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COUNTRY PROFILES - 2009

Most-Cited Paper From the Top 20 Countries, 1998-August 31, 2008
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Last month ScienceWatch.com presented its annual "Top 20" listings of countries (across all 22 fields), 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.

This month we present the highest-cited paper from each of the top 20 countries. In this ranking, all of the paper's authors are based in the given country, as opposed to multinational collaborations. Addresses have been truncated.

 
Rank Country Papers Citations Citations Per Paper
1 United States of America 2,959,661 42,269,694 14.28
  Most-cited paper from Clinical Medicine* with 7,246 citations:

Title: "MECHANISMS OF DISEASE - ATHEROSCLEROSIS - AN INFLAMMATORY DISEASE"
Authors: ROSS R
Source: N ENGL J MED, 340 (2): 115-126 JAN 14 1999
Addresses: Univ Washington, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Box 357470, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.
Univ Washington, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.

2 Germany 766,146 8,787,460 11.47
  Most-cited paper from Biology & Biochemistry with 3,507 citations:

Title: "DUPLEXES OF 21-NUCLEOTIDE RNAS MEDIATE RNA INTERFERENCE IN CULTURED MAMMALIAN CELLS"
Authors: ELBASHIR SM; HARBORTH J; LENDECKEL W; YALCIN A; WEBER K; TUSCHL T
Source: NATURE, 411 (6836): 494-498 MAY 24 2001
Addresses: Max Planck Inst Biophys Chem, Dept Cellular Biochem, Fassberg 11, D-37033 Gottingen, Germany.
Max Planck Inst Biophys Chem, Dept Cellular Biochem, D-37033 Gottingen, Germany.

3 England 678,686 8,768,475 12.92
  Most-cited paper from Chemistry with 3,829 citations:

Title: "THE CAMBRIDGE STRUCTURAL DATABASE: A QUARTER OF A MILLION CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND RISING"
Authors: ALLEN FH
Source: ACTA CRYSTALLOGR B-STRUCT SCI, 58: 380-388 Part 3 Sp. Iss. 1 JUN 2002
Addresses: Cambridge Crystallog Data Ctr, 12 Union Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, England.
Cambridge Crystallog Data Ctr, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, England.

Rank Country Papers Citations Citations Per Paper
4 Japan 796,807 7,201,664 9.04
  Most-cited paper from Physics with 2,425 citations:

Title: "SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AT 39 K IN MAGNESIUM DIBORIDE"
Authors: NAGAMATSU J; NAKAGAWA N; MURANAKA T; ZENITANI Y; AKIMITSU J
Source: NATURE, 410 (6824): 63-64 MAR 1 2001
Addresses: Aoyama Gakuin Univ, Dept Phys, Setagaya Ku, Tokyo 1578572, Japan.
Japan Sci & Technol Corp, CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 3320012, Japan.

5 France 548,279 5,933,187 10.82
  Most-cited paper from Clinical Medicine with 1,627 citations:

Title: "SPONTANEOUS INITIATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION BY ECTOPIC BEATS ORIGINATING IN THE PULMONARY VEINS"
Authors: HAISSAGUERRE M; JAIS P; SHAH DC; TAKAHASHI A; HOCINI M; QUINIOU G; GARRIGUE S; LE MOUROUX A; LE METAYER P; CLEMENTY J
Source: N ENGL J MED, 339 (10): 659-666 SEP 3 1998
Addresses: Hop Cardiol Haut Leveque, Ave Magellan, F-33604 Bordeaux, France.
Hop Cardiol Haut Leveque, F-33604 Bordeaux, France.

6 Canada 414,248 4,837,825 11.68
  Most-cited paper from Clinical Medicine with 2,815 citations:

Title: "EFFECTS OF AN ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING-ENZYME INHIBITOR, RAMIPRIL, ON CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS"
Authors: YUSUF S; SLEIGHT P; POGUE J; BOSCH J; DAVIES R; DAGENAIS G; HEART OUTCOMES PREVENT EVALUAT STUDY
Source: N ENGL J MED, 342 (3): 145-153 JAN 20 2000
Addresses: Hamilton Gen Hosp, Canadian Cardiovasc Collaborat Project Off, 237 Barton St E, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada.
Hamilton Gen Hosp, Canadian Cardiovasc Collaborat Project Off, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada.

