The Year 2003:
Top 20 Country Rankings in All Fields
Of the most-cited 150 countries in ALL FIELDS from ISI Essential Science Indicators Web
based product, the top 20 are below. Click the linked countries to read previous profiles, rankings,
and "Science In..." articles from SCI-BYTES.
SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators Web based product from the November 1, 2003 update covering a ten year plus eight
month period, January 1993 - August 31, 2003.
Sorted by:
Citations
Rank COUNTRY
1
USA
2
CITATIONS
CITATIONS
PER PAPER
PAPERS
33,089,756
2,705,352
12.23
ENGLAND
6,212,840
598,470
10.38
3
GERMANY
5,857,244
655,586
8.93
4
JAPAN
5,098,499
713,542
7.15
5
FRANCE
4,213,581
484,291
8.7
6
CANADA
3,549,116
358,007
9.91
7
ITALY
2,569,970
310,557
8.28
8
NETHERLANDS
2,135,032
194,710
10.97
9
SWITZERLAND
1,769,220
137,661
12.85
10
AUSTRALIA
1,736,998
211,549
8.21
11
SWEDEN
1,600,307
152,632
10.48
12
SPAIN
1,419,447
209,762
6.77
13
SCOTLAND
967,215
93,327
10.36
14
BELGIUM
935,873
99,226
9.43
15
RUSSIA
848,345
285,856
2.97
16
ISRAEL
835,818
95,942
8.71
17
DENMARK
827,292
76,889
10.76
18
FINLAND
700,902
71,328
9.83
19
PEOPLES R CHINA
658,355
236,996
2.78
20
AUSTRIA
574,298
68,610
8.37
SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators
Web product.
Sorted by:
Papers
Rank COUNTRY
1
USA
2
CITATIONS
CITATIONS
PER PAPER
PAPERS
33,089,756
2,705,352
12.23
JAPAN
5,098,499
713,542
7.15
3
GERMANY
5,857,244
655,586
8.93
4
ENGLAND
6,212,840
598,470
10.38
5
FRANCE
4,213,581
484,291
8.7
6
CANADA
3,549,116
358,007
9.91
7
ITALY
2,569,970
310,557
8.28
8
RUSSIA
848,345
285,856
2.97
9
PEOPLES R CHINA
658,355
236,996
2.78
10
AUSTRALIA
1,736,998
211,549
8.21
11
SPAIN
1,419,447
209,762
6.77
12
NETHERLANDS
2,135,032
194,710
10.97
13
INDIA
538,739
177,687
3.03
14
SWEDEN
1,600,307
152,632
10.48
15
SWITZERLAND
1,769,220
137,661
12.85
16
SOUTH KOREA
420,349
111,406
3.77
17
BELGIUM
935,873
99,226
9.43
18
ISRAEL
835,818
95,942
8.71
19
POLAND
419,948
94,101
4.46
20
SCOTLAND
967,215
93,327
10.36
SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators
Web product.
High-Impact Countries:
The Top Ten, 1993-2003
The top ten countries ranked according to average citations per paper in all fields
(that is, 22 main subject areas, (including general social sciences), based on papers
indexed by Thomson ISI between January 1993 and December 31, 2003, and cited
over the same period. Limited to those countries that published at least 50,000
papers during the ten-year period (excluding books, book chapters, and articles
published in non-Thomson-indexed journals).
Rank
Country
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Switzerland
United States
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Scotland
England
Canada
Finland
Belgium
Most-Cited Countries:
The Top Ten, 1993-2003
The top ten countries ranked according to total citations to published reports in 22
main fields (including general social sciences), based on papers indexed by
Thomson ISI between January 1993 and autumn 2003 and cited over the same
period (excluding books, book chapters, and articles published in non-ISI-indexed
journals).
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Country
United States [see also]
England [see also]
Germany [see also]
Japan [see also]
France [see also]
Canada [see also]
Italy [see also]
Netherlands [see also]
Switzerland [see also]
Australia [see also]
Between 2004 and 2008, Thomson Reuters indexed 401,649 papers that listed at least
one author address in a United Kingdom region (England, Scotland, Wales, and
Northern Ireland). Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in journals
classified under the heading of space science, followed by economics & business and
general social sciences. As the right-hand column indicates, the citations-per-paper
average for U.K. research in space science was 41% above the world average (10.06
cites per paper for the U.K. versus 7.14 for the world). United Kingdom-based
researchers surpassed the world mark in all the other fields shown here, with notably
strong performance in plant & animal science (+61% above the world average),
agricultural sciences (55% above), physics (+46%), and pharmacology & toxicology
(+44%).
