Global race citation indexes of scientific works

Citation index of scientific works is one of the main criteria for assessing the quality of research activities of universities in the world. In fact, it is the index that reflects how often scientific discoveries made by the University (the University), cited in the global scientific and industrial, business and other practices. The higher the index, the more important position of the University in a particular field of expertise.

Thomson Reuters order-Times Higher Education, has made the country the citation index of scientific works, which also included work in the Humanities and the arts. The table below shows the countries leading in their respective fields of knowledge.

The UK occupies a leading position (1st and 2nd places in the world) in such disciplines as

Agricultural science
Biochemistry and chemistry
Economics and business
Ecology/environment protection
Earth science
Molecular biology
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Botany/Zoology
Immunology
Materials
Microbiology
Physics
In space science

Table Thomson Reuters: citation Index of scientific work on the subjects and countries:

Discipline/ Country	Canada	France	Germany	Italy	Japan	Britain	USA
Agricultural science	2	4	6	5	7	1	3
Biochemistry	4	5	3	6	7	2	1
Chemistry	4	6	3	5	7	2	1
Clinical medicine	1	6	5	4	7	3	2
Computer science	4	5	2	6	7	3	1
Economics/business	3	5	4	6	7	2	1
Engineering science	5	3	2	6	7	3	1
Ecology/environment protection	4	5	2	6	7	1	3
Earth science	5	4	3	7	6	1	2
Immunology	6	4	5	7	3	2	1
Materials	6	4	3	5	7	2	1
Math	6	2	4	5	7	3	1
Microbiology	5	4	3	6	7	2	1
Molecular biology	5	4	3	6	7	1	2
Neuroscience	4	5	3	6	7	1	2
Pharmacology	3	4	5	6	7	1	2
Physics	4	5	3	6	7	2	1
Botany/Zoology	5	3	2	7	6	1	4
Psychiatry/psychology	3	6	5	4	7	2	1
In space science	1	5	3	6	7	2	4
In average for all subjects	4.00	4.45	3.45	5.75	6.70	1.85	1.75