Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
United States of America (USA)
Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026Profile
The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Johns Hopkins University (JHU)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.
Overall research output
Research outputs by subject area
Leading research topics
In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Johns Hopkins University (JHU) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Sciences | 234 | 59.21 |
| Oncology and Carcinogenesis | 127 | 31.96 |
| Astronomical Sciences | 248 | 24.38 |
| Zoology | 46 | 22.07 |
| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | 80 | 21.83 |
| Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology | 70 | 16.26 |
| Biochemistry and Cell Biology | 38 | 14.70 |
Share output for the past 5 years
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Collaboration
Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Top 5 domestic collaborators with Johns Hopkins University (JHU) by Share
Collaborating institutions
Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.
| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Collaboration Score |
|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM), JHU | 87.68 / 62.94 | 150.61 |
| Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation (JHHS) | 87.89 / 32.31 | 120.20 |
| Harvard University | 36.58 / 42.51 | 79.09 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 23.84 / 31.90 | 55.74 |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) | 18.66 / 9.41 | 28.07 |
Top 5 international collaborators with Johns Hopkins University (JHU) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| Max Planck Society | 6.73 / 6.99 | 13.72 |
| French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | 7.59 / 5.82 | 13.41 |
| Imperial College London (ICL) | 6.80 / 5.37 | 12.16 |
| Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) | 7.45 / 4.34 | 11.79 |
| Leibniz Association | 7.03 / 1.37 | 8.40 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Johns Hopkins University (JHU). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.
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Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
- Berman Institute of Bioethics, JHU
- Center for Imaging Science (CIS), JHU
- Center for Infectious Diseases in India (CIDI), JHU
- Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI)
- JHPIEGO
- JiVitA Maternal and Child Health Research Project, JHU
- John Hopkins Cameroon Program
- Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
- Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute (Kavli NDI), JHU
- Lieber Institute for Brain Development (LIBD)
- Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi (NNIPS), JHU
- School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Europe, Johns Hopkins University
- Translational Tissue Engineering Center (TTEC), JHU
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.
- Advanced Mammalian Biomanufacturing Innovation Center (AMBIC)
- Assembling Galaxies of Resolved Anatomy (AGORA)
- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)
- Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC)
- Astrophysics Research Consortium (ARC) Telescope
- BJGMC-JHU Clinical Trials Unit
- BJGMC-JHU Fogarty HIV-TB Training Program
- Baylor-John Hopkins Center for Mendelian Genomics (BHCMG)
- CARe Consortium
- CDF Collaboration
- CKDGen Consortium
- Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM)
- Center for Nanostructured Electronic Materials (CNEM)
- Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc. (CRC)
- Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC)
- Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER)
- Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM)
- DIAGRAM Consortium
- DISCO (Deciphering disorders Involving Scoliosis and COmobidities) study group
- ENCODE Consortium
- ERATO Suematsu Gas Biology Project
- Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project (EPGP)
- Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND)
- Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome (FANTOM)
- Future Circular Collider Design Study (FCC)
- GUGC Consortium
- GliomaScan Consortium
- Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR)
- Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Great Bay Area Geroscience Joint Laboratory
- HD iPSC Consortium
- Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT), JHU
- Institute for Quantum Matter (IQM)
- International Consortium for Blood Pressure (ICBP)
- International HapMap Project
- JHU / Stantec Alliance
- JHU-CIS Program in Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology, and Biophysics (CMDB)
- JHU-UPF Public Policy Center
- JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program (GCTP)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM), JHU
- Johns Hopkins Research Project - Malawi
- Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies
- Macha Research Trust (MRT)
- MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) Consortium
- Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health and the Environment (MIRTHE)
- Mouse ENCODE Consortium
- Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center (MRC)
- NIDDK Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Consortium (IBDGC)
- NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium
- NIH-JHU Graduate Partnerships Program (GPP)
- North American Brain Expression Consortium (NABEC)
- OCD Collaborative Genetics Association Study (OCGAS)
- Physical Sciences Oncology Center (PPS-OC), Princeton University
- Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials (PARADIM)
- Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Consortium
- Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)
- SHINES Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)
- Solutions for Energy, Air, Climate and Health Center (SEARCH)
- The 1000 Genomes Project
- The AMD Gene Consortium
- The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Collaboration (The AMS Collaboration)
- The Autism Genome Project Consortium (AGP)
- The BaBar Collaboration
- The CMS Collaboration
- The Geuvadis Consortium
- The HUGO Pan-Asian SNP Consortium
- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH)
- The QT Interval International GWAS Consortium (QT-IGC)
- Uganda Tuberculosis Implementation Research Consortium
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
- VLP Therapeutics, LLC