Rank Country Papers Citations Citations Per Paper
7 Italy 394,428 4,044,512 10.25
  Most-cited paper from Chemistry with 3,689 citations:

Title: "SIR97: A NEW TOOL FOR CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION AND REFINEMENT"
Authors: ALTOMARE A; BURLA MC; CAMALLI M; CASCARANO GL; GIACOVAZZO C; GUAGLIARDI A; MOLITERNI AGG; POLIDORI G; SPAGNA R
Source: J APPL CRYST, 32: 115-119 Part 1 FEB 1 1999
Addresses: Univ Bari, Dipartimento Geomineral, IRMEC, Campus Univ,via Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italy.
Univ Bari, Dipartimento Geomineral, IRMEC, I-70125 Bari, Italy.

8 Netherlands 231,682 3,148,005 13.59
  Most-cited paper from Chemistry with 5,698 citations:

Title: "SINGLE-CRYSTAL STRUCTURE VALIDATION WITH THE PROGRAM PLATON"
Authors: SPEK AL
Source: J APPL CRYST, 36: 7-13 Part 1 FEB 2003
Addresses: Univ Utrecht, Bijvoet Ctr Biomol Res, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands.
Univ Utrecht, Bijvoet Ctr Biomol Res, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands.

9 Australia 267,134 2,784,738 10.42
  Most-cited paper from Clinical Medicine with 2,634 citations:

Title: "THE BCL-2 PROTEIN FAMILY: ARBITERS OF CELL SURVIVAL"
Authors: ADAMS JM; CORY S
Source: SCIENCE, 281 (5381): 1322-1326 AUG 28 1998
Addresses: Walter & Eliza Hall Inst Med Res, Post Off Royal Melbourne Hosp, Parkville, Vic 3050, Australia.
Walter & Eliza Hall Inst Med Res, Parkville, Vic 3050, Australia.

Rank Country Papers Citations Citations Per Paper
10 Peoples Republic of China 573,486 2,646,085 4.61
  Most-cited paper from Clinical Medicine with 913 citations:

Title: "CORONAVIRUS AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME"
Authors: PEIRIS JSM; LAI ST; POON LLM; GUAN Y; YAM LYC; LIM W; NICHOLLS J; YEE WKS; YAN WW; CHEUNG MT; CHENG VCC; CHAN KH; TSANG DNC; YUNG RWH; NG TK; YUEN KY; SARS STUDY GRP
Source: LANCET, 361 (9366): 1319-1325 APR 19 2003
Addresses: Univ Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
Univ Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hosp, Dept Pathol & Microbiol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.

11 Spain 292,146 2,602,330 8.91
  Most-cited paper from Computer Science with 1,050 citations:

Title: "DNASP VERSION 3: AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM FOR MOLECULAR POPULATION GENETICS AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION ANALYSIS"
Authors: ROZAS J; ROZAS R
Source: BIOINFORMATICS, 15 (2): 174-175 FEB 1999
Addresses: Univ Barcelona, Fac Biol, Dept Genet, Diagonal 645, E-08071 Barcelona, Spain.
Univ Barcelona, Fac Biol, Dept Genet, E-08071 Barcelona, Spain.

12 Switzerland 168,527 2,502,210 14.85
  Most-cited paper from Chemistry with 3,795 citations:

Title: "SWISS-MODEL AND THE SWISS-PDBVIEWER: AN ENVIRONMENT FOR COMPARATIVE PROTEIN MODELING"
Authors: GUEX N; PEITSCH MC
Source: ELECTROPHORESIS, 18 (15): 2714-2723 DEC 1997
Addresses: Glaxo Wellcome Res & Dev Ltd, Geneva Biomed Res Inst, 14 Chemin Aulx, CH-1228 Geneva, Switzerland.
Glaxo Wellcome Res & Dev Ltd, Geneva Biomed Res Inst, CH-1228 Geneva, Switzerland.

Rank Country Papers Citations Citations Per Paper
13 Sweden 174,418 2,257,641 12.94
  Most-cited paper from Clinical Medicine with 1,007 citations:

Title: "SYMPTOMATIC GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX AS A RISK FACTOR FOR ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA"
Authors: LAGERGREN J; BERGSTROM R; LINDGREN A; NYREN O
Source: N ENGL J MED, 340 (11): 825-831 MAR 18 1999
Addresses: Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol, Box 281, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.

