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The 20 Most-Cited Countries
in Plant & Animal Science, 1996-December 31, 2006 |
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 elow is a listing of the top 20
countries which, as of the latest bimonthly update of
Essential Science Indicators , attracted the highest total citations to their papers published in
Thomson Scientific-indexed journals of Plant & Animal Science over the last 11
years
(1996-December 31, 2006). These countries are the top 20 out of a pool of
106 countries comprising the top 50% ranked by total citation count in this field.
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RANK |
COUNTRY |
CITATIONS |
PAPERS |
CITATIONS PER PAPER |
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1 |
USA |
151,533
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1,298,835
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8.57
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Top paper
for the USA where all its authors are from the USA in
Plant & Animal Science: "FLORAL DIP: A SIMPLIFIED
METHOD FOR AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF
ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA," by CLOUGH SJ; BENT AF,
PLANT J 16 (6): 735-743 DEC 1998. [Authors'
affiliation: 2 U.S. institutions.] |
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2 |
ENGLAND |
30,484
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321,234
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10.54
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3 |
GERMANY |
35,528
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276,506
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7.78
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4 |
CANADA |
31,375
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242,129
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7.72
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5 |
JAPAN |
37,434
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227,959
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6.09
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6 |
FRANCE |
26,662
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211,788
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7.94
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7 |
AUSTRALIA |
24,877
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184,324
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7.41
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8 |
NETHERLANDS |
12,580
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118,283
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9.40
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9 |
SPAIN |
18,948
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117,877
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6.22
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10 |
SCOTLAND |
10,225
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95,465
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9.34
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SWEDEN |
9,519
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87,660
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9.21
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12 |
ITALY |
13,990
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82,022
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5.86
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13 |
SWITZERLAND |
7,896
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72,644
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9.20
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14 |
BELGIUM |
8,309
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62,184
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7.48
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15 |
DENMARK |
7,112
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61,140
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8.60
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16 |
NEW
ZEALAND |
7,650
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51,582
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6.74
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17 |
PEOPLES R CHINA |
14,328
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50,149
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3.50
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18 |
NORWAY |
5,996
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46,567
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7.77
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19 |
ISRAEL |
5,363
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45,956
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8.57
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20 |
BRAZIL |
14,130
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42,415
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3.00
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| SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators, January 1996-December 31,
2006. |
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