This internationally standardized indicator shows the scientific papers that are among top 10% most cited in the world in a particular field of research. In 2013, Slovenia was ranked 10th among EU Member States by number of such papers per million inhabitants. Slovenia reached the EU28 average by number of such papers per million inhabitants in 2004 and continued to grow in relation to the EU28 average until 2011. Since then, it has maintained its relation to the average. The graphs show scientific papers that appeared in the journals indexed in the Scopus bibliographic database by individual year. Since a citation window covers the year of publication and three subsequent years, the latest available data relate to the papers published in 2013.

Number of Papers Within the Top 10% Most Cited per Million Inhabitants

Number of Papers Within the Top 10% Most Cited and Index

Index of Papers per Million Inhabitants in 2013 According to 2012

Number of Papers per Million Inhabitants in 2013

Percentage of Papers Within 10% Most Cited Papers in 2013

Source: Science-Metrix: http://www.science-metrix.com/