Spain
A featured
country selection from
Essential Science
IndicatorsSM
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According to Essential Science Indicators,
among the 147 top-performing countries in all fields,
Spain ranked #10 for citations, #9 for papers, and #40
for citations per paper. The table below contains
rankings of all fields in Spain. See source dates below
table.*
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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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CLINICAL MEDICINE
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48,414
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494,738
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10.22
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2
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CHEMISTRY
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41,661
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384,665
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9.23
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3
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PHYSICS
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27,270
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244,322
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8.96
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4
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BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
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14,796
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172,894
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11.69
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5
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
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6,958
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127,762
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18.36
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6
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PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE
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19,234
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122,908
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6.39
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7
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NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
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8,350
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108,332
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12.97
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8
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SPACE SCIENCE
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6,294
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76,808
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12.20
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9
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MICROBIOLOGY
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6,686
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74,400
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11.13
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10
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ENGINEERING
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18,634
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72,854
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3.91
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11
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ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
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8,504
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69,042
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8.12
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12
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
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10,204
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64,802
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6.35
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13
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MATERIALS SCIENCE
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10,409
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55,949
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5.38
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14
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IMMUNOLOGY
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3,131
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45,235
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14.45
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15
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GEOSCIENCES
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6,203
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42,384
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6.83
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16
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PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
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4,368
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37,201
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8.52
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17
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MATHEMATICS
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9,794
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25,605
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2.61
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18
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PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY
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4,900
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22,670
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4.63
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19
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
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8,695
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16,629
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1.91
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20
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ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
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3,699
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11,658
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3.15
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21
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SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL
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3,380
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9,325
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2.76
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22
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY
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169
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1,319
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7.80
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SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the May 1, 2008 update covering a
10-year plus 2-month period, 1998-February 29,
2008.
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*Due to a mistake in data rankings contained in the original (February
2008) opening statement for Spain on this page (and 2008 menu), the
rankings for Spain have been updated from the current bimonthly period
Essential Science Indicators to reflect the corrections. New
source dates are above.
RELATED> Also see:
archives of Spain profiles;
March 2005, and
July 2002.
Country Profiles : 2008 : Spain - Counrty Profile
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