Country Ranking 1998

Total 1996-2017

Single Year

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

All area all categories all regions 1998

Rank	Country	Documents	Citable documents	Citations	Self-citations	Citations per document	H index
1	United States	335580	324756	13422947	6182274	40	1965
2	United Kingdom	92165	86962	3076380	674225	33.38	1213
3	Japan	91235	90203	2024640	550721	22.19	871
4	Germany	82495	81003	2378984	565846	28.84	1059
5	France	59851	58394	1742214	358334	29.11	966
6	Canada	40696	39656	1465863	249264	36.02	963
7	Italy	39565	38523	1091207	226689	27.58	839
8	China	38687	38617	347930	151434	8.99	655
9	Russian Federation	32981	32910	313117	86097	9.49	467
10	Spain	27181	26178	664129	151024	24.43	723
11	Australia	25979	25093	840988	158582	32.37	795
12	Netherlands	23608	23060	909261	130633	38.51	835
13	India	22305	21831	308265	102620	13.82	478
14	Sweden	18431	17631	667143	95953	36.2	735
15	Switzerland	16683	16330	700757	80511	42	818
16	South Korea	13650	13587	247044	46579	18.1	536
17	Belgium	12677	12370	392342	48957	30.95	661
18	Poland	12188	12110	181763	45324	14.91	445
19	Taiwan	11928	11846	212425	41471	17.81	406
20	Brazil	11839	11701	227813	66940	19.24	461
21	Israel	10698	10465	370812	46476	34.66	584
22	Denmark	9308	9151	362186	45289	38.91	619
23	Finland	8437	8314	300252	42773	35.59	533
24	Austria	8186	7992	239456	29339	29.25	540
25	Turkey	6598	6312	96489	24824	14.62	339
26	Norway	6472	6363	211776	31217	32.72	491
27	Ukraine	6157	6149	39221	9884	6.37	211
28	Hong Kong	5813	5694	142049	18523	24.44	447
29	Greece	5652	5530	128922	20124	22.81	402
30	Mexico	5614	5544	109226	22638	19.46	352
31	Czech Republic	5385	5351	85600	18361	15.9	367
32	New Zealand	5357	5215	166289	22838	31.04	428
33	Hungary	5333	5270	103354	16830	19.38	363
34	Argentina	4696	4640	103321	22012	22	337
35	South Africa	4686	4498	95170	16984	20.31	361
36	Singapore	3856	3816	87365	9090	22.66	454
37	Portugal	3482	3437	72903	13080	20.94	379
38	Ireland	3114	3016	93441	8315	30.01	414
39	Egypt	2809	2796	39829	7369	14.18	213
40	Slovakia	2474	2450	29202	6039	11.8	222
41	Bulgaria	2139	2122	30087	4676	14.07	205
42	Saudi Arabia	1940	1885	26578	3226	13.7	241
43	Chile	1881	1863	53937	7713	28.67	291
44	Romania	1803	1786	16103	2847	8.93	201
45	Croatia	1762	1736	22503	4597	12.77	221
46	Thailand	1594	1582	32298	4961	20.26	269
47	Slovenia	1495	1483	26315	4887	17.6	231
48	Belarus	1384	1380	10754	2082	7.77	146
49	Iran	1174	1156	20808	6525	17.72	234
50	Pakistan	1140	1131	12637	3011	11.09	197
51	Venezuela	1135	1122	22052	2629	19.43	181
52	Malaysia	1127	1096	18048	2852	16.01	224
53	Cuba	1115	1095	18354	2643	16.46	145
54	Morocco	1079	1068	15536	2190	14.4	151
55	Nigeria	1039	1023	12354	2607	11.89	153
56	Kuwait	663	655	8887	1226	13.4	123
57	Tunisia	659	649	10465	1565	15.88	144
58	Estonia	637	632	16296	2423	25.58	215
59	Colombia	622	613	12897	1752	20.73	216
60	Lithuania	617	617	9076	1527	14.71	165
61	Kenya	601	583	14171	2217	23.58	201
