Table 2.
Rankings among top-20 countries in terms of I3 (expressed as percentages of the sum) compared with number of publications, total citations, and % I3 (PR6) for the 58 journals in the ISI Subject Category “Nanoscience & nanotechnology”
| Publications | Citations | Cit/Pub | % I3 | % PR6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 16,039 | 234,370 | 14.61 | 27.73++ | 27.93++ |
| 2 | Peoples R China | 8,653 | 83,079 | 9.60 | 12.88− | 12.74− |
| 3 | Japan | 4,798 | 39,469 | 8.23 | 7.08− | 7.00− |
| 4 | Germany | 3,802 | 43,231 | 11.37 | 6.54++ | 6.46++ |
| 5 | South Korea | 4,250 | 32,772 | 7.71 | 6.10− | 6.14− |
| 6 | France | 2,803 | 21,099 | 7.53 | 4.04− | 3.92− |
| 7 | England | 1,963 | 24,875 | 12.67 | 3.24++ | 3.24++ |
| 8 | Taiwan | 2,529 | 19,068 | 7.54 | 3.24− | 3.30− |
| 9 | Italy | 2,021 | 15,738 | 7.79 | 3.00− | 2.92− |
| 10 | India | 2,215 | 13,593 | 6.14 | 2.67− | 2.72– |
| 11 | Spain | 1,527 | 14,692 | 9.62 | 2.45++ | 2.33− |
| 12 | Canada | 1,360 | 13,418 | 9.87 | 2.09++ | 2.04++ |
| 13 | Singapore | 1,219 | 13,785 | 11.31 | 1.94++ | 1.91++ |
| 14 | Netherlands | 872 | 10,951 | 12.56 | 1.53++ | 1.51++ |
| 15 | Australia | 919 | 9,560 | 10.40 | 1.51++ | 1.45++ |
| 16 | Switzerland | 682 | 9,565 | 14.02 | 1.29++ | 1.27++ |
| 17 | Belgium | 668 | 5,683 | 8.51 | 1.05++ | 1.04++ |
| 18 | Sweden | 566 | 6,661 | 11.77 | 0.96++ | 0.96++ |
| 19 | Israel | 525 | 5,662 | 10.78 | 0.86++ | 0.78++ |
| 20 | Russia | 1,023 | 3,410 | 3.33 | 0.81− − | 1.11− |
++ p < 0.01 above the expectation; + p < 0.05 above the expectation; − − p < 0.01 below the expectation; − p < 0.05 below the expectation