Top 20 Countries in
Mathematics
A country
feature from
Essential Science
IndicatorsSM
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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
Reuters-indexed journals of Mathematics over the
10-year + 6-month period, (1998-June 30, 2008). These
countries are of a pool of 83 countries comprising the
top 50% ranked by total citation count in this field.
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Ranked by
Citations
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Rank
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Field
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Papers
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Citations
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Citations
Per Paper
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1
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USA
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65,830
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268,096
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4.07
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2
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FRANCE
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22,796
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76,515
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3.36
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3
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GERMANY
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18,730
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64,155
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3.43
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4
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PEOPLES R CHINA
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22,200
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50,674
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2.28
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5
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ENGLAND
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11,618
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46,429
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4
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6
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CANADA
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11,496
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36,784
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3.2
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7
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ITALY
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12,537
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36,426
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2.91
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8
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JAPAN
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12,531
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28,832
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2.3
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9
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SPAIN
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10,343
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28,318
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2.74
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10
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AUSTRALIA
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5,805
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21,481
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3.7
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11
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RUSSIA
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12,082
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17,845
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1.48
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12
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ISRAEL
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4,957
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17,272
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3.48
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13
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NETHERLANDS
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3,475
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12,849
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3.7
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14
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BELGIUM
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3,138
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11,082
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3.53
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15
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POLAND
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5,091
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10,902
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2.14
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16
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SWEDEN
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2,775
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10,186
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3.67
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17
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SWITZERLAND
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2,589
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10,089
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3.9
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18
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SOUTH KOREA
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4,775
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9,910
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2.08
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19
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BRAZIL
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3,744
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9,263
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2.47
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TAIWAN
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3,109
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8,594
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2.76
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SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators from the
September 1, 2008 update covering a 10-year + 6-month
period, 1998-June 30, 2008.
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Country Profiles : 2008 : Top 20 Countries in Mathematics - Country Feature
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