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The 10 Most-Cited Countries
in Geosciences, 1996-April 30, 2006 |
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 Below 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 Geosciences over the last 10 years
(1996-April 30, 2006). These countries are the top 10 out of a pool of
97 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 |
77,942
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866,716
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11.12
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| 2 |
ENGLAND |
21,059
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210,334
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9.99
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| 3 |
GERMANY |
20,038
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194,468
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9.70
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| 4 |
FRANCE |
19,696
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179,275
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9.10
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| 5 |
RUSSIA |
17,768
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52,709
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2.97
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| 6 |
CANADA |
16,778
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139,857
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8.34
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| 7 |
JAPAN |
13,045
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84,526
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6.48
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| 8 |
PEOPLES R CHINA |
12,098
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52,190
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4.31
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| 9 |
AUSTRALIA |
11,158
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106,010
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9.50
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| 10 |
ITALY |
9,745
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63,812
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6.55
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| RANK |
COUNTRY |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS |
CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
USA |
77,942
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866,716
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11.12
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| 2 |
ENGLAND |
21,059
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210,334
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9.99
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| 3 |
GERMANY |
20,038
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194,468
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9.70
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| 4 |
FRANCE |
19,696
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179,275
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9.10
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| 5 |
CANADA |
16,778
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139,857
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8.34
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| 6 |
AUSTRALIA |
11,158
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106,010
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9.50
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| 7 |
JAPAN |
13,045
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84,526
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6.48
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| 8 |
ITALY |
9,745
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63,812
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6.55
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| 9 |
SWITZERLAND |
5,302
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56,460
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10.65
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| 10 |
NETHERLANDS |
5,445
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54,263
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9.97
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| RANK |
COUNTRY |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS |
CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
BERMUDA |
64
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1,790
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27.97
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| 2 |
PANAMA |
31
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566
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18.26
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| 3 |
MALAGASY
REPUBL |
42
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626
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14.90
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| 4 |
FR POLYNESIA |
41
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577
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14.07
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| 5 |
ICELAND |
469
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6,384
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13.61
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| 6 |
LATVIA |
34
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421
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12.38
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| 7 |
NORTH
IRELAND |
376
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4,558
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12.12
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| 8 |
USA |
77,942
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866,716
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11.12
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| 9 |
BOLIVIA |
67
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716
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10.69
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| 10 |
SWITZERLAND |
5,302
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56,460
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10.65
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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. |
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