Average Citation Rates

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Average Citation Rates

The Average Citation Rates page displays data on the average citation rates of papers within the scientific fields over each of the past 10 years. The calculation is number of citations / number of papers, where papers is defined as regular scientific articles, review articles, proceedings papers, and research notes.

How to read this table: The Average Citation Rates table lists all the scientific fields in rows, as well as an "All Fields" row combining all data. Data for the average citation rates are given for the last 10 years, with the "All Years" column using all data for those years.

See the picture below. A value of 11.25, for instance, in the field of Molecular Biology & Genetics in 1997 indicates that the average paper in that year has since been cited 11.25 times.

Note that all papers from all the journals covered in ISI's database are used in the average citation rates calculation -- not just the papers chosen for inclusion in ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product.

List of Fields

ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product
categorizes papers into fields of research. They are:

Agricultural Sciences
Biology & Biochemistry
Chemistry
Clinical Medicine
Computer Science
Ecology/Environment
Economics & Business
Engineering
Geosciences
Immunology
Material Sciences

Mathematics
Microbiology
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Multidisciplinary
Neuroscience & Behavior
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Physics
Plant & Animal Science
Psychology/Psychiatry
Social Sciences, general
Space Science