62	Indonesia	586	578	11058	869	18.87	175
63	Jordan	574	570	7855	986	13.68	130
64	Bangladesh	519	511	7227	1210	13.92	154
65	Puerto Rico	491	482	13858	854	28.22	184
66	Philippines	471	464	14282	1241	30.32	189
67	Latvia	427	423	7238	932	16.95	129
68	Algeria	426	426	6113	923	14.35	125
69	Uzbekistan	386	385	2500	318	6.48	77
70	United Arab Emirates	373	367	5256	500	14.09	153
71	Iceland	364	363	16269	1288	44.7	251
72	Armenia	339	337	3821	682	11.27	150
73	Uruguay	332	324	8855	1171	26.67	150
74	Zimbabwe	318	312	7315	475	23	111
75	Viet Nam	310	308	5939	954	19.16	167
76	Georgia	299	298	3239	457	10.83	135
77	Lebanon	277	260	5132	388	18.53	157
78	Costa Rica	256	255	5582	830	21.8	152
79	Ethiopia	250	245	4613	932	18.45	115
80	Sri Lanka	246	242	4349	423	17.68	135
81	Tanzania	232	226	5191	816	22.38	136
82	Kazakhstan	228	228	1442	248	6.32	75
83	Moldova	219	219	1759	293	8.03	90
84	Senegal	218	212	3548	554	16.28	106
85	Cameroon	216	213	4514	742	20.9	106
86	Cyprus	211	208	5962	590	28.26	151
87	Azerbaijan	203	203	1181	276	5.82	76
88	Ghana	201	199	3805	440	18.93	119
89	Oman	200	192	2853	295	14.27	105
90	Peru	198	193	5741	497	28.99	179
91	Côte d’Ivoire	182	176	3063	339	16.83	99
92	Uganda	179	172	4211	755	23.53	145
93	Ecuador	152	151	3265	295	21.48	126
94	Nepal	152	144	2801	294	18.43	106
95	Jamaica	148	141	2563	251	17.32	83
96	Macedonia	148	144	1762	223	11.91	91
97	Sudan	147	146	2980	346	20.27	78
98	Trinidad and Tobago	133	128	3115	177	23.42	84
99	Syrian Arab Republic	129	129	2501	298	19.39	89
100	Botswana	118	118	1524	292	12.92	89
101	Burkina Faso	118	117	1932	315	16.37	91
102	Bahrain	111	104	702	69	6.32	61
103	Zambia	108	105	2316	201	21.44	102
104	Papua New Guinea	107	105	1717	171	16.05	79
105	Bolivia	102	98	2639	280	25.87	103
106	Luxembourg	102	99	1997	150	19.58	136
107	Serbia	97	94	1833	49	18.9	149
108	Panama	85	85	6533	436	76.86	162
109	Libya	82	80	943	30	11.5	57
110	Iraq	80	80	637	68	7.96	71
111	Malawi	79	77	2549	314	32.27	117
112	Benin	78	76	1100	184	14.1	73
113	Mali	78	77	1476	168	18.92	82
114	Madagascar	76	76	1865	207	24.54	81
115	Namibia	76	73	1753	220	23.07	79
116	Qatar	71	70	534	38	7.52	105
117	Gambia	70	66	4145	277	59.21	107
118	New Caledonia	68	67	2535	309	37.28	82
119	Gabon	68	67	1822	220	26.79	89
120	Congo	67	65	1569	97	23.42	81
121	Niger	67	66	1913	120	28.55	64
122	Malta	65	63	1139	86	17.52	93
123	Guatemala	62	59	1151	74	18.56	78
124	Togo	57	57	466	38	8.18	42
125	Brunei Darussalam	57	52	914	52	16.04	57
126	Monaco	55	54	2011	185	36.56	85
127	North Korea	54	54	1138	3	21.07	85
128	Guadeloupe	47	43	726	27	15.45	57
129	Albania	46	44	685	59	14.89	53
130	Yemen	46	45	876	49	19.04	58
131	Mongolia	46	46	894	90	19.43	78
132	French Polynesia	45	45	1008	100	22.4	69
133	Barbados	44	44	545	51	12.39	71
134	Fiji	44	43	740	30	16.82	67
135	Kyrgyzstan	40	40	153	45	3.83	51
136	Mauritius	40	40	576	80	14.4	61
137	Mozambique	39	39	764	78	19.59	81
138	Paraguay	39	38	564	43	14.46	69
