17.06.10. Britain is narrowing the gap with the United States for citing research papers its scientists

As he writes in the "times Higher Education" Paul Jump, according to new data the average index of scientific publications of the UK is currently almost as high as that published by American scientific works. Exclusive data obtained in the result of the study produced by Thomson Reuters on the order of "times Higher Education" ranked by each of the Great Seven countries in 20 scientific subjects. See the ranking of citation of scientific papers English scientists here. The basis of this ranking is the average number of citations of scientific works of scientists of these countries in the period from 2005 to 2009. UK ranks first in six scientific disciplines and not lower than third in each of the remaining 17 groups. US leads in 10 subjects, but the average overall rating is only slightly higher than British.