Australia
A featured country selection
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According to
Essential Science
IndicatorsSM among
the 148 top-performing countries in all fields,
Australia ranked #11 for citations (2,662,008), #9 for
papers (261,001), and #25 (10.20) for citations per
paper. This feature includes rankings in all fields for
Australia.
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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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57,962
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739,354
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12.76
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2
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BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
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14,807
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237,019
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16.01
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3
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PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE
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25,373
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198,602
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7.83
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4
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CHEMISTRY
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17,567
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179,194
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10.2
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5
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
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6,787
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155,864
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22.97
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6
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GEOSCIENCES
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12,541
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134,577
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10.73
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7
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PHYSICS
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14,865
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125,295
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8.43
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8
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ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
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11,340
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121,322
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10.7
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9
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NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
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7,270
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110,523
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15.2
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10
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IMMUNOLOGY
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4,623
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95,032
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20.56
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11
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PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY
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10,158
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84,946
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8.36
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12
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SPACE SCIENCE
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4,781
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84,568
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17.69
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13
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MICROBIOLOGY
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4,648
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71,861
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15.46
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14
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ENGINEERING
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16,432
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71,755
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4.37
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15
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SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL
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15,422
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59,067
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3.83
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16
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
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7,208
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47,428
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6.58
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17
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PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
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3,672
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41,597
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11.33
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18
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MATERIALS SCIENCE
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7,260
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40,958
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5.64
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19
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MATHEMATICS
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5,805
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21,481
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3.7
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20
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
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6,589
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20,382
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3.09
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21
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ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
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5,549
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19,323
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3.48
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22
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY
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342
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1,860
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5.44
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SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the September 1, 2008 update
covering a 10-year + 6-month period, 1998-June 30, 2008.
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Country Profiles : 2008 : Australia - Country Profile
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