139	Tajikistan	34	34	62	7	1.82	34
140	Palestine	34	34	543	50	15.97	69
141	Honduras	31	31	713	40	23	55
142	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31	31	468	133	15.1	71
143	Guam	31	30	1149	42	37.06	58
144	Swaziland	28	28	237	17	8.46	51
145	Nicaragua	28	28	1002	58	35.79	70
146	Martinique	25	22	316	4	12.64	43
147	Bermuda	25	25	2364	143	94.56	78
148	Rwanda	23	23	498	29	21.65	62
149	Dominican Republic	23	23	507	25	22.04	58
150	French Guiana	23	21	646	47	28.09	63
151	Central African Republic	19	19	325	8	17.11	44
152	Eritrea	19	19	296	36	15.58	39
153	Myanmar	19	19	368	56	19.37	58
154	Macao	15	15	198	11	13.2	73
155	Haïti	14	14	715	43	51.07	55
156	Guinea	14	14	510	9	36.43	51
157	Laos	14	14	377	41	26.93	67
158	Netherlands Antilles	14	14	434	29	31	49
159	Mauritania	12	11	86	9	7.17	38
160	Solomon Islands	12	12	172	11	14.33	36
161	Cambodia	12	12	342	16	28.5	86
162	Liechtenstein	12	12	239	16	19.92	64
163	Faroe Islands	12	11	605	22	50.42	52
164	Guyana	10	10	242	5	24.2	36
165	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	10	9	213	3	21.3	33
166	Burundi	10	10	234	2	23.4	35
167	Turkmenistan	10	10	245	4	24.5	23
168	Sierra Leone	10	10	247	0	24.7	40
169	El Salvador	9	8	42	4	4.67	51
170	Guinea-Bissau	9	8	247	54	27.44	54
171	Federated States of Micronesia	9	9	110	13	12.22	27
172	Seychelles	9	9	573	47	63.67	52
173	Bahamas	9	9	421	3	46.78	38
174	Samoa	8	8	8	0	1	30
175	Angola	8	8	179	5	22.38	38
176	San Marino	8	8	691	0	86.38	26
177	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	8	8	234	22	29.25	36
178	Democratic Republic Congo	7	7	100	1	14.29	49
179	Greenland	7	7	246	14	35.14	56
180	Reunion	7	7	128	5	18.29	43
181	Belize	7	7	99	13	14.14	45
182	Dominica	6	5	33	2	5.5	27
183	Andorra	6	4	43	0	7.17	22
184	Grenada	6	4	58	0	9.67	40
185	Bhutan	6	6	40	4	6.67	32
186	Afghanistan	5	5	23	1	4.6	40
187	Montserrat	5	5	342	42	68.4	29
188	Lesotho	5	5	101	2	20.2	31
189	Djibouti	5	5	63	6	12.6	20
190	Suriname	5	5	186	21	37.2	32
191	American Samoa	5	5	98	8	19.6	24
192	Maldives	4	4	46	4	11.5	24
193	Somalia	4	3	10	0	2.5	18
194	Saint Lucia	4	4	856	1	214	20
195	Vanuatu	4	4	91	24	22.75	33
196	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4	4	83	2	20.75	25
197	Northern Mariana Islands	3	3	23	0	7.67	15
198	Cayman Islands	3	3	8	0	2.67	25
199	Tonga	3	3	16	0	5.33	24
200	Chad	3	3	92	23	30.67	36
201	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	1	17	0	8.5	15
202	Palau	2	2	16	1	8	30
203	Liberia	2	2	11	0	5.5	28
204	Virgin Islands (British)	2	2	3	0	1.5	24
205	Gibraltar	2	1	0	0	0	24
206	Cook Islands	1	1	7	3	7	15
207	Cape Verde	1	1	12	1	12	20
208	Sao Tome and Principe	1	1	14	0	14	16
209	Christmas Island	1	1	24	0	24	4
210	Equatorial Guinea	1	1	13	7	13	23
211	Nauru	1	1	30	0	30	8
212	Marshall Islands	1	1	2	0	2	19
213	Mayotte	1	1	15	0	15	11
214	Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	9	0	9	15
215	French Southern Territories	1	1	53	0	53	5

All area all categories all regions 1998 (Description)