Science in: Germany, 2004-08
Field
Percentage of papers
Relative impact
from Germany
compared to world
Space Science
15.53
+47
Physics
10.81
+45
Molecular Biology & Genetics
9.79
+13
Neurosciences & Behavior
9.73
+13
Geosciences
9.71
+41
Microbiology
9.03
+17
Clinical Medicine
8.57
+13
Immunology
8.24
+10
Germany, 2004-08's overall percent share, all fields: 7.95
Chemistry
7.89
+27
Biology & Biochemistry
7.82
+18
Psychiatry/Psychology
7.57
-8
Mathematics
7.51
+19
Computer Science
7.41
+14
Materials Sciences
7.13
+30
Plant & Animal Science
6.85
+45
Pharmacology & Toxicology
6.59
+17
Environment/Ecology
6.26
+22
Economics & Business
5.96
-25
Engineering
5.68
+20
Agricultural Sciences
5.63
+8
Social Sciences
3.61
-19
Between 2004 and 2008, Thomson Reuters indexed 386,903 papers that listed at least
one author address in Germany. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals classified under the heading of space science, followed by physics and
molecular biology & genetics. In space science, Germany's impact score of 10.47 cites
per paper surpassed the world average of 7.14 cites by 47%. The nation also performed
strongly in physics (45% above the world mark), plant & animal science (%45 above),
and geosciences (+41%).
Science in: France, 2004-08
Field
Percentage of papers
Relative impact
from France
compared to world
Space Science
12.27
+21
Mathematics
9.46
+21
Geosciences
8.63
+31
Physics
7.85
+27
Microbiology
7.01
+20
France's overall percent share, all fields: 5.67
Molecular Biology & Genetics
6.57
+9
Immunology
6.56
+5
Biology & Biochemistry
5.89
+2
Computer Science
5.85
-5
Neuroscience & Behavior
5.49
Even
Clinical Medicine
5.46
+12
Chemistry
5.43
+11
Engineering
5.10
+14
Materials Science
5.08
+18
Environment/Ecology
4.88
+19
Plant & Animal Sciences
4.82
+42
Agricultural Sciences
4.50
+31
Pharmacology & Toxicology
4.15
+13
Economics & Business
4.10
-22
Psychiatry/Psychology
2.52
-19
Social Sciences
1.77
-22
Between 2004 and 2008, Thomson Reuters indexed 276,104 papers that listed at least
one author address in France. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals classified in the field of space science, followed closely by mathematics. As the
right-hand column shows, the citations-per-paper average for space-science papers from
France was 21% above the world average for the field (8.62 cites per paper for France
versus 7.14 for the world). The impact of the nation's research was also notably strong
in plant & animal sciences (42% above the world average), geosciences (31% above),
and agricultural sciences (+31%). In neuroscience & behavior, France's impact score
happened to match the world mark precisely: 8.04 cites per paper.
Science in: Science in Spain, 2004-08
Field
Percentage of papers
Relative impact
from Spain
compared to world
Agricultural Sciences
7.04
+19
Space Science
6.25
+14
Microbiology
4.80
-17
Mathematics
4.69
+4
Environment/Ecology
4.49
+8
Computer Science
4.31
-21
Plant & Animal Sciences
4.24
+10
Economics & Business
4.05
-31
Chemistry
4.01
+15
Physics
3.44
+37
Science's overall percent share, all fields: 3.44
Neurosciences & Behavior
3.32
-13
Engineering
3.27
+14
Molecular Biology & Genetics
3.07
-14
Biology & Biochemistry
3.00
-13
Immunology
2.96
-20
Geosciences
2.95
-8
Psychiatry/Psychology
2.87
-34
Pharmacology & Toxicol.
2.86
-8
Clinical Medicine
2.80
+10
Materials Science
2.64
+12
Social Sciences
1.85
-44
Between 2004 and 2008, Thomson Reuters indexed 167,402 papers that listed at least
one author address in Spain. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals classified under the heading of agricultural sciences, followed by space science
and microbiology. Spain's relative impact in agricultural sciences, as the right-hand
column indicates, was 19% above the world average for the five-year period (3.39
citations per paper for Spain versus the world mark of 2.86 cites). The impact of
Spanish research also exceeded the world average in several other of the fields above,
notably in physics (37% above the world mark), chemistry (15% above), space science
(+14%), engineering (+14%), and materials science (+12%).
