he table and graphs below show France's publication and citation performance in the field of Microbiology over the last decade, with the table showing France's rank on three separate measures, compared against the 86 top-performing nations in Microbiology covered by ISI Essential Science Indicators.
Related feature: read an interview with Dr. Guy Baranton of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. Dr. Baranton has *34 papers, which have been cited a total of 1,498 times to date, ranking him as one of the the top 100 Microbiology researchers of the past decade.

Rank: #5	PAPERS	CITATIONS	CITATIONS PER PAPER
	10,168	130,335	12.82
Rank: #4	PAPERS	CITATIONS	CITATIONS PER PAPER
	10,168	130,335	12.82
Rank: #19	PAPERS	CITATIONS	CITATIONS PER PAPER
	10,168	130,335	12.82
*SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators Web based product from the January 1, 2002 update covering a ten year plus ten month period, January 1991 - October 31, 2001.

Graphs for France

Number of Citations (In 5-year Intervals):

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Average Citations per Paper (In 5-year Intervals):

Related feature: read an interview with Dr. Guy Baranton of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. Dr. Baranton has * 34 papers, which have been cited a total of 1,498 times to date, ranking him as one of the the top 100 Microbiology researchers of the past decade.