Canada
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,
Canada ranked #6 for citations (4,279,170), #7 for
papers (388,471), and #15 (11.02) for citations per
paper. The table below contains rankings of all fields
in Canada. 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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80,455
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1,207,771
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15.01
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2
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BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
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25,079
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419,000
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16.71
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3
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CHEMISTRY
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30,672
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333,965
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10.89
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4
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
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13,198
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331,119
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25.09
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5
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NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
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17,456
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314,550
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18.02
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6
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PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE
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29,795
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224,370
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7.53
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7
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PHYSICS
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23,368
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217,583
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9.31
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8
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ENVIRONMENT/ ECOLOGY
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16,575
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166,988
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10.07
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9
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PSYCHIATRY/ PSYCHOLOGY
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15,446
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152,912
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9.90
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10
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GEOSCIENCES
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17,204
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151,984
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8.83
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11
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ENGINEERING
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30,527
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119,269
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3.91
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12
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IMMUNOLOGY
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5,038
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97,453
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19.34
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13
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MICROBIOLOGY
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5,939
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89,743
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15.11
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14
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SPACE SCIENCE
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5,084
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89,313
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17.57
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15
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SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL
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19,439
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76,597
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3.94
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16
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PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
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5,862
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72,853
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12.43
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17
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MATERIALS SCIENCE
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10,649
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61,415
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5.77
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18
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
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7,220
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49,981
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6.92
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19
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ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
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7,371
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33,798
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4.59
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20
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MATHEMATICS
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10,927
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33,320
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3.05
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21
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
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10,765
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31,729
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2.95
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22
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY
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402
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3,457
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8.60
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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:
Canada's
top 10 Hot Papers; July 2006,
Canada -
February 2005 (updated from Aug. 2002),
Canada -
August 2002.
Country Profiles : 2008 : Canada - Country Profile
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