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Top 20 Countries in
ALL FIELDS, 1998-August 31,
2008
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For the seventh year, ScienceWatch.com
presents its annual "Top 20" listings of the countries
which, as of the latest bimonthly update of
Essential Science
IndicatorsSM,
achieved particular distinction based on their
papers published in
Thomson
Reuters-indexed journals from January 1998
through August 31, 2008, a 10-year plus 8-month
period. The listings are confined to those nations,
out of a pool of 147, which published at least
10,000 papers across all
fields during the period. Countries are ranked by
three separate measures: total citations, number of
papers, and cites per paper. (Note: For articles with
multiple authors representing different nations, each
listed nation receives full, not fractional, citation
credit for the given paper.)
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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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2,959,661
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42,269,694
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14.28
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2
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GERMANY
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766,146
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8,787,460
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11.47
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3
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ENGLAND
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678,686
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8,768,475
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12.92
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4
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JAPAN
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796,807
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7,201,664
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9.04
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5
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FRANCE
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548,279
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5,933,187
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10.82
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6
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CANADA
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414,248
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4,837,825
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11.68
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7
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ITALY
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394,428
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4,044,512
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10.25
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8
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NETHERLANDS
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231,682
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3,148,005
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13.59
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9
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AUSTRALIA
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267,134
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2,784,738
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10.42
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10
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PEOPLES R CHINA
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573,486
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2,646,085
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4.61
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11
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SPAIN
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292,146
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2,602,330
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8.91
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12
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SWITZERLAND
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168,527
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2,502,210
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14.85
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13
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SWEDEN
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174,418
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2,257,641
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12.94
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14
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BELGIUM
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125,520
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1,461,478
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11.64
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15
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SCOTLAND
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106,209
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1,422,252
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13.39
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16
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DENMARK
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91,670
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1,262,693
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13.77
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17
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SOUTH KOREA
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218,077
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1,256,724
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5.76
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18
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ISRAEL
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109,637
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1,210,807
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11.04
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19
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RUSSIA
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276,801
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1,135,496
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4.10
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INDIA
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237,364
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1,088,425
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4.59
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators from
Thomson
Reuters.
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Ranked by
Papers
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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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2,959,661
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42,269,694
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14.28
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2
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JAPAN
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796,807
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7,201,664
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9.04
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3
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GERMANY
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766,146
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8,787,460
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11.47
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4
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ENGLAND
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678,686
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8,768,475
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12.92
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5
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PEOPLES R CHINA
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573,486
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2,646,085
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4.61
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6
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FRANCE
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548,279
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5,933,187
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10.82
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7
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CANADA
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414,248
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4,837,825
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11.68
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8
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ITALY
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394,428
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4,044,512
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10.25
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9
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SPAIN
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292,146
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2,602,330
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8.91
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10
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RUSSIA
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276,801
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1,135,496
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4.10
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11
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AUSTRALIA
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267,134
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2,784,738
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10.42
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12
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INDIA
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237,364
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1,088,425
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4.59
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13
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NETHERLANDS
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231,682
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3,148,005
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13.59
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14
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SOUTH KOREA
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218,077
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1,256,724
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5.76
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15
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SWEDEN
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174,418
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2,257,641
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12.94
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16
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SWITZERLAND
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168,527
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2,502,210
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14.85
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17
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BRAZIL
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157,860
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880,821
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5.58
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18
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TAIWAN
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144,807
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828,751
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5.72
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19
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POLAND
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131,646
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766,033
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5.82
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20
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BELGIUM
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125,520
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1,461,478
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11.64
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators from
Thomson
Reuters.
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Citations Per
Paper
(
 10,000 papers)
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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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SWITZERLAND
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168,527
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2,502,210
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14.85
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2
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USA
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2,959,661
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42,269,694
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14.28
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3
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DENMARK
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91,670
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1,262,693
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13.77
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4
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NETHERLANDS
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231,682
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3,148,005
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13.59
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5
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SCOTLAND
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106,209
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1,422,252
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13.39
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6
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SWEDEN
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174,418
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2,257,641
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12.94
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7
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ENGLAND
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678,686
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8,768,475
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12.92
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8
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FINLAND
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85,567
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1,038,721
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12.14
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9
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CANADA
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414,248
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4,837,825
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11.68
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10
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BELGIUM
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125,520
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1,461,478
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11.64
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11
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GERMANY
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766,146
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8,787,460
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11.47
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12
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AUSTRIA
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87,953
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974,554
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11.08
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13
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ISRAEL
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109,637
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1,210,807
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11.04
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14
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NORWAY
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63,017
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691,881
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10.98
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15
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FRANCE
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548,279
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5,933,187
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10.82
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16
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WALES
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35,318
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374,996
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10.62
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17
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AUSTRALIA
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267,134
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2,784,738
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10.42
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18
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ITALY
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394,428
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4,044,512
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10.25
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19
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IRELAND
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37,396
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377,181
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10.09
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20
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NORTH IRELAND
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17,376
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174,069
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10.02
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators from
Thomson
Reuters.
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Country Profiles : 2008 : Top 20 Countries in ALL FIELDS - 1998-Aug. 31, 2008
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