“科学观察”网站根据各个国家和地区于2001年1月至2011年8月31日在汤森路透索引期刊上发表的论文，统计分析出前20名国家和地区排名。有60个参与排名的国家和地区在这期间发表的论文数超过1万篇。排名参照指标为论文数、总被引次数和单篇文章被引次数。其中，中国的论文数排名第2，总被引数列第7，而单篇文章被引次数仍未进前20。详细榜单如下图：    按论文数排名   Rank Country Papers Citations Cites per paper

1	USA	3,049,662	48,862,100	16.02
2	PEOPLES R CHINA	836,255	5,191,358	6.21
3	GERMANY	784,316	10,518,133	13.41
4	JAPAN	771,548	8,084,145	10.48
5	ENGLAND	697,763	10,508,202	15.06
6	FRANCE	557,322	7,007,693	12.57
7	CANADA	451,588	6,019,195	13.33
8	ITALY	429,301	5,151,675	12.00
9	SPAIN	339,164	3,588,655	10.58
10	AUSTRALIA	304,160	3,681,695	12.10
11	INDIA	293,049	1,727,973	5.90
12	SOUTH KOREA	282,328	2,024,609	7.17
13	RUSSIA	265,721	1,282,281	4.83
14	NETHERLANDS	252,242	3,974,719	15.76
15	BRAZIL	212,243	1,360,097	6.41
16	SWITZERLAND	181,636	3,070,458	16.9
17	SWEDEN	179,126	2,686,304	15.00
18	TAIWAN	177,929	1,273,682	7.16
19	TURKEY	155,276	819,071	5.27
20	POLAND	154,016	1,036,062	6.73

   按总被引次数排名   Rank Country Papers Citations Cites per paper

1	USA	3,049,662	48,862,100	16.02
2	GERMANY	784,316	10,518,133	13.41
3	ENGLAND	697,763	10,508,202	15.06
4	JAPAN	771,548	8,084,145	10.48
5	FRANCE	557,322	7,007,693	12.57
6	CANADA	451,588	6,019,195	13.33
7	PEOPLES R CHINA	836,255	5,191,358	6.21
8	ITALY	429,301	5,151,675	12.00
9	NETHERLANDS	252,242	3,974,719	15.76
10	AUSTRALIA	304,160	3,681,695	12.10
11	SPAIN	339,164	3,588,655	10.58
12	SWITZERLAND	181,636	3,070,458	16.90
13	SWEDEN	179,126	2,686,304	15.00
14	SOUTH KOREA	282,328	2,024,609	7.17
15	BELGIUM	137,878	1,918,993	13.92
16	INDIA	293,049	1,727,973	5.90
17	SCOTLAND	109,135	1,709,814	15.67
18	DENMARK	98,083	1,574,167	16.05
19	ISRAEL	110,558	1,426,421	12.90
20	BRAZIL	212,243	1,360,097	6.41

按单篇论文被引次数排名

 

Rank Country Papers Citations Cites per paper

1	SWITZERLAND	181,636	3,070,458	16.90
2	DENMARK	98,083	1,574,167	16.05
3	USA	3,049,662	48,862,100	16.02
4	NETHERLANDS	252,242	3,974,719	15.76
5	SCOTLAND	109,135	1,709,814	15.67
6	ENGLAND	697,763	10,508,202	15.06
7	SWEDEN	179,126	2,686,304	15.00
8	BELGIUM	137,878	1,918,993	13.92
9	FINLAND	88,874	1,224,037	13.77
10	GERMANY	784,316	10,518,133	13.41
11	CANADA	451,588	6,019,195	13.33
12	AUSTRIA	95,690	1,253,930	13.10
13	ISRAEL	110,558	1,426,421	12.90
14	NORWAY	72,277	922,183	12.76
15	WALES	36,949	465,429	12.60
16	FRANCE	557,322	7,007,693	12.57
17	AUSTRALIA	304,160	3,681,695	12.10
18	ITALY	429,301	5,151,675	12.00
19	NORTH IRELAND	18,025	212,810	11.81
20	IRELAND	45,774	534,270	11.67