Top 20 Countries in Economics
&
Business
A country feature 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 Economics &
Business over the 10-year + 10-month period,
(1998-October 31, 2008). These countries are of a pool
of 81 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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66,600
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516,584
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7.76
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2
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ENGLAND
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17,743
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97,614
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5.50
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3
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CANADA
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8,081
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41,654
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5.15
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4
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NETHERLANDS
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5,315
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27,757
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5.22
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5
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FRANCE
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5,277
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25,056
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4.75
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6
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GERMANY
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6,875
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23,937
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3.48
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7
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AUSTRALIA
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5,919
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21,497
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3.63
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8
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PEOPLES R CHINA
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3,658
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17,360
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4.75
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9
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SPAIN
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4,240
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14,744
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3.48
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10
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ITALY
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3,494
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14,045
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4.02
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11
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SWEDEN
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2,487
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13,707
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5.51
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12
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BELGIUM
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2,156
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11,135
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5.16
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13
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ISRAEL
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1,795
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10,822
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6.03
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14
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SWITZERLAND
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1,875
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10,577
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5.64
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15
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SCOTLAND
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1,858
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9,005
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4.85
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16
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DENMARK
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1,509
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7,320
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4.85
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17
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SOUTH KOREA
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1,807
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6,780
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3.75
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18
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JAPAN
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2,625
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6,734
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2.57
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19
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SINGAPORE
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1,260
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5,981
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4.75
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NORWAY
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1,428
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5,931
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4.15
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators from
Thomson
Reuters.
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Country Profiles : 2009 : Top 20 Countries in Economics & Business
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