According to Essential Science Indicators,
among the 147 top-performing countries in all fields,
Canada ranked #6 for citations (4,279,170), #7 for
papers (388,471), and #15 (11.02) for citations per
paper. The table below contains rankings of all fields
in Canada. See source dates below table.
Ranked by
Citations
Rank
Field
Papers
Citations
Citations
Per Paper
1
CLINICAL MEDICINE
80,455
1,207,771
15.01
2
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
25,079
419,000
16.71
3
CHEMISTRY
30,672
333,965
10.89
4
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
13,198
331,119
25.09
5
NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
17,456
314,550
18.02
6
PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE
29,795
224,370
7.53
7
PHYSICS
23,368
217,583
9.31
8
ENVIRONMENT/ ECOLOGY
16,575
166,988
10.07
9
PSYCHIATRY/ PSYCHOLOGY
15,446
152,912
9.90
10
GEOSCIENCES
17,204
151,984
8.83
11
ENGINEERING
30,527
119,269
3.91
12
IMMUNOLOGY
5,038
97,453
19.34
13
MICROBIOLOGY
5,939
89,743
15.11
14
SPACE SCIENCE
5,084
89,313
17.57
15
SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL
19,439
76,597
3.94
16
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
5,862
72,853
12.43
17
MATERIALS SCIENCE
10,649
61,415
5.77
18
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
7,220
49,981
6.92
19
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
7,371
33,798
4.59
20
MATHEMATICS
10,927
33,320
3.05
21
COMPUTER SCIENCE
10,765
31,729
2.95
22
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
402
3,457
8.60
SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the May 1, 2008 update covering a
10-year + 2-month period, 1998-February 29, 2008.