Top 20 Countries in Mathematics

Top 20 Countries in Mathematics A country feature from Essential Science IndicatorsSM

Below 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 Reuters-indexed journals of Mathematics over the 10-year + 6-month period, (1998-June 30, 2008). These countries are of a pool of 83 countries comprising the top 50% ranked by total citation count in this field.

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Ranked by Citations
Rank	Field	Papers	Citations	Citations Per Paper
1	USA	65,830	268,096	4.07
2	FRANCE	22,796	76,515	3.36
3	GERMANY	18,730	64,155	3.43
4	PEOPLES R CHINA	22,200	50,674	2.28
5	ENGLAND	11,618	46,429	4
6	CANADA	11,496	36,784	3.2
7	ITALY	12,537	36,426	2.91
8	JAPAN	12,531	28,832	2.3
9	SPAIN	10,343	28,318	2.74
10	AUSTRALIA	5,805	21,481	3.7
11	RUSSIA	12,082	17,845	1.48
12	Palestine	4,957	17,272	3.48
13	NETHERLANDS	3,475	12,849	3.7
14	BELGIUM	3,138	11,082	3.53
15	POLAND	5,091	10,902	2.14
16	SWEDEN	2,775	10,186	3.67
17	SWITZERLAND	2,589	10,089	3.9
18	SOUTH KOREA	4,775	9,910	2.08
19	BRAZIL	3,744	9,263	2.47
20	TAIWAN	3,109	8,594	2.76
SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators from the September 1, 2008 update covering a 10-year + 6-month period, 1998-June 30, 2012