Science in South Korea, 2004-08
Field
Percentage
Relative
of papers
impact
from South compared
Korea
to world
6.36
-55
6.24
-9
4.60
-23
Computer Science
Materials Science
Engineering
Pharmacology &
4.50
-35
Toxicology
Physics
4.41
-10
Microbiology
4.22
-47
Chemistry
3.18
-10
Agricultural Sciences
2.92
-10
Science in South Korea's overall percent share, all
fields: 2.90
Biology & Biochemistry
2.84
-31
Mathematics
2.38
-18
Molecular Biology &
1.99
-41
Genetics
Clinical Medicine
1.97
-34
Economics & Business
1.68
-38
Neuroscience & Behavior
1.65
-30
Immunology
1.63
-38
Plant & Animal Science
1.59
-5
Environment/Ecology
1.57
-33
Space Science
1.52
-7
Geosciences
1.29
-16
Social Sciences
0.83
-44
Psychiatry/Psychology
0.54
-28
Between 2004 and 2008, Thomson Reuters indexed 141,317 papers that listed at least
one author address in South Korea. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals indexed in the category of computer science. As the right-hand column
indicates, the cites-per-paper average for South Korean papers in computer science
registered at 45% of the world average by during the five-year period (or 55% below:
0.68 citations per paper for South Korea versus the world mark of 1.51). On the other
hand, South Korea’s relative-impact scores were comparatively strong in plant & animal
science (just 5% below the world mark), space science (7% below) , and materials
science (-9%).
Science in Israel, 2004-08
Field
Percentage of papers
Relative impact
from Israel
compared to world
Mathematics
2.00
+10
Psychiatry/Psychology
1.78
-12
Computer Science
1.67
+36
Neuroscience & Behavior
1.46
+9
Molecular Biology & Genetics
1.43
+16
Physics
1.43
+54
Immunology
1.39
-9
Space Science
1.34
+57
Social Sciences
1.32
-14
Clinical Medicine
1.29
+2
Economics & Business
1.22
+9
Biology & Biochemistry
1.19
+16
Israel's overall percent share, all fields: 1.13
Microbiology
0.98
+10
Engineering
0.94
+10
Plant & Animal Science
0.85
+41
Environment/Ecology
0.83
+4
Geosciences
0.73
+26
Chemistry
0.72
+33
Pharmacology & Toxicology
0.64
+14
Agricultural Sciences
0.55
+35
Materials Science
0.54
+46
Between 2004 and 2008, Thomson Reuters indexed 55,225 papers that listed at least
one author address in Israel. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals categorized under the heading of mathematics. As the right-hand column
indicates, the impact (or average citations per paper) of mathematics papers from Israel
was 10% above the average in the field during the five-year period (1.49 cites per paper
for Israel versus a world figure of 1.36 citations). Israel's relative-impact performance
was also notably strong in space science (57% above the world mark), physics (54%
above), materials science (+46%), and plant & animal science (+41%).
Science in: Switzerland, 2004-08
Field
Percentage of papers
Relative impact
from Switzerland
compared to world
Space Science
2.91
+75
Immunology
2.89
+32
Geosciences
2.82
+71
Molecular Biology & Genetics
2.49
+43
Neuroscience & Behavior
2.34
+23
Physics
2.32
+88
Environment/Ecology
2.20
+66
Clinical Medicine
2.13
+48
Microbiology
1.99
+40
Biology & Biochemistry
1.85
+51
Switzerland's overall percent share, all fields: 1.85
Plant & Animal Sciences
1.67
+56
Pharmacology & Toxicology
1.67
+38
Computer Science
1.64
+37
Economics & Business
1.64
+7
Psychiatry/Psychology
1.56
-1
Chemistry
1.55
+54
Engineering
1.41
+51
Agricultural Sciences
1.40
+36
Mathematics
1.21
+41
Materials Science
1.17
+77
Social Sciences
0.97
+24
Between 2004 and 2008, Thomson Reuters indexed 90,167 papers that listed at least
one author address in Switzerland. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals classified under the heading of space science. As the right-hand column shows,
the citations-per-paper average for space-science research from
Switzerland surpassed the world average by 75% (12.51 citations per paper for
Switzerland versus 7.14 for the world). In all but one of the other fields shown, the
impact of Swiss research exceeded the world mark. The nation's performance was
particularly strong in physics (88% above the world average), materials science
(77% above), geosciences (+71%) and chemistry (+54%)..
