Special Topic: Hadron Colliders> Top 20 Nations
Published November 2010
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Top 20 Nations
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On the list of nations that dominate in terms of citations and papers published, it's not surprising that the US, with Brookhaven, Fermilab, and a strong presence at CERN, leads the list of most cites and most papers, while the European nations with the biggest contributions to CERN follow along—Germany, France, Switzerland, and Italy. Russia, Japan, and China also make the top 10.
The surprise comes in the top 20 list for citations per paper. Here the major players virtually vanish—the US is nowhere to be found—and the top six begins with Hungary and then goes onto Israel, Croatia, Denmark, Romania, and Taiwan. These countries are also partners in the various research collaborations, but due to their smaller volume of papers, the cites-per-paper figures are higher than partner nations with larger paper volumes.
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Citations
Rank | Nations | Citations | Papers | Cites per paper |
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1 | USA | 83,738 | 6,246 | 13.41 |
2 | Germany | 38,267 | 2,338 | 16.37 |
3 | France | 25,521 | 1,557 | 16.39 |
4 | Switzerland | 25,330 | 2,600 | 9.74 |
5 | Russia | 24,577 | 1,454 | 16.90 |
6 | England | 23,428 | 1,380 | 16.98 |
7 | Peoples R China | 16,456 | 1,177 | 13.98 |
8 | Italy | 15,946 | 1,768 | 9.02 |
9 | Japan | 14,944 | 986 | 15.16 |
10 | India | 14,665 | 800 | 18.33 |
11 | Brazil | 14,358 | 650 | 22.09 |
12 | South Korea | 14,210 | 703 | 20.21 |
13 | Poland | 13,782 | 679 | 20.30 |
14 | Canada | 11,618 | 615 | 18.89 |
15 | Taiwan | 11,435 | 431 | 26.53 |
16 | Sweden | 9,840 | 406 | 24.24 |
17 | Spain | 9,270 | 699 | 13.26 |
18 | Israel | 8,051 | 237 | 33.97 |
19 | Hungary | 7,753 | 194 | 39.96 |
20 | Czech Republic | 7,192 | 404 | 17.80 |
Papers
Rank | Nations | Citations | Papers | Cites per paper |
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1 | USA | 83,738 | 6,246 | 13.41 |
2 | Switzerland | 25,330 | 2,600 | 9.74 |
3 | Germany | 38,267 | 2,338 | 16.37 |
4 | Italy | 15,946 | 1,768 | 9.02 |
5 | France | 25,521 | 1,557 | 16.39 |
6 | Russia | 24,577 | 1,454 | 16.90 |
7 | England | 23,428 | 1,380 | 16.98 |
8 | Peoples R China | 16,456 | 1,177 | 13.98 |
9 | Japan | 14,944 | 986 | 15.16 |
10 | India | 14,665 | 800 | 18.33 |
11 | South Korea | 14,210 | 703 | 20.21 |
12 | Spain | 9,270 | 699 | 13.26 |
13 | Poland | 13,782 | 679 | 20.30 |
14 | Brazil | 14,358 | 650 | 22.09 |
15 | Canada | 11,618 | 615 | 18.89 |
16 | Netherlands | 6,949 | 473 | 14.69 |
17 | Taiwan | 11,435 | 431 | 26.53 |
18 | Sweden | 9,840 | 406 | 24.24 |
19 | Czech Republic | 7,192 | 404 | 17.80 |
20 | Finland | 5,506 | 339 | 16.24 |
Cites Per Paper (>= 23 paper threshold)
Rank | Nations | Citations | Papers | Cites per paper |
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1 | Hungary | 7,753 | 194 | 39.96 |
2 | Israel | 8,051 | 237 | 33.97 |
3 | Croatia | 3,052 | 101 | 30.22 |
4 | Denmark | 2,865 | 102 | 28.09 |
5 | Romania | 2,078 | 76 | 27.34 |
6 | Taiwan | 11,435 | 431 | 26.53 |
7 | Sweden | 9,840 | 406 | 24.24 |
8 | Brazil | 14,358 | 650 | 22.09 |
9 | Norway | 3,416 | 162 | 21.09 |
10 | Poland | 13,782 | 679 | 20.30 |
11 | South Korea | 14,210 | 703 | 20.21 |
12 | Australia | 1,317 | 66 | 19.95 |
13 | Canada | 11,618 | 615 | 18.89 |
14 | India | 14,665 | 800 | 18.33 |
15 | Czech Republic | 7,192 | 404 | 17.80 |
16 | Portugal | 2,517 | 145 | 17.36 |
17 | Slovenia | 1,325 | 77 | 17.21 |
18 | England | 23,428 | 1,380 | 16.98 |
19 | Russia | 24,577 | 1,454 | 16.90 |
20 | France | 25,521 | 1,557 | 16.39 |
About The Nations
The resulting database contained 82 nations. Ranked by three separate measures: citations, papers, and citations per paper. Source dates: January 1, 2000-June 30, 2010 (third bimonthly period 2010). *Unless otherwise specified, all rankings have a >= 5 paper threshold for all measures.
Look for complelte threshold information for the Special Topic of Hadron Colliders in the "Methodology & Threshold" tab of the opening page for this topic.
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