As of January 1, 2004, ISI Essential Science Indicators data were updated to cover a ten-year plus ten-month period, from January 1993 to October 31, 2003. With this update, the data pool expanded to include an additional 2,023 scientists, 231 institutions, 18 countries, and 47 journals that are either entirely new to the ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product, or new to one of the database’s 22 fields.

The scientists achieving entrance into the database with the highest total citations in each of the 22 fields are listed below:

The 22 institutions with the highest total citations upon entrance to the database or to a new field of the database are as follows:

Of the 18 countries new to the database or one of its fields, the 13 achieving the highest total citations upon entrance are listed below:

Of the 47 journals new to the database or one of its fields, the 21 achieving the highest total citations upon entrance are given in the following table:

For details on citation scores, papers, and time-series performance for these new entrants, see the ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product. View the Product Tour for ISI Essential Science Indicators!

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