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The 20 Most-Cited Countries
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7.18.07;
CORRECTION TO THIS ARTICLE
Earlier versions of this article incorrectly listed
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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
the
Multidisciplinary field of Thomson Scientific-indexed journals over the last 10
years
(1997-February 28, 2007). These countries are the top 20 out of a pool of
70 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 |
47,879 |
5,043 |
9.49 |
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Top paper
(437 citations) for the USA where all its authors are from the USA in
the Multidisciplinary field: COLLINS FS, et al., "NEW
GOALS FOR THE US HUMAN GENOME PROJECT: 1998-2003,"
SCIENCE, 282 (5389): 682-689 OCT 23 1998.
[Authors' affiliation: 7 U.S. institutions.] |
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2 |
ENGLAND |
5,716 |
1,163 |
4.91 |
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3 |
JAPAN |
5,397 |
477 |
11.31 |
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4 |
FRANCE |
4,427 |
759 |
5.83 |
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5 |
GERMANY |
4,341 |
655 |
6.63 |
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6 |
PEOPLES R CHINA
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2,810 |
1,662 |
1.69 |
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CANADA |
2,564 |
399 |
6.43 |
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8 |
SWITZERLAND |
2,524 |
162 |
15.58 |
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9 |
INDIA |
2,451 |
1,993 |
1.23 |
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10 |
ITALY |
2,007 |
311 |
6.45 |
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11 |
AUSTRALIA |
1,631 |
317 |
5.15 |
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RUSSIA |
1,343 |
2,657 |
0.51 |
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13 |
SWEDEN |
1,336 |
159 |
8.4 |
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14 |
NETHERLANDS |
1,330 |
171 |
7.78 |
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15 |
ISRAEL |
1,286 |
171 |
7.52 |
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16 |
SCOTLAND |
1,023 |
112 |
9.13 |
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17 |
SPAIN |
859 |
144 |
5.97 |
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18 |
SOUTH AFRICA |
781 |
433 |
1.8 |
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19 |
NORWAY |
523 |
51 |
10.25 |
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20 |
DENMARK |
522 |
81 |
6.44 |
| SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators, January 1997-February
28,
2007. |
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