Below is a listing of the top 20 countries which, as of
the latest bimonthly update of Essential Science
Indicators, attracted the highest total citations
to their papers published in
Thomson
Scientific-indexed journals of Physics over the
last 11-year period (1997-2007). These countries are
the top 20 out of a pool of 87 countries comprising the
top 50% ranked by total citation count in this field
(see source dates below).
Ranked by
Citations
Rank
Field
Papers
Citations
Citations
Per Paper
1
USA
218,045
2,719,244
12.47
2
GERMANY
104,592
1,100,855
10.53
3
JAPAN
117,017
899,691
7.69
4
FRANCE
74,124
683,324
9.22
5
ENGLAND
55,085
577,457
10.48
6
RUSSIA
80,575
458,682
5.69
7
ITALY
49,700
449,636
9.05
8
PEOPLES R CHINA
86,679
371,287
4.28
9
SWITZERLAND
22,231
304,182
13.68
10
SPAIN
28,461
261,164
9.18
11
CANADA
24,759
238,065
9.62
12
NETHERLANDS
17,407
206,652
11.87
13
SOUTH KOREA
32,313
191,334
5.92
14
POLAND
24,529
168,958
6.89
15
INDIA
28,786
162,061
5.63
16
SWEDEN
15,431
149,739
9.7
17
ISRAEL
14,040
147,556
10.51
18
AUSTRALIA
15,189
127,456
8.39
19
BRAZIL
19,956
121,789
6.1
20
AUSTRIA
9,137
105,854
11.59
SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the March 1, 2008 update covering
an 11-year period, 1997-December 31, 2007.
RELATED> Also see:
archives of Top 20 Nations in Physics,
August 2005.