Science in Denmark, 2004-08
Field
Percentage of papers
Relative impact
from Denmark
compared to world
Environment/Ecology
1.63
+42
Immunology
1.62
-10
Agricultural Sciences
1.45
+50
Biology/Biochemistry
1.45
+20
Plant & Animal Science
1.33
+42
Microbiology
1.32
+36
Geosciences
1.24
+49
Clinical Medicine
1.23
+53
Space Science
1.20
+65
Molecular Biology & Genetics
1.18
+44
Economics & Business
1.16
+8
Neuroscience & Behavior
1.07
+1
Denmark's overall percent share, all fields: 0.98
Pharmacology
0.97
+13
Computer Science
0.79
+57
Physics
0.74
+59
Social Sciences
0.72
+13
Psychiatry/Psychology
0.65
+28
Engineering
0.61
+44
Chemistry
0.60
+43
Mathematics
0.56
+57
Materials Science
0.38
+77
Between 2004 and 2008, Thomson Reuters indexed 47,503 papers that listed at least
one author address in Denmark. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals classified under the heading of environment/ecology. In that field, as the righthand column indicates, the citations-per-paper average for papers from Denmark
exceeded the world average by 42% (6.31 cites per paper for Denmark versus a world
baseline of 4.43 citations). The nation's relative-impact performance was also notably
strong in materials science (77% above the world mark), space science (65% above),
physics (+59%), mathematics (+57%), and computer science (+57%).
Norwegian Science, 2004-08
Field
Percentage of papers
Relative impact
from Norway
compared to world
Geosciences
1.97
+32
Environment/Ecology
1.50
+26
Plant & Animal Science
1.25
+23
Economics & Business
1.19
-7
Social Sciences
1.01
+7
Immunology
0.96
-16
Psychiatry/Psychology
0.96
-20
Agricultural Sciences
0.86
+52
Clinical Medicine0.
0.84
+45
Norway's overall percent share, all fields: 0.73
Neuroscience & Behavior
0.71
+13
Computer Science
0.68
+4
Molecular Biology & Genetics
0.66
-2
Biology & Biochemistry
0.65
+2
Microbiology
0.62
+23
Mathematics
0.57
+47
Space Science
0.56
+43
Pharmacology & Toxicology
0.49
+18
Engineering
0.48
+6
Physics
0.41
+44
Chemistry
0.35
-6
Materials Science
0.32
+8
Between 2004 and 2008, Thomson Reuters indexed 35,482 papers that listed at least
one author address in Norway. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals classified under the heading of geosciences, followed by environment/ecology.
In both of those fields, as the right-hand column indicates, Norway's citations-per-paper
average, or impact, surpassed the world average. (In geosciences, for example, the
impact of papers from Norway was 32% above the world mark: 5.19 cites for Norway
versus an average of 3.94 cites for the world.) Papers from Norway-based authors also
registered strongly in agricultural sciences (52% above the world figure), mathematics
(47% above), clinical medicine (+45%), and physics (+44%).
Science in: Japan, 2004-08
Field
Percentage of papers
Relative impact
from Japan
compared to world
Physics
11.80
+4
Materials Science
11.26
+1
Pharmacology & Toxicology
11.24
-21
Biology & Biochemistry
10.36
-15
Chemistry
9.28
+6
Molecular Biology & Genetics
9.09
-9
Microbiology
8.37
-18
Neurosciences & Behavior
7.96
-20
Japan's overall percent share, all fields: 7.88
Engineering
7.86
-13
Clinical Medicine
7.68
-16
Immunology
7.54
+15
Plant & Animal Sciences
7.12
+7
Space Science
7.05
+14
Geosciences
6.72
+2
Agricultural Sciences
6.18
-21
Computer Science
5.53
+1
Mathematics
5.16
-15
Environment/Ecology
3.98
-12
Economics & Business
2.12
-54
Psychiatry/Psychology
1.93
-43
Social Sciences
0.97
-25
Between 2004 and 2008, Thomson Reuters indexed 383,345 papers that listed at least
one author address in Japan. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals classified under the heading of physics, followed by materials science. As the
right-hand column indicates, the relative citation impact of the nation’s physics research
was 4% above the world average (4.33 citations per paper for Japan, versus 4.16 cites
for the world). Papers from Japan-based Researchers also scored well in immunology
(15% above the world mark) and space science (14% above).
