National Rankings for Canada, 2000-June 30, 2010
Country Feature, October 2010
According to Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Clarivate, among the 147 top-performing countries in all fields, Canada ranked #6 for citations (5,414,223), #7 for papers (442,016), and #17 (12.83) for citations per paper.
Fields in the table below are sorted by citations. Average citation rates are across all nations for all papers published by field. Time period: 2000-June 30, 2010 (third bimonthly period of 2010).
Rank | Scientist | Papers | Citations | Cites per paper | Avg. Cit. Rates |
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1 | CLINICAL MEDICINE | 90,575 | 1,561,591 | 17.24 | 12.46 |
2 | BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY | 25,787 | 484,112 | 18.77 | 16.67 |
3 | CHEMISTRY | 31,849 | 413,014 | 12.97 | 10.74 |
4 | NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR | 18,545 | 379,139 | 20.44 | 18.75 |
5 | MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS | 14,209 | 372,964 | 26.25 | 24.89 |
6 | PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE | 31,011 | 276,598 | 8.92 | 7.41 |
7 | PHYSICS | 23,767 | 273,788 | 11.52 | 8.74 |
8 | ENVIRONMENT/ ECOLOGY | 18,429 | 233,435 | 12.67 | 10.80 |
9 | PSYCHIATRY/ PSYCHOLOGY | 17,115 | 204,832 | 11.97 | 10.67 |
10 | GEOSCIENCES | 17,961 | 190,352 | 10.6 | 9.26 |
11 | ENGINEERING | 33,985 | 172,125 | 5.06 | 4.52 |
12 | SPACE SCIENCE | 5,947 | 124,871 | 21.00 | 13.78 |
13 | SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL | 23,033 | 113,900 | 4.95 | 4.45 |
14 | IMMUNOLOGY | 5,254 | 112,059 | 21.33 | 21.13 |
15 | MICROBIOLOGY | 6,314 | 106,659 | 16.89 | 15.30 |
16 | PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY | 6,167 | 91,706 | 14.87 | 11.79 |
17 | MATERIALS SCIENCE | 11,192 | 84,765 | 7.57 | 6.65 |
18 | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES | 7,978 | 69,591 | 8.72 | 6.74 |
19 | ECONOMICS & BUSINESS | 8,388 | 51,539 | 6.14 | 5.82 |
20 | COMPUTER SCIENCE | 11,821 | 48,557 | 4.11 | 3.53 |
21 | MATHEMATICS | 12,265 | 45,411 | 3.70 | 3.32 |
22 | MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 424 | 3,215 | 7.58 | 4.98 |
ALL FIELDS* |
422,016 | 5,414,223 | 12.83 | 10.41 | |
* Includes data for all papers from ranked and unranked fields. | |||||
Source: Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, time period: 2000-June 30, 2010 (third bimonthly period of 2010). |