Top 20 Countries in
Geosciences
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 Geosciences
over the 10-year + 2-month period (1998-February
29, 2008). 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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81,781
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942,652
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11.53
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2
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ENGLAND
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22,676
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247,464
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10.91
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3
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GERMANY
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22,422
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234,353
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10.45
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4
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FRANCE
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20,879
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205,563
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9.85
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5
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CANADA
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17,204
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151,984
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8.83
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6
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AUSTRALIA
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12,014
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124,288
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10.35
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7
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JAPAN
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14,767
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106,483
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7.21
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8
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PEOPLES R CHINA
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16,489
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85,440
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5.18
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9
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ITALY
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11,288
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83,759
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7.42
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10
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SWITZERLAND
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6,113
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71,999
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11.78
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11
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NETHERLANDS
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5,991
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64,449
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10.76
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12
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RUSSIA
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18,140
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57,922
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3.19
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13
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SWEDEN
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4,415
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43,593
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9.87
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14
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SPAIN
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6,203
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42,384
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6.83
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15
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NORWAY
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4,260
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38,838
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9.12
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16
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SCOTLAND
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3,646
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32,940
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9.03
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17
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DENMARK
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3,055
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32,749
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10.72
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18
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INDIA
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7,300
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27,138
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3.72
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19
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NEW ZEALAND
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2,959
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25,973
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8.78
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20
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BELGIUM
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2,470
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22,365
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9.05
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SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the May 1, 2008 update covering a
10-year + 2-month period, 1998-February 29, 2008.
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RELATED> Also see:
archives of Top 20 Nations in Geosciences,
September 2006.
Country Profiles : 2008 : Geosciences: Top 20 Countries
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