Top 20 Countries in Clinical
Medicine
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
Reuters-indexed journals of Clinical Medicine over
the 10-year + 4-month period (1998-April 30, 2008).
These countries are the top 20 out of a pool of 106
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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679,178
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10,598,007
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15.6
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2
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ENGLAND
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161,257
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2,223,465
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13.79
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3
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GERMANY
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166,413
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1,869,962
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11.24
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4
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JAPAN
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159,194
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1,493,009
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9.38
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5
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CANADA
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82,590
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1,266,659
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15.34
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6
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FRANCE
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106,792
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1,230,025
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11.52
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7
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ITALY
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93,577
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1,184,239
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12.66
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8
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NETHERLANDS
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62,400
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987,238
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15.82
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9
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AUSTRALIA
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56,527
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710,752
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12.57
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10
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SWEDEN
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44,507
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670,057
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15.06
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11
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SWITZERLAND
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38,745
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586,313
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15.13
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12
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SPAIN
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49,831
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520,892
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10.45
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13
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BELGIUM
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29,777
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451,384
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15.16
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14
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FINLAND
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21,462
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357,873
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16.67
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15
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DENMARK
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22,433
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355,782
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15.86
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16
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SCOTLAND
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22,669
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352,805
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15.56
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17
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AUSTRIA
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24,947
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294,580
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11.81
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18
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ISRAEL
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25,267
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267,052
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10.57
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19
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PEOPLES R CHINA
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36,737
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259,523
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7.06
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20
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NORWAY
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14,871
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221,609
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14.9
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators from the August
1, 2008 update covering a 10-year + 4-month period,
1998-April 30, 2008.
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RELATED ARCHIVES> Also see:
Top 10 Countries in Clinical Medicine: August 2006,
and 20 Most-Cited Countries in Clinical Medicine: April
2003.
Country Profiles : 2008 : Clinical Medicine: Top 20 Countries
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