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The 10 Most-Cited Countries
in Immunology, 1995-December 31, 2005 |
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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 Immunology over the last 10 years (Jan
1995-December
31, 2005). These countries are the top 20 out of a pool of 88 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 |
54,126
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1,377,076
|
25.44
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| 2 |
ENGLAND |
11,217
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228,084
|
20.33
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| 3 |
JAPAN |
10,666
|
195,143
|
18.30
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| 4 |
GERMANY |
10,017
|
210,452
|
21.01
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| 5 |
FRANCE |
8,660
|
174,367
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20.13
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| 6 |
ITALY |
6,000
|
110,970
|
18.50
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| 7 |
CANADA |
5,153
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103,993
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20.18
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| 8 |
NETHERLANDS |
4,840
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95,952
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19.82
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| 9 |
SWEDEN |
4,694
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69,097
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14.72
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| 10 |
AUSTRALIA |
4,429
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86,491
|
19.53
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators from the January 1, 2006 update covering
an 11-year period, January
1995-December 31, 2005. |
| RANK |
COUNTRY |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS |
CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
USA |
54,126
|
1,377,076
|
25.44
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| 2 |
ENGLAND |
11,217
|
228,084
|
20.33
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| 3 |
GERMANY |
10,017
|
210,452
|
21.01
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| 4 |
JAPAN |
10,666
|
195,143
|
18.30
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| 5 |
FRANCE |
8,660
|
174,367
|
20.13
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| 6 |
ITALY |
6,000
|
110,970
|
18.50
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| 7 |
SWITZERLAND |
3,922
|
110,591
|
28.20
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| 8 |
CANADA |
5,153
|
103,993
|
20.18
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| 9 |
NETHERLANDS |
4,840
|
95,952
|
19.82
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| 10 |
AUSTRALIA |
4,429
|
86,491
|
19.53
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators from the January 1, 2006 update covering
an 11-year period, January
1995 -December 31, 2005. |
| RANK |
COUNTRY |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS |
CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
SWITZERLAND |
3,922
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110,591
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28.20
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| 2 |
USA |
54,126
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1,377,076
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25.44
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| 3 |
IRELAND |
475
|
10,063
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21.19
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| 4 |
GERMANY |
10,017
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210,452
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21.01
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| 5 |
BELGIUM |
1,983
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40,928
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20.64
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| 6 |
ENGLAND |
11,217
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228,084
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20.33
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| 7 |
CANADA |
5,153
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103,993
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20.18
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| 8 |
FRANCE |
8,660
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174,367
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20.13
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| 9 |
NETHERLANDS |
4,840
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95,952
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19.82
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| 10 |
AUSTRALIA |
4,429
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86,491
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19.53
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators from the January 1, 2006 update covering
an 11-year period, January
1995 -December 31, 2005. |
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