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The
Year 2007:
Top 20 Country
Rankings in All Fields |
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f the
most-cited 146 countries in ALL FIELDS from Essential Science Indicators , the top 20
are presented below sorted by citations, papers, and cites per
paper.
SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators from the
November 1, 2007 update covering a ten-year plus eight-month period, January
1997 - August 31, 2007. |
Sorted
by:
Papers Citations
Cites Per Paper |
| Rank |
COUNTRY |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS |
CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
USA
|
2,864,275
|
39,027,838
|
13.63
|
| 2 |
JAPAN
|
777,992
|
6,612,826
|
8.50
|
| 3 |
GERMANY
|
738,067
|
7,935,567
|
10.75
|
| 4 |
ENGLAND
|
653,177
|
7,955,521
|
12.18
|
| 5 |
FRANCE
|
529,636
|
5,414,557
|
10.22
|
| 6 |
PEOPLES R
CHINA |
471,890
|
1,894,810
|
4.02
|
| 7 |
CANADA
|
393,143
|
4,377,986
|
11.14
|
| 8 |
ITALY
|
371,205
|
3,594,444
|
9.68
|
| 9 |
RUSSIA
|
275,945
|
1,057,928
|
3.83
|
| 10 |
SPAIN
|
270,139
|
2,248,541
|
8.32
|
| 11 |
AUSTRALIA
|
249,892
|
2,442,466
|
9.77
|
| 12 |
NETHERLANDS |
220,881
|
2,837,971
|
12.85
|
| 13 |
INDIA
|
215,847
|
895,528
|
4.15
|
| 14 |
SOUTH
KOREA |
192,361
|
1,005,008
|
5.22
|
| 15 |
SWEDEN
|
168,574
|
2,053,237
|
12.18
|
| 16 |
SWITZERLAND |
159,667
|
2,285,847
|
14.32
|
| 17 |
BRAZIL
|
137,159
|
720,131
|
5.25
|
| 18 |
TAIWAN
|
130,281
|
693,017
|
5.32
|
| 19 |
POLAND
|
121,061
|
658,927
|
5.44
|
| 20 |
BELGIUM
|
118,411
|
1,295,296
|
10.94
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators . |
Sorted
by:
Papers Citations
Cites Per Paper |
| Rank |
COUNTRY |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS |
CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
USA |
2,864,275
|
39,027,838
|
13.63
|
| 2 |
ENGLAND |
653,177
|
7,955,521
|
12.18
|
| 3 |
GERMANY |
738,067
|
7,935,567
|
10.75
|
| 4 |
JAPAN |
777,992
|
6,612,826
|
8.50
|
| 5 |
FRANCE |
529,636
|
5,414,557
|
10.22
|
| 6 |
CANADA |
393,143
|
4,377,986
|
11.14
|
| 7 |
ITALY |
371,205
|
3,594,444
|
9.68
|
| 8 |
NETHERLANDS |
220,881
|
2,837,971
|
12.85
|
| 9 |
AUSTRALIA |
249,892
|
2,442,466
|
9.77
|
| 10 |
SWITZERLAND |
159,667
|
2,285,847
|
14.32
|
| 11 |
SPAIN |
270,139
|
2,248,541
|
8.32
|
| 12 |
SWEDEN |
168,574
|
2,053,237
|
12.18
|
| 13 |
PEOPLES R CHINA |
471,890
|
1,894,810
|
4.02
|
| 14 |
BELGIUM |
118,411
|
1,295,296
|
10.94
|
| 15 |
SCOTLAND |
102,053
|
1,286,716
|
12.61
|
| 16 |
DENMARK |
87,496
|
1,129,465
|
12.91
|
| 17 |
ISRAEL |
106,122
|
1,098,417
|
10.35
|
| 18 |
RUSSIA |
275,945
|
1,057,928
|
3.83
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| 19 |
SOUTH KOREA |
192,361
|
1,005,008
|
5.22
|
| 20 |
FINLAND |
82,001
|
948,501
|
11.57
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators . |
Sorted
by:
Papers Citations
Cites Per Paper |
| Rank |
COUNTRY |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS |
CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
BERMUDA |
233 |
4,300 |
18.45 |
| 2 |
SWITZERLAND |
159,667 |
2,285,847 |
14.32 |
| 3 |
GAMBIA |
710 |
9,773 |
13.76 |
| 4 |
PANAMA |
1,405 |
19,217 |
13.68 |
| 5 |
USA |
2,864,275 |
39,027,838 |
13.63 |
| 6 |
DENMARK |
87,496 |
1,129,465 |
12.91 |
| 7 |
NETHERLANDS |
220,881 |
2,837,971 |
12.85 |
| 8 |
SCOTLAND |
102,053 |
1,286,716 |
12.61 |
| 9 |
GABON |
636 |
7,970 |
12.53 |
| 10 |
ICELAND |
3,964 |
49,611 |
12.52 |
| 11 |
SWEDEN |
168,574 |
2,053,237 |
12.18 |
| 12 |
ENGLAND |
653,177 |
7,955,521 |
12.18 |
| 13 |
FINLAND |
82,001 |
948,501 |
11.57 |
| 14 |
HONG KONG |
11,520 |
130,082 |
11.29 |
| 15 |
CANADA |
393,143 |
4,377,986 |
11.14 |
| 16 |
BELGIUM |
118,411 |
1,295,296 |
10.94 |
| 17 |
GERMANY |
738,067 |
7,935,567 |
10.75 |
| 18 |
GUINEA BISSAU |
173 |
1,833 |
10.6 |
| 19 |
ISRAEL |
106,122 |
1,098,417 |
10.35 |
| 20 |
AUSTRIA |
83,179 |
859,140 |
10.33 |
SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators . |
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