Saturday, March 14, 2009

Most Cited Paper 1998-2008

Countries that produced the most paper citations between 1998-2008

Rank .. Country .. Papers .. Citations .. Per Paper Citations
1 US 2,959,661 42,269,694 14.28
2 Germany 766,146 8,787,460 11.47
3 England 678,686 8,768,475 12.92
9 Australia 267,134 2,784,738 10.42
10 China 573,486 2,646,085 4.61
11 Spain 292.146 2,602,330 8.91

The above rank does not truly capture the fast rising of research activity in China, or by Chinese descends in the world. Most mainland Chinese students started going abroad to study advanced research around mid 1990s. Research within China received a major lift when a fraction of this block returned to China, after 2005. A most recent ranking is the Top Ten people who produced the hottest topics in the year 2007-2008.

Rank .. Name .. Institution .. Field .. Hot Papers
1 Kuo-Chen Chou Gordon Life Science Institute Biochemistry/Bioinformatics 17
2 Hong-Bin Shen Shanghai Jiao Tong University Biochemistry/Bioinformatics 13
6 Ji-Huan He Dong Hua University Mathematics 10
8 Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology Neuroscience 9

Source: ScienceWatch.com

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