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The
20 Most-Cited Countries in Geosciences,
January 1993-April 2003 |
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 elow
is a listing of the top 20 countries which, as of the last
bimonthly update of the  ISI
Essential Science Indicators
Web
product, attracted the highest total citations to their papers
published in ISI-indexed journals of geosciences over the last
10 years (January 1993-April 2003). These countries are the
top 20 out of a pool of 94 countries comprising the top 50%
ranked in this field.
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| RANK |
FIELD |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS
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CITATIONS
PER PAPER |
| 1 |
USA |
71,911
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751,430
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10.45
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| 2 |
ENGLAND |
18,509
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164,540
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8.89
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| 3 |
FRANCE |
17,034
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139,324
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8.18
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| 4 |
GERMANY |
15,647
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130,033
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8.31
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| 5 |
CANADA |
16,231
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121,991
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7.52
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| 6 |
AUSTRALIA |
9,753
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79,815
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8.18
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| 7 |
JAPAN |
9,893
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56,030
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5.66
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| 8 |
RUSSIA |
16,086
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41,332
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2.57
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| 9 |
NETHERLANDS |
4,623
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39,593
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8.56
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| 10 |
ITALY |
7,255
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38,499
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5.31
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| 11 |
SWITZERLAND |
4,134
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37,457
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9.06
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| 12 |
SWEDEN |
3,454
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25,750
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7.46
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| 13 |
NORWAY |
3,169
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22,705
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7.16
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| 14 |
SCOTLAND |
3,149
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22,439
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7.13
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| 15 |
PEOPLES R
CHINA |
6,525
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21,510
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3.30
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| 16 |
SPAIN |
4,118
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21,198
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5.15
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| 17 |
DENMARK |
2,186
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18,526
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8.47
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| 18 |
NEW ZEALAND |
2,437
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17,282
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7.09
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| 19 |
INDIA |
5,973
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14,757
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2.47
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| 20 |
SOUTH AFRICA |
2,316
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12,342
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5.33
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SOURCE:
ISI Essential Science Indicators Web based product
from the
July 1, 2003 update covering an ten year plus four month, January 1993 - April 30, 2003.
This is the second bimonthly period. |
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