According to Essential Science Indicators,
among the 147 top-performing countries in all fields,
Spain ranked #10 for citations, #9 for papers, and #40
for citations per paper. The table below contains
rankings of all fields in Spain. See source dates below
table.*
Ranked by Citations
Rank
Field
Papers
Citations
Citations
Per Paper
1
CLINICAL MEDICINE
48,414
494,738
10.22
2
CHEMISTRY
41,661
384,665
9.23
3
PHYSICS
27,270
244,322
8.96
4
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
14,796
172,894
11.69
5
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
6,958
127,762
18.36
6
PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE
19,234
122,908
6.39
7
NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
8,350
108,332
12.97
8
SPACE SCIENCE
6,294
76,808
12.20
9
MICROBIOLOGY
6,686
74,400
11.13
10
ENGINEERING
18,634
72,854
3.91
11
ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
8,504
69,042
8.12
12
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
10,204
64,802
6.35
13
MATERIALS SCIENCE
10,409
55,949
5.38
14
IMMUNOLOGY
3,131
45,235
14.45
15
GEOSCIENCES
6,203
42,384
6.83
16
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
4,368
37,201
8.52
17
MATHEMATICS
9,794
25,605
2.61
18
PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY
4,900
22,670
4.63
19
COMPUTER SCIENCE
8,695
16,629
1.91
20
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
3,699
11,658
3.15
21
SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL
3,380
9,325
2.76
22
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
169
1,319
7.80
SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the May 1, 2008 update covering a
10-year plus 2-month period, 1998-February 29,
2008.
*Due to a mistake in data rankings contained in the original (February
2008) opening statement for Spain on this page (and 2008 menu), the
rankings for Spain have been updated from the current bimonthly period
Essential Science Indicators to reflect the corrections. New
source dates are above.