Most-Cited Paper From the Top 20
Countries, 1999-August 31, 2009
Special Country Feature
Last monthScienceWatch.com presented its annual
"Top 20" listings of countries (across all 22
fields), which as of the latest bimonthly update of
Essential Science IndicatorsSM, achieved
particular distinction based on their papers published in
Clarivate-indexed journals from January 1999 through
August 31, 2009, a 10-year plus 8-month period. This month we
present the highest-cited paper from each of the top 20
countries. The countries are listed below in the same order as
they were
last month–by total citations. In this ranking, all
of the paper's authors are based in the given country, as
opposed to multinational collaborations. Only the first address
is show.
Rank
Paper
Citations
1
UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA - (44,669,056
total citations)
Title: Mechanisms of
Disease: atherosclerosis in autoimmune
diseases
Authors: ROSS R
Source: N ENGL J MED, 340 (2): 115-126
JAN 14 1999
Address: Univ Washington, Sch Med, Dept
Pathol, Box 357470, Seattle, WA 98195
USA.
Univ Washington, Sch Med, Dept Pathol,
Seattle, WA 98195 USA.
Field: CLINICAL MEDICINE
8,083
2
GERMANY- (9,406,841 total
citations)
Title: A short history of
SHELX
Authors: SHELDRICK GM
Source: ACTA CRYSTALLOGR A, 64: 112-122
Part 1 JAN 2008
Address: Univ Gottingen, Dept Struct
Chem, Tammann Str 4, D-37077 Gottingen,
Germany.
Field: CHEMISTRY
5,421
3
ENGLAND- (9,399,334 total
citations)
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
Address: Cambridge Crystallog Data Ctr,
12 Union Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EZ,
England.
Field: CHEMISTRY
4,235
4
JAPAN
- (788,650,total citations)
Title: Superconductivity at
39 K in magnesium
diboride
Authors: NAGAMATSU J; NAKAGAWA N;
MURANAKA T; ZENITANI Y; AKIMITSU
J
Source: NATURE, 410 (6824): 63-64 MAR 1
2001
Address: Aoyama Gakuin Univ, Dept Phys,
Setagaya Ku, Tokyo 1578572,
Japan.
Field: PHYSICS
2,636
5
FRANCE
- (548,046 total citations)
Title: A simple, fast, and
accurate algorithm to estimate large
phylogenies by maximum
likelihood
Authors: GUINDON S; GASCUEL O
Source: SYST BIOL, 52 (5): 696-704 OCT
2003
Address: CNRS, LIRMM, 161 Rue Ada,
F-34392 Montpellier 5, France.
Field: ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
2,110
6
CANADA
- (424,562 total citations)
Title: Effects of an
angiotensin-converting-enzyme
inhibitor, ramipril, on cardiovascular
events in high-risk patients. The Heart
Outcomes Prevention Evaluation Study
Investigators
Authors: YUSUF S; SLEIGHT P; POGUE J;
BOSCH J; DAVIES R; DAGENAIS G; HEART
OUTCOMES PREVENT EVALUAT STUDY
Source: N ENGL J MED, 342 (3): 145-153
JAN 20 2000
Address: Hamilton Gen Hosp, Canadian
Cardiovasc Collaborat Project Off, 237
Barton St E, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2,
Canada.
Field: CLINICAL MEDICINE
3,171
7
ITALY
- (403,588 total citations)
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
Address: Univ Bari, Dipartimento
Geomineral, IRMEC, Campus Univ,via
Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italy.
Field: CHEMISTRY
4,300
8
NETHERLANDS
- (236,344 total citations)
Title: Single-crystal
structure validation with the program
PLATON
Authors: SPEK AL
Source: J APPL CRYST, 36: 7-13 Part 1
FEB 2003
Address: Univ Utrecht, Bijvoet Ctr
Biomol Res, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 CH
Utrecht, Netherlands.
Field: CHEMISTRY
6,803
9
PEOPLES R
CHINA - (649,689 total
citations)
Title: Coronavirus as a
possible cause of severe acute
respiratory
syndrome
Authors: PEIRIS JSM; LAI ST; POON LLM;
GUAN Y; YAM LYC; LIM W; NICHOLLS J; YEE
WKS; YAN WW; CHEUNG MT; CHENG VCC; CHAN
KH; TSANG DNC; YUNG RWH; NG TK; YUEN
KY; SARS STUDY GRP
Source: LANCET, 361 (9366): 1319-1325
APR 19 2003
Address: Univ Hong Kong, Queen Mary
Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Pokfulam Rd, Hong
Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
Field: CLINICAL MEDICINE
976
10
AUSTRALIA
- (276,622 total citations)
Title: 1999 World Health
Organization-International Society of
Hypertension Guidelines for the
Management of
Hypertension
Authors: CHALMERS J; MACMAHON S; MANCIA
G; WHITWORTH J; BEILIN L; HANSSON L;
NEAL B; RODGERS A; MHURCHU CN; CLARK T;
GUIDELINES SUBCOMMITTEE WHO-ISH
Source: J HYPERTENSION, 17 (2): 151-183
FEB 1999
Address: Royal N Shore Hosp, No Sydney
Hlth, Level 4,Vindin House, St
Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
Field: CLINICAL MEDICINE
1,549
11
SPAIN
- (305,430 total citations)
Title: DnaSP, DNA
polymorphism analyses by the coalescent
and other methods
Authors: ROZAS J; SANCHEZ-DELBARRIO JC;
MESSEGUER X; ROZAS R
Source: BIOINFORMATICS, 19 (18):
2496-2497 DEC 12 2003
Address: Univ Barcelona, Fac Biol, Dept
Genet, Diagonal 645, E-08071 Barcelona,
Spain.
