Top 20 Countries in
Physics
A featured
country selection 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
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).
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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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218,045
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2,719,244
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12.47
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2
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GERMANY
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104,592
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1,100,855
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10.53
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3
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JAPAN
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117,017
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899,691
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7.69
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4
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FRANCE
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74,124
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683,324
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9.22
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5
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ENGLAND
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55,085
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577,457
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10.48
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6
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RUSSIA
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80,575
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458,682
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5.69
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7
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ITALY
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49,700
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449,636
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9.05
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8
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PEOPLES R CHINA
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86,679
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371,287
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4.28
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9
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SWITZERLAND
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22,231
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304,182
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13.68
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10
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SPAIN
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28,461
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261,164
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9.18
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11
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CANADA
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24,759
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238,065
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9.62
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12
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NETHERLANDS
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17,407
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206,652
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11.87
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13
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SOUTH KOREA
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32,313
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191,334
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5.92
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14
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POLAND
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24,529
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168,958
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6.89
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15
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INDIA
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28,786
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162,061
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5.63
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16
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SWEDEN
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15,431
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149,739
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9.7
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17
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ISRAEL
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14,040
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147,556
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10.51
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18
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AUSTRALIA
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15,189
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127,456
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8.39
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19
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BRAZIL
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19,956
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121,789
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6.1
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20
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AUSTRIA
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9,137
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105,854
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11.59
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SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the March 1, 2008 update covering
an 11-year period, 1997-December 31, 2007.
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RELATED> Also see:
archives of Top 20 Nations in Physics,
August 2005.
Country Profiles : 2008 : Physics' Top 20 Countries
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