People's Republic of
China A featured
country selection
According to
Essential Science
IndicatorsSM among
the 148 top-performing countries in all fields, the
People's Republic of China ranked #12 for citations
(2,294,868), #5 for papers (529,279), and #116 (4.34)
for citations per paper. The table below contains
rankings of all fields in the People's Republic of
China. See source dates below table.
Ranked by
Citations
Rank
Field
Papers
Citations
Citations
Per Paper
1
CHEMISTRY
132,351
629,724
4.76
2
PHYSICS
88,979
389,386
4.38
3
CLINICAL MEDICINE
36,737
259,523
7.06
4
MATERIALS SCIENCE
62,746
205,225
3.27
5
ENGINEERING
55,222
153,481
2.78
6
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
20,757
111,700
5.38
7
GEOSCIENCES
17,049
90,833
5.33
8
PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE
18,668
71,339
3.82
9
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
6,533
59,555
9.12
10
ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
10,726
48,567
4.53
11
MATHEMATICS
20,985
45,458
2.17
12
NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
5,114
40,104
7.84
13
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
7,698
35,887
4.66
14
SPACE SCIENCE
5,113
28,806
5.63
15
MICROBIOLOGY
4,100
27,862
6.80
16
COMPUTER SCIENCE
17,931
25,787
1.44
17
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
4,834
17,224
3.56
18
IMMUNOLOGY
2,224
14,438
6.49
19
SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL
4,527
12,476
2.76
20
PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY
2,213
12,375
5.59
21
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
3,072
11,845
3.86
22
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
1,700
3,273
1.93
SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the August 1, 2008 update covering
a 10-year + 4-month period, 1998-April 30, 2008.