Field: COMPUTER SCIENCE
1,815
12
SWITZERLAND
- (171,248 total citations)
Title: SWISS-MODEL: An
automated protein homology-modeling
server
Authors: SCHWEDE T; KOPP J; GUEX N;
PEITSCH MC
Source: NUCL ACID RES, 31 (13):
3381-3385 JUL 1 2003
Address: Univ Basel, Biozentrum,
Klingelbergstr 50-70, CH-4056 Basel,
Switzerland.
Field: BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
1,487
13
SWEDEN
- (174,789 total citations)
Title: Inflammation,
Atherosclerosis, and Coronary Artery
Disease
Authors: HANSSON GK
Source: N ENGL J MED, 352 (16):
1685-1695 APR 21 2005
Address: Karolinska Univ Hosp,
Karolinska Inst, Ctr Mol Med, Dept Med,
L8-03, SE-17176 Stockholm,
Sweden.
Field: CLINICAL MEDICINE
1,192
14
BELGIUM
- (128,800 total citations)
Title:Intensive insulin
therapy in the critically ill
patients
Authors: VAN DEN BERGHE G; WOUTERS P;
WEEKERS F; VERWAEST C; BRUYNINCKX F;
SCHETZ M; VLASSELAERS D; FERDINANDE P;
LAUWERS P; BOUILLON R
Source: N ENGL J MED, 345 (19):
1359-1367 NOV 8 2001
Address: Katholieke Univ Leuven, Univ
Hosp Gasthuisberg, Dept Intens Care
Med, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium.
Field: CLINICAL MEDICINE
2,338
15
SCOTLAND
- (106,559 total citations)
Title: Specificity and
mechanism of action of some commonly
used protein kinase
inhibitors
Authors: DAVIES SP; REDDY H; CAIVANO M;
COHEN P
Source: BIOCHEM J, 351: 95-105 Part 1
OCT 1 2000
Address: Univ Dundee, Dept Biochem,
MRC, Prot Phosphorylat Unit, MSI-WTB
Complex,Dow St, Dundee DD1 5EH,
Scotland.
Field: BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
2,219
16
SOUTH
KOREA - (237,652 total
citations)
Title: A homochiral
metal-organic porous material for
enantioselective separation and
catalysis
Authors: SEO JS; WHANG D; LEE H; JUN
SI; OH J; JEON YJ; KIM K
Source: NATURE, 404 (6781): 982-986 APR
27 2000
Address: Pohang Univ Sci & Technol,
Natl Creat Res Initiat Ctr Smart
Supramol, San 31 Hyojadong, Pohang
790784, South Korea
Field: CHEMISTRY
1,315
17
DENMARK
- (92,734 total citations)
Title:Improved adsorption
energetics within density-functional
theory using revised
Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof
functionals
Authors: HAMMER B; HANSEN LB; NORSKOV
JK
Source: PHYS REV B, 59 (11): 7413-7421
MAR 15 1999
Address: Univ Aalborg, Inst Phys,
Pontoppidanstr 103, DK-9220 Aalborg,
Denmark.
Field: PHYSICS
1,115
18
INDIA
- (253,520 total citations)
Title: Metal carboxylates
with open
architectures
Authors: RAO CNR; NATARAJAN S;
VAIDHYANATHAN R
Source: ANGEW CHEM INT ED, 43 (12):
1466-1496 2004
Address: Jawaharlal Nehru Ctr Adv Sci
Res, Chem & Phys Mat Unit, Jakkur
PO, Bangalore 560064, Karnataka,
India.
Field: CHEMISTRY
784
19
ISRAEL
- (109,410 total citations)
Title: Vascular endothelial
growth factor (VEGF) and its
receptors
Authors: NEUFELD G; COHEN T;
GENGRINOVITCH S; POLTORAK Z
Source: FASEB J, 13 (1): 9-22 JAN
1999
Address: Technion Israel Inst Technol,
Dept Biol, IL-32000 Haifa,
Israel.
Field: BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
1,609
20
RUSSIA
- (273,189 total citations)
Title: Nanostructured
materials from severe plastic
deformation
Authors: VALIEV RZ; ISLAMGALIEV RK;
ALEXANDROV IV
Source: PROG MATER SCI, 45 (2): 103-189
2000
Address: Ufa State Aviat Tech Univ,
Inst Phys Adv Mat, 12 K Marx St, Ufa
450000, Russia.
Field: MATERIALS SCIENCE