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in-cites, March 2003
Citing URL: http://www.in-cites.com/countries/safrica.html

Countries

             
South Africa
           

Iccording to ISI Essential Science Indicators Web based product, among the 152 top-performing countries in all fields, South AfricaSouth Africa ranked #31 for citations, #33 for papers, and #71 for citations per paper. The tables below contain rankings of all fields in South Africa and the top paper for South Africa (for all fields, ranked by total citations).

SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators Web based product from the January 1, 2003 update covering a ten year plus ten month period, January 1992 - October 31, 2002. 

South Africa
Country Rankings in ALL Countries & ALL Fields
Ranked by total citations - 152 Countries
FIELD PAPERS CITATIONS CITATIONS
PER PAPER
Rank: 31 33 71
View Top Paper ALL FIELDS 38,466 188,685 4.91
South Africa Field Rankings
Ranked by total citations
Rank FIELD PAPERS CITATIONS CITATIONS
PER PAPER
1

CLINICAL MEDICINE

7,834

48,264

6.16
2

PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE

7,510

27,087

3.61
3

CHEMISTRY

2,953

14,697

4.98
4

GEOSCIENCES

2,329

12,650

5.43
5

BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

1,725

12,568

7.29
6

ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY

2,170

10,304

4.75
7

PHYSICS

2,050

10,095

4.92
8

SPACE SCIENCE

955

9,650

10.1
9

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS

621

8,344

13.44
10

MICROBIOLOGY

719

6,349

8.83
11

ENGINEERING

1,979

4,783

2.42
12

IMMUNOLOGY

394

4,093

10.39
13

SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL

1,696

3,097

1.83
14

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

630

3,065

4.87
15

MATERIALS SCIENCE

882

3,033

3.44
16

PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY

504

2,470

4.9
17

PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY

935

2,433

2.6
18

NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR

312

2,154

6.9
19

MATHEMATICS

950

1,620

1.71
20

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

517

851

1.65
21

COMPUTER SCIENCE

373

579

1.55
22

ECONOMICS & BUSINESS

428

499

1.17
SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product.

Graphs for South Africa in ALL Countries & ALL Fields
Ranked by total citations - 152 countries
Number of Papers (In 5-year Intervals): How to read this data

Graph:Number of Papers (in 5-year intervals)
Number of Citations (In 5-year Intervals): How to read this data

Graph:Number of Citations (in 5-year intervals)
Average Citations per Paper (In 5-year Intervals): How to read this data

Graph:Average Citations per Paper (in 5-year intervals)

SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product
 

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