Country H-index Rank for Science Publications

Posted on January 22, 2008  Comments (4)

The SCImago Journal and Country Rank provides journal and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus database. As stated in previous posts these types of rankings have limitations but they are also interesting (such as the best research universities 2007). The table shows the top 6 countries by h-index and then some others I chose to list.

Country h-index % of World
Population
% of World GDP total Cites % Top 500 Schools
USA 793     4.6%   27.4% 43,436,526 33%
United Kingdom 465  0.9  4.9 9,895,817 8
Germany 408  1.3  6.0  8,377,298 8
France 376  0.9  4.6  5,795,531 4
Japan 372  2.0  9.0 7,167,200 6
Canada 370  0.5  2.6 4,728,874 4
Additional countries of interest
20) China 161  20.1  5.5  1,629,993 3
20) South Korea 161    .7  1.8  1,018,532 2
24) Brazil 148  2.9  2.2 752,658 1
25) India 146  17.0  1.9 994.561 .4

Read more about the h-index (Hirsh index). Country population and GDP data taken World Development Indicators 2007, by the World Bank.

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