According to
Essential Science
IndicatorsSM among
the 148 top-performing countries in all fields,
Australia ranked #11 for citations (2,662,008), #9 for
papers (261,001), and #25 (10.20) for citations per
paper. This feature includes rankings in all fields for
Australia.
Ranked by
Citations
Rank
Field
Papers
Citations
Citations
Per Paper
1
CLINICAL MEDICINE
57,962
739,354
12.76
2
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
14,807
237,019
16.01
3
PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE
25,373
198,602
7.83
4
CHEMISTRY
17,567
179,194
10.2
5
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
6,787
155,864
22.97
6
GEOSCIENCES
12,541
134,577
10.73
7
PHYSICS
14,865
125,295
8.43
8
ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
11,340
121,322
10.7
9
NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
7,270
110,523
15.2
10
IMMUNOLOGY
4,623
95,032
20.56
11
PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY
10,158
84,946
8.36
12
SPACE SCIENCE
4,781
84,568
17.69
13
MICROBIOLOGY
4,648
71,861
15.46
14
ENGINEERING
16,432
71,755
4.37
15
SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL
15,422
59,067
3.83
16
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
7,208
47,428
6.58
17
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
3,672
41,597
11.33
18
MATERIALS SCIENCE
7,260
40,958
5.64
19
MATHEMATICS
5,805
21,481
3.7
20
COMPUTER SCIENCE
6,589
20,382
3.09
21
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
5,549
19,323
3.48
22
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
342
1,860
5.44
SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the September 1, 2008 update
covering a 10-year + 6-month period, 1998-June 30, 2008.