Top 20 Countries in Chemistry

ScienceWatch listed the "Top 20 Nations in Chemistry" in their Country Feature dated March 2011:

USA tops the list, followed by Japan and Germany.

Rank	Country	Papers	Citations	Cites per paper
1	USA	229,635	4,308,363	18.76
2	JAPAN	115,760	1,363,434	11.78
3	GERMANY	96,984	1,349,496	13.91
4	PEOPLES R CHINA	181,496	1,245,602	6.86
5	FRANCE	66,244	852,544	12.87
6	ENGLAND	55,781	844,654	15.14
7	SPAIN	46,762	581,282	12.43
8	ITALY	42,623	528,136	12.39
9	CANADA	33,507	454,102	13.55
10	INDIA	64,903	451,536	6.96
11	SOUTH KOREA	36,557	360,424	9.86
12	NETHERLANDS	18,817	346,562	18.42
13	SWITZERLAND	18,663	328,949	17.63
14	AUSTRALIA	19,131	237,923	12.44
15	SWEDEN	14,800	226,028	15.27
16	RUSSIA	61,590	219,541	3.56
17	POLAND	29,453	207,607	7.05
18	TAIWAN	20,041	186,746	9.32
19	BELGIUM	13,246	166,600	12.58
20	BRAZIL	20,637	158,281	7.67
SOURCE: ESSENTIAL SCIENCE INDICATORSSM FROM THOMSON REUTERS, TIME PERIOD: JANUARY 2000-DECEMBER 31, 2010 (SIXTH BIMONTHLY PERIOD OF 2010).

They listed the "Top 20 Nations in Chemistry" by total citations. "Essential Science Indicators" database from Thomson Reuters was used to create the list.

One important finding is that "the average citation rate for field of chemistry was 11.19"