Top 10 Countries inChemistry Including Most Cited
Paper A featured
country profile from
Essential Science
IndicatorsSM
In this country profile, ScienceWatch.com
presents the top 10 countries out of a pool of 92
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 from
1997-December 31, 2007, an 11-year period. Also
included is the country's highest-cited paper where all
of the paper's authors are based in the given country,
as opposed to multinational collaborations.
Ranked by
Citations
Rank
COUNTRY
Papers
Citations
Citations
Per Paper
1
USA
230,583
3,462,440
15.02
Citations: 2,216 Title: TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER SYNTHESES OF MESOPOROUS
SILICA WITH PERIODIC 50 TO 300 ANGSTROM
PORES
Authors: ZHAO DY; FENG JL; HUO QS; MELOSH N; FREDRICKSON
GH; CHMELKA BF; STUCKY GD
Source: SCIENCE, 279 (5350): 548-552 JAN 23 1998
Addresses: Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Mat Res Lab, Santa
Barbara, CA 93106 USA.
Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Chem Engn, Santa Barbara, CA
93106 USA.
Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Chem, Santa Barbara, CA
93106 USA.
Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Ctr Quantized Elect Struct, Santa
Barbara, CA 93106 USA.
2
JAPAN
121,580
1,144,213
9.41
Citations: 1,104 Title: RECENT ADVANCES IN THE CROSS-COUPLING
REACTIONS OF ORGANOBORON DERIVATIVES WITH ORGANIC
ELECTROPHILES, 1995-1998
Authors: SUZUKI A
Source: J ORGANOMETAL CHEM, 576 (1-2): 147-168 MAR 15
1999
Addresses: Kurashiki Univ Sci & Arts, Dept Chem
Technol, Kurashiki, Okayama 7128505, Japan.
3
GERMANY
99,758
1,102,939
11.06
Citations: 1,041 Title: NANOENGINEERING OF INORGANIC AND HYBRID
HOLLOW SPHERES BY COLLOIDAL TEMPLATING
Authors: CARUSO F; CARUSO RA; MOHWALD H
Source: SCIENCE, 282 (5391): 1111-1114 NOV 6 1998
Addresses: Max Planck Inst Colloids & Interfaces,
Rudower Chaussee 5, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.
Max Planck Inst Colloids & Interfaces, D-12489 Berlin,
Germany.
Max Planck Inst Colloids & Interfaces, D-14513 Teltow,
Germany.
4
ENGLAND
59,046
719,463
12.18
Citations: 3,285 Title: THE CAMBRIDGE STRUCTURAL DATABASE: A QUARTER
OF A MILLION CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND
RISING
Authors: ALLEN FH
Source: ACTA CRYSTALLOGR B-STRUCT SCI, 58: 380-388 Part 3
Sp. Iss. 1 JUN 2002
Addresses: Cambridge Crystallog Data Ctr, 12 Union Rd,
Cambridge CB2 1EZ, England.
Cambridge Crystallog Data Ctr, Cambridge CB2
1EZ, England.
5
FRANCE
67,420
696,764
10.33
Citations: 2,577
Title: FUZZY NANOASSEMBLIES: TOWARD LAYERED POLYMERIC
MULTICOMPOSITES
Authors: DECHER G
Source: SCIENCE, 277 (5330): 1232-1237 AUG 29
1997
Addresses: UNIV STRASBOURG 1, 6 RUE BOUSSINGAULT, F-67083
STRASBOURG, FRANCE.
INST CHARLES SADRON, CNRS, F-67083
STRASBOURG, FRANCE.
6
PEOPLES R
CHINA
127,749
589,804
4.62
Citations: 385 Title: IONIC LIQUIDS: APPLICATIONS IN
CATALYSIS Authors: ZHAO DB; WU M;
KOU Y; MIN E
Source: CATAL TODAY, 74 (1-2): 157-189 MAY 15
2002
Addresses: Peking Univ, Coll Chem & Mol Engn, Beijing
100871, Peoples R China.
7
ITALY
41,756
424,574
10.17
Citations: 3,220 Title: SIR97: A NEW TOOL FOR CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DETERMINATION AND REFINEMENT
Authors: ALTOMARE A; BURLA MC; CAMALLI M; CASCARANO GL;
GIACOVAZZO C; GUAGLIARDI A; MOLITERNI AGG; POLIDORI G;
SPAGNA R
Source: J APPL CRYST, 32: 115-119 Part 1 FEB 1 1999
Addresses: Univ Bari, Dipartimento Geomineral, IRMEC,
Campus Univ,via Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari,
Italy.
Univ Bari, Dipartimento Geomineral, IRMEC, I-70125 Bari,
Italy.
Piazza Univ, Dipartimento Sci Terra, I-06100 Perugia,
Italy.
CNR, Ist Strutturist Chim G Giacomello, Monterotondo Stn,
I-00016 Monterotondo, Italy.
8
SPAIN
44,145
421,072
9.54
Citations: 1,574 Title: FROM MICROPOROUS TO MESOPOROUS MOLECULAR
SIEVE MATERIALS AND THEIR USE IN CATALYSIS
Authors: CORMA A
Source: CHEM REV, 97 (6): 2373-2419 SEP-OCT 1997
Addresses: UNIV POLITECN VALENCIA, CSIC, INST TECNOL QUIM,
AVDA NARANJOS S-N, E-46022 VALENCIA, SPAIN.
9
CANADA
32,854
375,834
11.44
Citations: 998 Title: MOLECULAR EXCITATION ENERGIES TO HIGH-LYING
BOUND STATES FROM TIME-DEPENDENT DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL
RESPONSE THEORY: CHARACTERIZATION AND CORRECTION OF THE
TIME-DEPENDENT LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION IONIZATION
THRESHOLD
Authors: CASIDA ME; JAMORSKI C; CASIDA KC; SALAHUB DR
Source: J CHEM PHYS, 108 (11): 4439-4449 MAR 15 1998
Addresses: Univ Montreal, Dept Chim, CP 6128,Succursale Ctr
Ville, Quebec City, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada.
Univ Montreal, Dept Chim, Quebec City, PQ H3C 3J7,
Canada.
10
NETHERLANDS
19,566
291,309
14.89
Citations: 4,728 Title: SINGLE-CRYSTAL STRUCTURE VALIDATION WITH THE
PROGRAM PLATON
Authors: SPEK AL
Source: J APPL CRYST, 36: 7-13 Part 1 FEB 2003
Addresses: Univ Utrecht, Bijvoet Ctr Biomol Res, Padualaan
8, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands.
Univ Utrecht, Bijvoet Ctr Biomol Res, NL-3584 CH Utrecht,
Netherlands.
SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the March 1, 2008 update covering an
11-year period, 1997-December 31, 2007.