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The 20 Most-Cited Countries
in Agricultural Sciences, 1996-December 31, 2006 |
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 elow is a listing of the top 20
countries 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 Agricultural Sciences over the last 11
years
(1996-December 31, 2006). These countries are the top 20 out of a pool of
96 countries comprising the top 50% ranked by total citation count in this field.
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RANK |
COUNTRY |
CITATIONS |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS PER PAPER |
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1 |
USA
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40,292 |
299,358 |
7.43 |
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2 |
ENGLAND |
7,794 |
67,208 |
8.62 |
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FRANCE |
8,269 |
60,150 |
7.27 |
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4 |
SPAIN |
9,345 |
58,175 |
6.23 |
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5 |
GERMANY |
10,592 |
53,854 |
5.08 |
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6 |
CANADA |
7,358 |
51,208 |
6.96 |
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JAPAN |
11,648 |
45,928 |
3.94 |
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AUSTRALIA |
6,951 |
44,452 |
6.40 |
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9 |
NETHERLANDS |
4,235 |
38,717 |
9.14 |
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10 |
ITALY |
5,834 |
34,797 |
5.96 |
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DENMARK |
2,527 |
21,941 |
8.68 |
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12 |
SCOTLAND |
1,906 |
17,423 |
9.14 |
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13 |
NEW
ZEALAND |
2,807 |
17,296 |
6.16 |
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14 |
INDIA |
9,345 |
17,185 |
1.84 |
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SWEDEN |
2,049 |
17,085 |
8.34 |
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SWITZERLAND |
1,892 |
16,694 |
8.82 |
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17 |
BELGIUM |
2,406 |
16,608 |
6.90 |
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FINLAND |
1,785 |
16,423 |
9.20 |
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19 |
IRELAND |
1,874 |
14,515 |
7.75 |
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BRAZIL |
4,975 |
11,959 |
2.40 |
| SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators, January 1996-December 31,
2006. |
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