The average number of citations gained by British research papers is now almost as high as that gained by U.S. papers, according to new figures.
The data, produced exclusively for Times Higher Education by Thomson Reuters, rank each of the G7 countries in 20 scientific subjects based on the average number of times each paper produced in that country was cited between 2005 and 2009. The U.K. is first in six subjects and is no lower than third in any. The U.S. is top in 10 subjects, but its average rank is only slightly higher than the U.K.’s. Japan is the lowest-ranked G7 country on average.
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