Science in: Taiwan, 2003-07
Field
Percentage of papers
Relative impact
from Taiwan
compared to world
Computer Science
4.48
-31
Engineering
4.18
-22
Materials Science
3.44
-6
Physics
2.54
-21
Pharmacology
2.10
-20
Economics & Business
2.08
-54
Chemistry
1.83
-18
Taiwan, 2003-07's overall percent share, all fields: 1.78
Ecology/Environmental
1.55
-31
Clinical Medicine
1.49
-35
Agricultural Sciences
1.38
-2
Mathematics
1.37
-20
Microbiology
1.31
-39
Biology & Biochemistry
1.14
-42
Geosciences
1.09
-8
Social Sciences
0.93
-30
Immunology
0.91
-41
Neurosciences & Behavior
0.86
-37
Plant & Animal Sciences
0.85
-12
Molec. Biol./Genetics
0.83
-41
Space Science
0.83
-32
Psychology/Psychiatry
0.69
-44
Between 2003 and 2007, Thomson Reuters indexed 75,676 papers that listed at least
one author address in Taiwan. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals classified under the heading of computer science, followed by engineering and
materials science. In the latter field, as the right-hand column shows, the impact of
Taiwan-based research in materials registered at 94% of the world average (or 6%
below: 2.71 cites per paper for Taiwan, versus a world average of 2.88 cites per paper).
In agricultural sciences, meanwhile, Taiwan-based researchers scored within 2% of the
world mark. The nation's performance was also comparatively strong in geosciences,
plant & animal sciences, and chemistry.
Science in: Brazil, 2003-07
Field
Percentage of papers
Relative impact
from Brazil
compared to world
Agricultural Sciences
4.05
-45
Plant & Animal Science
3.02
-42
Microbiology
2.53
-40
Pharmacology
2.48
-35
Physics
2.13
-14
Biology & Biochemistry
2.12
-56
Space Science
2.05
-31
Immunology
2.04
-51
Ecology/Environmental
1.96
-12
Mathematics
1.82
-11
Brazil's overall percent share, all fields: 1.80
Chemistry
1.69
-29
Molecular Biology & Genetics
1.65
-66
Neurosciences & Behavior
1.61
-42
Materials Science
1.54
-34
Clinical Medicine
1.52
-31
Geosciences
1.45
-12
Engineering
1.30
-18
Computer Science
1.05
-31
Social Sciences
1.00
-38
Psychology/Psychiatry
0.62
-27
Economics & Business
0.48
-41
Between 2003 and 2007, Thomson Reuters indexed 76,440 papers that listed at least
one author address in Brazil. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in
journals categorized under the heading of agricultural sciences, followed by plant &
animal sciences and microbiology. As the right-hand column indicates, Brazil has yet to
attain the world impact average in any of the fields shown, although its score in
mathematics for the five-year period was at 89% of the world mark (or just 11% below:
1.28 cites per paper for Brazil versus the world average of 1.44 citations). The nation's
relative impact was also comparatively strong in physics, ecology/environmental, and
geosciences.
SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators Web based product from the September 1, 2004 update
covering a 10-year plus six month period, January 1994 - June 30, 2004.
10 Year Country Rankings for:
Argentina
Citations
Per
Paper
209,093
5.17
Papers Citations
Total for Argentina:
40,438
Rank for Argentina among the 144
top performing countries:
Brazil
Total for Brazil:
Rank for Brazil among the 149 top
performing countries:
Papers
Citations
96,120
423,083
Cites Per
Paper
4.40
#22
#25
#94
SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product.
January 1993 to December 31, 2003 (sixth bimonthly period); Country Search By Field (ALL FIELDS)>
Brazil> Sorted by Papers, Citations, and Citations Per Paper.
SOURCE (for rankings): ISI Essential Science Indicators Web based product from the September 1, 2002
update covering a ten year plus six month period, January 1992 - June 30, 2002.
Mexico
Country Rankings in ALL Countries & ALL Fields
Ranked by total citations - 151 Countries
FIELD
Rank:
ALL FIELDS
PAPERS
CITATIONS
CITATIONS
PER PAPER
31
33
84
38,089
157,922
4.15
Institution Rankings in Engineering 1997-2007
Based on citations per paper among institutions with 10,000 or more citations. Data
from Thomson Reuters's Essential Science IndicatorsSM, January 1997 to December
2007.
