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Top 20 Countries in
Engineering
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Leonardo DaVinci
(self-portrait) has been described
as the epitome of the
artist/engineer.
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Below is a listing of the top 20 countries which, as of
the latest bimonthly update of
Essential Science IndicatorsSM,
attracted the highest total citations to their papers
published in
Thomson
Reuters-indexed journals of Engineering over an
11-year period, (1998-December 31, 2008). These
countries are of a pool of 96 countries comprising the
top 50% ranked by total citation count in this field.
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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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202,141
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1,115,430
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5.52
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2
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JAPAN
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66,882
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237,154
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3.55
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3
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GERMANY
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46,643
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231,381
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4.96
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4
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ENGLAND
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47,910
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227,272
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4.74
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5
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PEOPLES R CHINA
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64,435
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201,881
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3.13
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6
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FRANCE
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38,455
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186,951
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4.86
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7
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CANADA
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34,015
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149,229
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4.39
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8
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ITALY
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33,372
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146,901
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4.4
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9
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TAIWAN
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27,786
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96,036
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3.46
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10
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SOUTH KOREA
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30,013
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91,955
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3.06
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11
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SPAIN
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21,025
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88,569
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4.21
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12
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AUSTRALIA
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17,407
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81,127
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4.66
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13
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NETHERLANDS
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13,727
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74,175
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5.4
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14
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INDIA
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23,382
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68,534
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2.93
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15
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SWITZERLAND
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10,481
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67,600
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6.45
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16
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RUSSIA
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22,847
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58,059
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2.54
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17
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SWEDEN
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10,608
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57,944
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5.46
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18
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BELGIUM
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8,999
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49,792
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5.53
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19
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SINGAPORE
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11,744
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48,797
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4.16
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20
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TURKEY
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11,962
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41,586
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3.48
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators from
Thomson
Reuters.
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Country Profiles : 2009 : Top 20 Countries in Engineering
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