14 Belgium 125,520 1,461,478 11.64
  Most-cited paper from Clinical Medicine with 1,921 citations:

Title: "INTENSIVE INSULIN THERAPY IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS"
Authors: VAN DEN BERGHE G; WOUTERS P; WEEKERS F; VERWAEST C; BRUYNINCKX F; SCHETZ M; VLASSELAERS D; FERDINANDE P; LAUWERS P; BOUILLON R
Source: N ENGL J MED, 345 (19): 1359-1367 NOV 8 2001
Addresses: Katholieke Univ Leuven, Univ Hosp Gasthuisberg, Dept Intens Care Med, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium.
Catholic Univ Louvain, Dept Intens Care Med, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium.

15 Scotland 106,209 1,422,252 13.39
  Most-cited paper from Biology & Biochemistry with 1,976 citations:

Title: "SPECIFICITY AND MECHANISM OF ACTION OF SOME COMMONLY USED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS"
Authors: DAVIES SP; REDDY H; CAIVANO M; COHEN P
Source: BIOCHEM J, 351: 95-105 Part 1 OCT 1 2000
Addresses: Univ Dundee, Dept Biochem, MRC, Prot Phosphorylat Unit, MSI-WTB Complex,Dow St, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland.
Univ Dundee, Dept Biochem, MRC, Prot Phosphorylat Unit, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland.

Rank Country Papers Citations Citations Per Paper
16 Denmark 91,670 1,262,693 13.77
  Most-cited paper from Physics with 917 citations:

Title: "IMPROVED ADSORPTION ENERGETICS WITHIN DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY USING REVISED PERDEW-BURKE-ERNZERHOF FUNCTIONALS"
Authors: HAMMER B; HANSEN LB; NORSKOV JK
Source: PHYS REV B, 59 (11): 7413-7421 MAR 15 1999
Addresses: Univ Aalborg, Inst Phys, Pontoppidanstr 103, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.
Univ Aalborg, Inst Phys, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.

17 South Korea 218,077 1,256,724 5.76
  Most-cited paper from Chemistry with 1,003 citations:

Title: "A HOMOCHIRAL METAL-ORGANIC POROUS MATERIAL FOR ENANTIOSELECTIVE SEPARATION AND CATALYSIS"
Authors: SEO JS; WHANG D; LEE H; JUN SI; OH J; JEON YJ; KIM K
Source: NATURE, 404 (6781): 982-986 APR 27 2000
Addresses: Pohang Univ Sci & Technol, Natl Creat Res Initiat Ctr Smart Supramol, San 31 Hyojadong, Pohang 790784, South Korea.
Pohang Univ Sci & Technol, Natl Creat Res Initiat Ctr Smart Supramol, Pohang 790784, South Korea.

18 Isreal 109,637 1,210,807 11.04
  Most-cited paper from Biology & Biochemistry with 2,607 citations:

Title: "THE UBIQUITIN SYSTEM"
Authors: HERSHKO A; CIECHANOVER A
Source: ANNU REV BIOCHEM, 67: 425-479 1998
Addresses: Technion Israel Inst Technol, Fac Med, Biochem Unit, IL-31096 Haifa, Israel.
Technion Israel Inst Technol, Rappaport Inst Res Med Sci, IL-31096 Haifa, Israel.

Rank Country Papers Citations Citations Per Paper
19 Russia 276,801 1,135,496 4.1
  Most-cited paper from Materials Science with 1,187 citations:

Title: "BULK NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FROM SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATION"
Authors: VALIEV RZ; ISLAMGALIEV RK; ALEXANDROV IV
Source: PROG MATER SCI, 45 (2): 103-189 2000
Addresses: Ufa State Aviat Tech Univ, Inst Phys Adv Mat, 12 K Marx St, Ufa 450000, Russia.
Ufa State Aviat Tech Univ, Inst Phys Adv Mat, Ufa 450000, Russia.

20 India 237,364 1,088,425 4.59
  Most-cited paper from Biology & Biochemistry with 614 citations:

Title: "GPI-ANCHORED PROTEINS ARE ORGANIZED IN SUBMICRON DOMAINS AT THE CELL SURFACE"
Authors: VARMA R; MAYOR S
Source: NATURE, 394 (6695): 798-801 AUG 20 1998
Addresses: Natl Ctr Biol Sci, TIFR Ctr, IISc Campus,POB 1234, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India.
Natl Ctr Biol Sci, TIFR Ctr, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India.

SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters. View methodology and understanding core data for countries.

*Correction: When this profile was first published on Jan. 1, 2009, the first paper in this list was mistakenly listed as a chemistry paper, when it in fact is from the field of clinical medicine. Added Jan. 21, 2009.

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