, NU
Division of Nephrology/Hypertension, NU
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, NU
Division of Rheumatology, NU
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, NU
Department of Neurological Surgery, NU
Division of Reproductive Science and Medicine, NU
Department of Ophthalmology, NU
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NU
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, NU
Department of Pathology, NU
Department of Pediatrics, NU
Department of Pharmacology, NU
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, NU
Department of Physiology, NU
Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs), NU
Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics, NU
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, NU
Department of Radiation Oncology, NU
Department of Radiology, NU
Division of Organ Transplantation, NU
Division of Plastic Surgery, NU
Department of Urology, NU
Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, NU
Center for Vascular and Developmental Biology, NU
Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM), NU
Interdepartmental Immunobiology Center, NU
Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, NU
Les Turner ALS Center, NU
Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute (NBTI), NU
Simpson Querrey Center for Epigenetics, NU
Simpson Querrey Institute for Bionanotechnology (SQI), NU
Skin Disease Research Center (SDRC), NU
Institute for Policy Research (IPR), NU
Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern’s (ISEN), NU
Integrated Molecular Structure Education and Research Center (IMSERC), NU
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN), NU
Department of Management and Organizations, NU
Knowles Hearing Center, NU
Center for Atom-Probe Tomography (NUCAPT), NU
Center for Optimization and Statistical Learning (OSL), NU
Center for Photonic Communication and Computing (CPCC), NU
Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics, NU
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, NU
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NU
Center for Quantum Devices (CQD), NU
Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, NU
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, NU
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NU
Department of Mechanical Engineering, NU
Materials Research Institute (MRI), NU
NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology (CQuB), NU
National Resource for Translational and Developmental Proteomics (NRTDP), NU
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), NU
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH), NU
Northwestern Synchrotron Research Center, NU
Northwestern University's Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center (NUANCE)
Office of the Provost, NU
Oncofertility Consortium, NU
Pritzker School of Law, NU
Proteomics Center of Excellence (PCE), NU
Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD), NU
School of Education and Social Policy, NU
School of Professional Studies, NU
Department of Anthropology, NU
International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), NU
Stoddart Mechanostereochemistry Group, NU
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS), NU
Department of Economics, NU
Department of Linguistics, NU
Rice Institute for Biomedical Research, NU
Department of Neurobiology, NU
Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), NU
Department of Psychology, NU
Department of Sociology, NU
Department of Statistics, NU
Integrated Science Program (ISP), NU
Materials Research Center (MRC), NU
Program in Biological Sciences, NU

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