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The 10 Most-Cited Countries
in Clinical Medicine, 1996-April 30, 2006 |
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 elow is a listing of the top
10 countries (sorted by three separate measures) which, as of the  latest bimonthly update of Essential Science Indicators , attracted the highest total citations to their papers published in
Thomson Scientific-indexed journals of Clinical Medicine over the last 10 years
(1996-April 30, 2006). These countries are the top 20 out of a pool of
106 countries comprising the top 50% ranked by total citation count in this
field.
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| RANK |
COUNTRY |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS |
CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
USA |
646,760
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9,341,692
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14.44
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| 2 |
GERMANY |
156,442
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1,531,117
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9.79
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| 3 |
JAPAN |
154,989
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1,314,574
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8.48
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| 4 |
ENGLAND |
152,858
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1,908,950
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12.49
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| 5 |
FRANCE |
103,249
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1,058,274
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10.25
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| 6 |
ITALY |
85,470
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981,610
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11.48
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| 7 |
CANADA |
75,105
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1,072,726
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14.28
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| 8 |
NETHERLANDS |
57,106
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826,773
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14.48
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| 9 |
AUSTRALIA |
49,997
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566,935
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11.34
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| 10 |
SPAIN |
45,288
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402,573
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8.89
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| RANK |
COUNTRY |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS |
CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
USA |
646,760
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9,341,692
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14.44
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| 2 |
ENGLAND |
152,858
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1,908,950
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12.49
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| 3 |
GERMANY |
156,442
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1,531,117
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9.79
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| 4 |
JAPAN |
154,989
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1,314,574
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8.48
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| 5 |
CANADA |
75,105
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1,072,726
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14.28
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| 6 |
FRANCE |
103,249
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1,058,274
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10.25
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| 7 |
ITALY |
85,470
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981,610
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11.48
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| 8 |
NETHERLANDS |
57,106
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826,773
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14.48
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| 9 |
SWEDEN |
43,305
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583,571
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13.48
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| 10 |
AUSTRALIA |
49,997
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566,935
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11.34
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SOURCE
for all tables:
Essential Science Indicators from the July 1, 2006 update covering
a 10-year plus 4-month period, January 1996-April 30, 2006. |
| RANK |
COUNTRY |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS |
CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
BOTSWANA |
89
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1,608
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18.07
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| 2 |
ICELAND |
980
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14,933
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15.24
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| 3 |
FINLAND |
21,311
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316,332
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14.84
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| 4 |
NETHERLANDS |
57,106
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826,773
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14.48
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| 5 |
USA |
646,760
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9,341,692
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14.44
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| 6 |
COSTA RICA |
311
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4,445
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14.29
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| 7 |
CANADA |
75,105
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1,072,726
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14.28
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| 8 |
DENMARK |
21,005
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299,920
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14.28
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| 9 |
SCOTLAND |
21,918
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305,901
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13.96
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| 10 |
GABON |
203
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2,830
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13.94
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