France
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, France ranked #5 for citations
(5,281,615), #5 for papers (517,096), and #23 (10.21)
for citations per paper. The table below contains
rankings of all fields in France. 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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104,216
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1,173,866
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11.26
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2
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CHEMISTRY
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63,060
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630,504
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10.00
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3
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PHYSICS
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69,424
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617,470
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8.89
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4
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BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
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33,415
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499,884
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14.96
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5
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
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17,671
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438,498
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24.81
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6
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NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
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16,133
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269,663
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16.71
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7
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PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE
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25,546
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208,819
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8.17
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8
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GEOSCIENCES
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20,879
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205,563
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9.85
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9
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MICROBIOLOGY
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11,117
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181,039
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16.28
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10
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SPACE SCIENCE
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13,054
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165,625
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12.69
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11
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IMMUNOLOGY
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8,062
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165,528
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20.53
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12
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ENGINEERING
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34,749
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152,317
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4.38
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13
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MATERIALS SCIENCE
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21,757
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133,278
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6.13
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14
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ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
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10,343
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101,818
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9.84
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15
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PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
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7,853
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89,436
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11.39
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16
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MATHEMATICS
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21,811
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70,031
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3.21
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17
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
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8,131
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60,664
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7.46
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18
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
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13,975
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39,617
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2.83
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19
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PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY
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5,121
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37,817
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7.38
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20
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ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
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4,720
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20,528
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4.35
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21
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SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL
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5,311
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15,259
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2.87
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22
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY
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748
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4,391
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5.87
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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:
Profile of
France: July 2005,
Microbiology in France - March 2002.
Country Profiles : 2008 : France - Country Profile
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