Boston University (BU) United States of America (USA)

Research

Date range: 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023

Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All

The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Boston University (BU) published between 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023 which are tracked by the Nature Index.

Hover over the donut graph to view the Share 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.

Article Count and Share for Boston University (BU)
Count Share
765 106.61

Outputs by subject (Share)

Outputs by subject
Subject Count Share
191 39.74
50 14.54
46 9.51
230 37.64
358 23.48

Share output for the past 5 years

Share per year
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022*
92.10 107.08 112.09 88.31 119.13

Compare Boston University (BU) with other institutions

*Note: 2022 data contains Share for article affiliations from newly added health-science journals.

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Collaboration

Date range: 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023

International vs. domestic collaboration by Share

  • 61.79% Domestic (747 institutions)
  • 38.21% International (1984 institutions)

Hover over the graph to view the percentage of collaboration.


Top 10 domestic collaborators with Boston University (BU) by Share*

  1. Boston University (BU) and Harvard University (93.11)
    Boston University (BU)23.37
    Harvard University69.74
  2. Boston University (BU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (28.80)
    Boston University (BU)12.61
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)16.19
  3. Boston University (BU) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (15.43)
    Boston University (BU)
    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs9.81
  4. Boston University (BU) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (15.75)
    Boston University (BU)
    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)9.53
  5. Boston University (BU) and Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (13.71)
    Boston University (BU)
    Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering10.11
  6. Boston University (BU) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) (15.30)
    Boston University (BU)
    Johns Hopkins University (JHU)9.89
  7. Boston University (BU) and University of Pennsylvania (Penn) (11.70)
    Boston University (BU)
    University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
  8. Boston University (BU) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) (11.31)
    Boston University (BU)
    National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  9. Boston University (BU) and University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) (10.76)
    Boston University (BU)
    University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)
  10. Boston University (BU) and University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMass Chan Medical School) (9.45)
    Boston University (BU)
    University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMass Chan Medical School)

Top 10 international collaborators with Boston University (BU) by Share*

  1. Boston University (BU) and Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (8.36)
    Boston University (BU)
    Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
  2. Boston University (BU) and European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (7.92)
    Boston University (BU)
    European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
  3. Boston University (BU) and National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) (8.60)
    Boston University (BU)
    National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)
  4. Boston University (BU) and University of Toronto (U of T) (7.86)
    Boston University (BU)
    University of Toronto (U of T)
  5. Boston University (BU) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (6.51)
    Boston University (BU)
    Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  6. Boston University (BU) and Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin) (5.63)
    Boston University (BU)
    Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin)
  7. Boston University (BU) and Charité - University Medicine Berlin (5.10)
    Boston University (BU)
    Charité - University Medicine Berlin
  8. Boston University (BU) and University of Zurich (UZH) (5.07)
    Boston University (BU)
    University of Zurich (UZH)
  9. Boston University (BU) and Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin) (5.01)
    Boston University (BU)
    Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin)
  10. Boston University (BU) and University of Cambridge (5.25)
    Boston University (BU)
    University of Cambridge

*Share is the fractional count allocated to an institution for an article that takes into account the percentage of authors from that institution and the number of affiliated institutions that contributed to the article. The horizontal stacked bar charts above indicate the Share contributed by each institution in the bilateral collaboration. If the Share is not shown, hover over the bar to display it.

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