Rank
Institution
Papers
Citations
Citations
Per
Paper
1
Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA USA
1,067
12,788
11.99
2
AT&T,
various locations, USA
1,239
13,089
10.56
3
California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA USA
1,944
19,470
10.02
4
Stanford University,
Stanford, CA USA
3,428
32,291
9.42
5
University of California, Santa
Barbara,
Santa Barbara, CA USA
1,585
13,848
8.74
6
Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ USA
1,582
13,699
8.66
7
University of California, Los
Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA USA
2,487
21,466
8.63
8
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology,
Cambridge, MA USA
4,539
37,448
8.25
9
IBM Corporation,
various locations worldwide
2,120
17,435
8.22
10
University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA USA
4,721
37,039
7.85
11
Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY USA
2,059
15,789
7.67
12
Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL USA
1,617
12,195
7.54
13
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA USA
2,007
14,997
7.47
14
Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD USA
1,624
12,038
7.41
15
Max Planck Society,
2,449
17,259
7.05
various locations, Germany
16
ETH Zurich,
Zurich, Switzerland
2,443
17,005
6.96
17
University of California, San Diego,
San Diego, CA USA
2,500
17,375
6.95
18
Lawrence Livermore National Lab,
Livermore, CA USA
1,854
12,677
6.84
19
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA USA
1,736
11,841
6.82
20
Technical University of Denmark,
Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark
1,662
11,257
6.77
The data above were extracted from Thomson Reuters's Essential Science IndicatorsSM
database. This database, currently covering the period January 1997 to December 2007,
surveys only journal articles (original research reports and review articles) indexed by
Thomson Reuters. Articles are assigned to a category based on the journals in which
they were published and Thomson Reuters’s journal-to-category field definition
scheme. Both articles tabulated and citation counts to those articles are for the period
indicated. Naturally, institutions publishing large numbers of papers have a greater
likelihood of collecting more citations than scientists publishing fewer papers. This
ranking is by citations per paper (impact), among those institutions that have collected
10,000 or more citations in engineering journals. For papers with multiple institutional
addresses, each institution receives full, not fractional, citation credit.
Institution Rankings In Chemistry, 1997-2007
Based on citations per paper among institutions with 50,000 or more citations. Data
from Thomson Reuters's Essential Science IndicatorsSM, January 1997 to December
2007.
Rank
Institution
Papers Citations
Citations
Per
Paper
1
SCRIPPS RES INST , USA
2,178
71,251
32.71
2
HARVARD UNIV , USA
2,773
90,094
32.49
3
CALTECH , USA
2,217
70,748
31.91
4
YALE UNIV , USA
1,766
53,603
30.35
5
MIT , USA
3,734
99,650
26.69
6
NORTHWESTERN UNIV , USA
2,888
74,379
25.75
7
UNIV CALIF BERKELEY , USA
5,271
127,846
24.25
8
UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA
,USA
2,225
50,948
22.90
9
STANFORD UNIV , USA
2,729
62,003
22.72
10
UNIV UTRECHT , Germany
2,469
50,244
20.35
11
UNIV STRASBOURG 1 , France
3,553
70,108
19.73
12
UNIV MINNESOTA , USA
3,693
67,403
18.25
13
UNIV TEXAS AUSTIN , USA
3,241
57,200
17.65
14
UNIV ILLINOIS , USA
4,486
76,533
17.06
15
UNIV WISCONSIN , USA
3,553
60,276
16.96
16
ETH ZURICH , Switzerland
4,900
82,264
16.79
17
MAX PLANCK SOCIETY , Germany
11,765 184,643
15.69
18
UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL
SCI TECHNOL & MED , United
Kingdom
3,591
56,129
15.63
19
UNIV CAMBRIDGE , United Kingdom 4,849
75,741
15.62
20
TECH UNIV MUNICH , Germany
55,546
15.60
3,561
The data above were extracted from Thomson Reuters's Essential Science Indicators
database. This database, currently covering the period January 1997 to December 2007,
surveys only journal articles (original research reports and review articles) indexed by
Thomson Scientific. Articles are assigned to a category based on the journals in which
they were published and Thomson Scientific’s journal-to-category field definition
scheme. Both articles tabulated and citation counts to those articles are for the period
indicated. Naturally, institutions publishing large numbers of papers have a greater
likelihood of collecting more citations than scientists publishing fewer papers. This
ranking is by citations per paper (impact), among those institutions that have collected
50,000 or more citations in chemistry.
