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The 20 Most-Cited Countries
in Chemistry, 1995-August 31, 2005 |
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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 Chemistry over the last 10 years (Jan
1995-October
31, 2005). These countries are the top 20 out of a pool of 89 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 |
219,333
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2,939,674
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13.40
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| 2 |
JAPAN |
118,048
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961,876
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8.15
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| 3 |
GERMANY |
96,779
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938,684
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9.70
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| 4 |
ENGLAND |
58,002
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612,975
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10.57
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| 5 |
FRANCE |
64,420
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580,417
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9.01
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| 6 |
ITALY |
38,818
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350,278
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9.02
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| 7 |
SPAIN |
39,200
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327,734
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8.36
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| 8 |
CANADA |
30,764
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325,054
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10.57
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| 9 |
PEOPLES R
CHINA |
89,485
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320,700
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3.58
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| 10 |
NETHERLANDS |
18,784
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239,730
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12.76
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| 11 |
SWITZERLAND |
17,051
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221,086
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12.97
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| 12 |
INDIA |
45,945
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199,857
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4.35
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| 13 |
RUSSIA |
63,065
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169,824
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2.69
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| 14 |
SWEDEN |
14,162
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158,332
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11.18
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| 15 |
AUSTRALIA |
16,638
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152,888
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9.19
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| 16 |
SOUTH KOREA |
26,056
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138,719
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5.32
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| 17 |
POLAND |
25,436
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124,653
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4.90
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| 18 |
BELGIUM |
12,062
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111,701
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9.26
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| 19 |
ISRAEL |
8,314
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93,943
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11.30
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| 20 |
TAIWAN |
15,196
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87,319
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5.75
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators from the January 1, 2006 update covering
a ten-year + ten-month period, January
1995 - October 31, 2005. |
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