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Our Contribution to Research: Articles published from 25 Muslim Countries in 10 years period*

* Essential Science Indicators (ISI) 2005

Country/Territory Papers Cited By Citations Per Paper

TURKEY 76,885 239,500 3.12EGYPT 25,355 79,492 3.14IRAN 19,900 55,507 2.79SAUDI ARABIA 14,670 46,776 3.19MALAYSIA 10,089 34,660 3.44MOROCCO 9,602 31,843 3.32NIGERIA 8,159 21,088 2.58PAKISTAN 7,051 22,326 3.17TUNISIA 6,910 18,751 2.71KUWAIT 5,299 17,577 3.32JORDAN 4,984 12,387 2.49ALGERIA 4,889 13,787 2.82INDONESIA 4,355 24,281 5.58BANGLADESH 4,219 15,898 3.77U ARAB EMIRATES 3,735 11,636 3.12LEBANON 3,090 13,395 4.33OMAN 2,155 6,213 2.88AZERBAIJAN 1,903 2,851 1.5SENEGAL 1,839 12,080 6.57SYRIA 1,238 5,186 4.19SUDAN 972 4,459 4.59BAHRAIN 729 1,456 2IRAQ 687 1,362 1.98QATAR 665 1,240 1.86BOSNIA & HERCEG 432 1,543 3.57

Others’ Contribution to Research: Articles published from developed countries (Group-8) in 10 years period*

Country/Territory Papers Cited By Citations Per Paper

USA 2,687,467 34,033,871 12.66JAPAN 734,708 5,672,890 7.72GERMANY 686,788 6,737,178 9.81ENGLAND 611,098 6,788,272 11.11FRANCE 496,140 4,653,574 9.38CANADA 361,642 3,758,551 10.39ITALY 338,630 3,010,397 8.89RUSSIA 270,223 924,334 3.42

* Essential Science Indicators (ISI) 2005

Let’s Compare*

219,812 695,294 3.28Muslim Countries Papers - 25

98,767 931,786 9.43ISRAEL

Papers Cited By Citations Per PaperCountry/Territory

6,186,696 65,579,067 9.17Developed Countries - 8

* Essential Science Indicators (ISI) 2005

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* ISI Web of Science Database 1968-2004

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