Economics: High-Impact U.S. Institutions, 2004-08
Ranked by citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least 200
papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed economics journals between 2004 and 2008.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
MIT
Princeton University
University of Chicago
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
Papers
2003-08
Citations
per paper or
Percent
of field
5.91
5.72
5.54
5.22
4.87
465
336
529
940
483
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2008. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in more than 250 subfields corresponding to subject areas
covered in the Web of Knowledge®. Standard version features data covering 22 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Civil Engineering: High-Impact U.S. Institutions, 2004-08
Ranked by average citations per paper, among U.S. institutions
that published at least 50 papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed
journals of civil engineering between 2004 and 2008.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Naval Research Laboratory
NASA
Oregon State University
Washington State University
Stanford University
Papers
2004-08
90
75
91
70
125
Citations
per paper
4.12
2.61
1.97
1.87
1.82
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2008. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Electrical & Electronic Engineering: High-Impact U.S. Institutions
Ranked by citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least 100
papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of electrical & electronic engineering
between 2004 and 2008.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
University of Notre Dame
Caltech
University of Minnesota
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
Papers
2004-08
Citations
per paper
225
720
634
381
902
5.35
5.20
5.12
4.90
4.83
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2008. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in more than 250 subfields corresponding to subject areas
covered in the Web of Knowledge®. Standard version features data covering 22 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Software Engineering: High-Impact U.S. Institutions, 2004-08
Ranked by citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least 100
papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals in the category of Computer Science:
Software Engineering between 2004 and 2008.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Washington
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
MIT
Papers
2004-08
222
222
145
206
281
Citations
per paper
3.96
2.91
2.85
2.59
2.55
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2008. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in more than 250 subfields corresponding to subject areas
covered in the Web of Knowledge®. Standard version features data covering 22 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
AI, Robotics, & Auto Control: High-Impact U.S.
Institutions, 2003-07
Ranked by citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least 75 papers
in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of AI, robotics, & auto control between 2003 and
2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Papers
2003-07
Yale University
Cornell University
Michigan State University
University of Pennsylvania
University of California, Los Angeles
81
89
113
147
149
Citations
per paper
6.52
4.94
4.74
4.29
4.13
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Computer Science & Engineering: High-Impact U.S.
Institutions, 2002-06
Ranked by citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least 200
papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of computer science & engineering
between 2002 and 2006.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
University of California, Berkeley
Stanford University
MIT
IBM
Georgia Inst. of Technology
Papers
2002-06
308
282
364
963
251
Citations
per paper
3.25
2.93
2.67
2.65
2.49
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2006. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Education: High-Impact U.S. Institutions, 2003-07
Ranked by citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least 75 papers
in Thomson Reuters-indexed education journals between 2003 and 2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Papers
2003-07
University of Michigan
Vanderbilt University
University of Texas, Austin
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of California, Berkeley
171
124
112
162
105
Citations
per paper
2.84
2.57
2.55
2.46
2.15
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Optics & Acoustics: High-Impact U.S. Institutions, 2003-07
Ranked by average citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least
100 papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of optics & acoustics between 2003
and 2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Cornell University
Harvard University
Stanford University
University of Colorado, Boulder
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Papers
2003-07
114
230
275
164
212
Citations
per paper
7.48
6.47
5.37
5.21
5.10
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Agriculture/Agronomy: High-Impact U.S. Institutions,
2003-07
Ranked by average citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least
100 papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of agriculture/agronomy between
2003 and 2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Papers
2003-07
Colorado State University
University of California, Davis
Michigan State University
University of Nebraska
University of Illinois, Urbana
159
448
254
334
251
Citations
per paper
3.53
3.35
3.04
3.02
3.01
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Mechanical Engineering: High-Impact U.S. Institutions,
2003-07
Ranked by average citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least
75 papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of mechanical engineering between
2003 and 2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Harvard University
Stanford University
MIT
University of Colorado, Boulder
Cornell University
Papers
2003-07
95
291
391
153
236
Citations
per paper
9.83
4.90
4.71
4.65
4.46
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Engineering Mathematics: High-Impact U.S. Institutions, 2003-07
Ranked by citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least 50 papers
in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of engineering mathematics between 2003 and
2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Papers
2003-07
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Davis
Northwestern University
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Minnesota
60
71
114
63
85
Citations
per paper
8.10
4.66
4.39
3.27
3.04
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Environmental Engineering/Energy: High-Impact U.S.
Institutions, 2003-07
Ranked by average citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least
75 papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of environmental engineering/energy
between 2003 and 2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Caltech
Yale University
Rutgers University
Natl. Renewable Energy Lab
Argonne National Lab
Papers
2003-07
78
82
102
150
114
Citations
per paper
10.47
9.55
7.92
7.75
7.64
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Orthopedics, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine: High-Impact U.S.
Institutions, 2003-07
Ranked by average citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least
75 papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of orthopedics, rehabilitation, & sports
medicine between 2003 and 2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Papers
2003-07
Boston University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
University of Vermont
162
82
495
121
87
Citations
per paper
6.34
5.49
5.30
5.04
4.85
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Nuclear Engineering: High-Impact U.S. Institutions, 2003-07
Ranked by average citations per paper, among U.S. institutions that published at least
100 papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of nuclear engineering between 2003
and 2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
University of California, San Diego
Sandia National Labs
Vanderbilt University
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Oak Ridge National Lab
Papers
2003-07
205
205
136
289
458
Citations
per paper
4.28
3.90
3.88
3.75
3.49
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Canadian Universities: Highest Impact in Computer Science, 200307
Ranked by average citations per paper, among Canadian universities that published at
least 50 papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of computer science &
engineering between 2003 and 2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Papers
2003-07
University of British Columbia
University of Toronto
University of Western Ontario
McGill University
Carleton University
137
158
87
86
116
Citations
per paper
2.89
2.82
2.17
2.13
1.72
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for Canadian
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
U.K. Institutions: Highest Impact in Computer Science,
2003-07
Ranked by average citations per paper, among U.K. institutions that published at least
50 papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of computer science & engineering
between 2003 and 2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
University College London
University of Edinburgh
University of Southampton
University of Cambridge
Kings College London
Papers
2003-07
58
96
86
128
58
Citations
per paper
2.14
2.06
1.98
1.67
1.66
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for United Kingdom
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
U.K. Universities: Highest Impact in AI, Robotics, & Auto Control,
2002-06
Ranked by average citations per paper, among U.K. universities that published at least
75 papers in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals of AI, robotics, & auto control between
2002 and 2006.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
University College London
University of Edinburgh
University of Cambridge
University of Southampton
University of Birmingham
Papers
2002-06
115
117
108
178
83
Citations
per paper
3.63
3.47
3.32
2.97
2.81
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2006. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for United Kingdom
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Canadian Universities: Highest Impact in Civil Engineering, 2002-06
Of Canadian universities that published at least 50 papers in Thomson Scientificindexed journals of civil engineering between 2002 and 2006, those below
demonstrated the highest impact in the field, as ranked here according to average
citations per paper.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
University
University of Waterloo
University of Quebec
Universite Laval
University of British Columbia
University of Montreal
Papers
2002-06
205
83
91
203
140
Citations
per paper
2.25
1.95
1.86
1.85
1.76
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2006. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for Canadian
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Statistics & Probability: Most Prolific U.S. Institutions, 2004-08
Of U.S. institutions, those below contributed the greatest number of papers to the field
of statistics & probability over a recent five-year period. Based on each institution's
percentage of the 32,031 papers published in Thomson Reuters-indexed statistics
journals between 2004 and 2008.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
Papers
2004-08
Harvard University
University of Washington
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of California, Berkeley
University of Minnesota
University of Michigan
Percent
of field
537
388
387
357
346
343
1.68
1.21
1.21
1.11
1.08
1.07
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2008. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in more than 250 subfields corresponding to subject areas
covered in the Web of Knowledge®. Standard version features data covering 22 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)
Computer Science & Engineering: Most Prolific U.S. Institutions,
2003-07
Of U.S. institutions, those below contributed the greatest number of papers to the field
of computer science & engineering over a recent five-year period. Based on each
institutions's percentage of the 32,018 papers published in Thomson Reuters-indexed
computer-science journals between 2003 and 2007.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Institution
MIT
University of Maryland
Carnegie Mellon University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Papers
2003-07
Percent
of field
368
358
320
305
291
1.15
1.12
1.00
0.95
0.91
SOURCE: University/Institutional Science Indicators, 1981-2007. (Deluxe version
contains complete listings of publication and citation statistics for U.S.
universities/institutions in 105 subfields corresponding to subject areas covered in the
seven editions of Current Contents®. Standard version features data covering 24 main
fields. Both versions are available from the Research Services Group.)