According to Essential Science Indicators,
among the 147 top-performing countries in all
fields, France ranked #5 for citations
(5,281,615), #5 for papers (517,096), and #23 (10.21)
for citations per paper. The table below contains
rankings of all fields in France. See source dates
below table.
Ranked by
Citations
Rank
Field
Papers
Citations
Citations
Per Paper
1
CLINICAL MEDICINE
104,216
1,173,866
11.26
2
CHEMISTRY
63,060
630,504
10.00
3
PHYSICS
69,424
617,470
8.89
4
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
33,415
499,884
14.96
5
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
17,671
438,498
24.81
6
NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
16,133
269,663
16.71
7
PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE
25,546
208,819
8.17
8
GEOSCIENCES
20,879
205,563
9.85
9
MICROBIOLOGY
11,117
181,039
16.28
10
SPACE SCIENCE
13,054
165,625
12.69
11
IMMUNOLOGY
8,062
165,528
20.53
12
ENGINEERING
34,749
152,317
4.38
13
MATERIALS SCIENCE
21,757
133,278
6.13
14
ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
10,343
101,818
9.84
15
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
7,853
89,436
11.39
16
MATHEMATICS
21,811
70,031
3.21
17
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
8,131
60,664
7.46
18
COMPUTER SCIENCE
13,975
39,617
2.83
19
PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY
5,121
37,817
7.38
20
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
4,720
20,528
4.35
21
SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL
5,311
15,259
2.87
22
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
748
4,391
5.87
SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the May 1, 2008 update covering a
10-year + 2-month period, 1998-February 29, 2008.