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The 20 Most-Cited Countries
in Space Science, 1995-June 30, 2005 |
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 elow is a listing of the top 20
countries which, as of the latest bimonthly update of the ISI
Essential Science Indicators
Web product, attracted the highest total citations to their papers published in ISI-indexed journals of
Space Science over the last 10 years (Jan 1995-June 30, 2005). These countries are the top 20 out of a pool of
64 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 |
50,106 |
801,188 |
15.99 |
| 2 |
GERMANY |
15,086 |
208,591 |
13.83 |
| 3 |
ENGLAND |
13,301 |
202,500 |
15.22 |
| 4 |
FRANCE |
12,232 |
140,186 |
11.46 |
| 5 |
ITALY |
9,629 |
121,624 |
12.63 |
| 6 |
NETHERLANDS |
5,083 |
79,340 |
15.61 |
| 7 |
JAPAN |
7,591 |
78,735 |
10.37 |
| 8 |
CANADA |
4,707 |
78,520 |
16.68 |
| 9 |
AUSTRALIA |
4,236 |
66,818 |
15.77 |
| 10 |
SPAIN |
5,418 |
61,416 |
11.34 |
| 11 |
RUSSIA |
8,149 |
43,282 |
5.31 |
| 12 |
CHILE |
2,286 |
35,028 |
15.32 |
| 13 |
SCOTLAND |
1,917 |
29,072 |
15.17 |
| 14 |
SWITZERLAND |
2,077 |
27,800 |
13.38 |
| 15 |
SWEDEN |
1,859 |
23,348 |
12.56 |
| 16 |
POLAND |
2,205 |
21,347 |
9.68 |
| 17 |
DENMARK |
1,373 |
21,318 |
15.53 |
| 18 |
ISRAEL |
1,316 |
20,895 |
15.88 |
| 19 |
MEXICO |
1,963 |
19,437 |
9.9 |
| 20 |
BRAZIL |
2,054 |
17,987 |
8.76 |
SOURCE:
ISI Essential Science Indicators Web
based product from the
July 1, 2005 update covering a ten-year + six-month period, January
1995 - June 30, 2005. |
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