Leonardo DaVinci
(self-portrait) has been described
as the epitome of the
artist/engineer.
Below is a listing of the top 20 countries which, as of
the latest bimonthly update of
Essential Science IndicatorsSM,
attracted the highest total citations to their papers
published in
Thomson
Reuters-indexed journals of Engineering over an
11-year period, (1998-December 31, 2008). These
countries are of a pool of 96 countries comprising the
top 50% ranked by total citation count in this field.