Top 20 Countries in ALL FIELDS, 2000-August 31, 2010
Special Country Feature, December 2010
For the ninth consecutive year, ScienceWatch.com Webmaster Spyder Schafer presents the annual "Top 20" listings of the countries which, as of the latest bimonthly update of Essential Science IndicatorsSM, achieved particular distinction based on their papers published in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals from January 2000 through August 31, 2010, a 10-year plus 8-month period (fourth bimonthly).
The listings are confined to those nations, out of a pool of 147, which published at least 10,000 papers across all fields during the period. Countries are ranked by three separate measures in the tables below: total papers, number of citations, and cites per paper. (Note: For articles with multiple authors representing different nations, each listed nation receives full, not fractional, citation credit for the given paper.)
Listed by Papers
Rank | Country | Papers | Citations | Cites per paper | |
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1 | USA | 2,967,957 | 46,796,090 | 15.77 | |
2 | JAPAN | 770,252 | 7,877,699 | 10.23 | |
3 | GERMANY | 762,599 | 9,960,100 | 13.06 | |
4 | PEOPLES R CHINA | 719,971 | 4,227,779 | 5.87 | |
5 | ENGLAND | 679,394 | 9,979,737 | 14.69 | |
6 | FRANCE | 542,293 | 6,660,630 | 12.28 | |
7 | CANADA | 430,856 | 5,619,293 | 13.04 | |
8 | ITALY | 409,232 | 4,770,753 | 11.66 | |
9 | SPAIN | 315,420 | 3,256,075 | 10.32 | |
10 | AUSTRALIA | 284,250 | 3,359,748 | 11.82 | |
11 | RUSSIA | 267,319 | 1,243,711 | 4.65 | |
12 | INDIA | 266,230 | 1,497,065 | 5.62 | |
13 | SOUTH KOREA | 254,599 | 1,767,799 | 6.94 | |
14 | NETHERLANDS | 239,892 | 3,687,829 | 15.37 | |
15 | BRAZIL | 190,801 | 1,197,953 | 6.28 | |
16 | SWEDEN | 174,052 | 2,548,046 | 14.64 | |
17 | SWITZERLAND | 172,904 | 2,873,881 | 16.62 | |
18 | TAIWAN | 162,197 | 1,115,524 | 6.88 | |
19 | POLAND | 144,559 | 954,220 | 6.6 | |
20 | TURKEY | 138,345 | 687,389 | 4.97 | |
Source: Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, time period: 2000-August 31, 2010 (fourth bimonthly period of 2010). |
Listed by Citations
Rank | Country | Papers | Citations | Cites per paper | |
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1 | USA | 2,967,957 | 46,796,090 | 15.77 | |
2 | ENGLAND | 679,394 | 9,979,737 | 14.69 | |
3 | GERMANY | 762,599 | 9,960,100 | 13.06 | |
4 | JAPAN | 770,252 | 7,877,699 | 10.23 | |
5 | FRANCE | 542,293 | 6,660,630 | 12.28 | |
6 | CANADA | 430,856 | 5,619,293 | 13.04 | |
7 | ITALY | 409,232 | 4,770,753 | 11.66 | |
8 | PEOPLES R CHINA | 719,971 | 4,227,779 | 5.87 | |
9 | NETHERLANDS | 239,892 | 3,687,829 | 15.37 | |
10 | AUSTRALIA | 284,250 | 3,359,748 | 11.82 | |
11 | SPAIN | 315,420 | 3,256,075 | 10.32 | |
12 | SWITZERLAND | 172,904 | 2,873,881 | 16.62 | |
13 | SWEDEN | 174,052 | 2,548,046 | 14.64 | |
14 | SOUTH KOREA | 254,599 | 1,767,799 | 6.94 | |
15 | BELGIUM | 130,614 | 1,756,586 | 13.45 | |
16 | SCOTLAND | 106,160 | 1,622,708 | 15.29 | |
17 | INDIA | 266,230 | 1,497,065 | 5.62 | |
18 | DENMARK | 93,538 | 1,470,961 | 15.73 | |
19 | ISRAEL | 108,706 | 1,363,975 | 12.55 | |
20 | RUSSIA | 267,319 | 1,243,711 | 4.65 | |
Source: Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, time period: 2000-August 31, 2010 (fourth bimonthly period of 2010). |
Listed By Citations Per Paper
Rank | Country | Papers | Citations | Cites per paper | |
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1 | SWITZERLAND | 172,904 | 2,873,881 | 16.62 | |
2 | USA | 2,967,957 | 46,796,090 | 15.77 | |
3 | DENMARK | 93,538 | 1,470,961 | 15.73 | |
4 | NETHERLANDS | 239,892 | 3,687,829 | 15.37 | |
5 | SCOTLAND | 106,160 | 1,622,708 | 15.29 | |
6 | ENGLAND | 679,394 | 9,979,737 | 14.69 | |
7 | SWEDEN | 174,052 | 2,548,046 | 14.64 | |
8 | FINLAND | 86,472 | 1,174,321 | 13.58 | |
9 | BELGIUM | 130,614 | 1,756,586 | 13.45 | |
10 | GERMANY | 762,599 | 9,960,100 | 13.06 | |
11 | CANADA | 430,856 | 5,619,293 | 13.04 | |
12 | AUSTRIA | 90,971 | 1,158,252 | 12.73 | |
13 | ISRAEL | 108,706 | 1,363,975 | 12.55 | |
14 | NORWAY | 67,189 | 839,931 | 12.5 | |
15 | FRANCE | 542,293 | 6,660,630 | 12.28 | |
16 | WALES | 35,707 | 434,969 | 12.18 | |
17 | AUSTRALIA | 284,250 | 3,359,748 | 11.82 | |
18 | ITALY | 409,232 | 4,770,753 | 11.66 | |
19 | NORTH IRELAND | 17,464 | 201,859 | 11.56 | |
20 | IRELAND | 41,624 | 469,554 | 11.28 | |
Source: Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, time period: 2000-August 31, 2010 (fourth bimonthly period of 2010). |