30 NATIONS RANKED BY CITATIONS PER PAPER, 1992-96

Date: July 7, 1997

NationCitations Per PaperNumber of PapersTotal Citations
1 Switzerland 5.66 55,213 312,564
2 United States 5.03 1,239,188 6,234,187
3 Netherlands 4.45 80,016 356,025
4 Sweden 4.38 61,072 267,685
5 Denmark 4.38 30,719 134,616
6 United Kingdom 4.19 300,577 1,259,427
7 Belgium 3.94 38,095 150,206
8 Finland 3.93 26,998 106,151
9 Canada 3.83 167,326 641,114
10 Germany 3.78 258,946 979,823
11 France 3.66 197,816 723,156
12 Austria 3.54 24,388 86,275
13 Israel 3.45 39,977 137,980
14 Italy 3.42 116,534 398,285
15 Norway 3.30 19,814 65,305
16 Australia 3.23 85,215 275,599
17 Japan 3.18 280,855 892,029
18 New Zealand 2.94 17,015 50,007
19 Ireland 2.78 9,233 25,630
20 Spain 2.72 73,224 199,443
21 Hungary 2.55 14,768 37,724
22 Portugal 2.40 7,135 17,097
23 Chile 2.31 6,666 15,366
24 Greece 2.02 15,216 30,666
25 Poland 2.00 32,728 65,610
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