According to Essential Science IndicatorsSM, among the 145 top-performing countries in all fields, the People's Republic of China ranked #6 for citations, #13 for papers, and #117 for citations per paper. The tables below contain rankings of all fields in the People's Republic of China. SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators from the July 1, 2007 update update covering a 10-year plus 4-month period, 1997-June 30, 2007.

10-Year Country Rankings for: People's Republic of China
Total for People's Republic of China:	Papers	Citations	Citations Per Paper
	445,466	1,718,847	3.86
Rank for People's Republic of China among the 145 top performing countries:	#13	#6	#117
People's Republic of China's most cited paper.

Rank	Field	Papers	Citations	Citations Per Paper
1	CHEMISTRY	111,776	467,434	4.18
2	PHYSICS	78,152	310,325	3.97
3	CLINICAL MEDICINE	29,699	196,836	6.63
4	MATERIALS SCIENCE	51,577	148,684	2.88
5	ENGINEERING	46,677	111,875	2.40
6	BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY	17,505	82,102	4.69
7	GEOSCIENCES	14,107	67,799	4.81
8	PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE	15,271	52,145	3.41
9	MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS	4,999	44,030	8.81
10	MATHEMATICS	18,357	35,300	1.92
11	ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY	8,521	33,824	3.97
12	NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR	4,148	31,211	7.52
13	PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY	6,235	25,481	4.09
14	SPACE SCIENCE	4,393	23,097	5.26
15	MICROBIOLOGY	3,000	19,616	6.54
16	COMPUTER SCIENCE	16,039	18,608	1.16
17	AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES	3,584	11,468	3.20
18	IMMUNOLOGY	1,650	10,019	6.07
19	SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL	3,780	8,790	2.33
20	PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY	1,825	8,734	4.79
21	ECONOMICS & BUSINESS	2,482	8,279	3.34
22	MULTIDISCIPLINARY	1,689	3,190	1.89
SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators.

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SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators