Population (2017) : 325,719,178 (People)

GDP (2017) : 19,390,604.0 (Million $)

FUNDING & INVESTMENT
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Government investment in nanotechnology 
2015/01/01	2015/12/31	1,536.9	Million $	Report to the president and congress on the fifth assessment of the national nanotechnology initiative	2014/10/10	-	
Research & development expenditure 
2013/01/01	2013/12/31	2.73	Percent	The World Bank	2017/06/30	8th	
HUMAN CAPITAL
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Population 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	325,719,178	People	The World Bank	2018/08/01	3rd	
Researchers in R&D (per million people) 
2012/01/01	2012/12/31	4,019	People	The World Bank	2017/06/30	19th	
SCIENCE
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Average citation per nano-article 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	2.06	Citation per article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/01	11th	
Five year average citation per nano-article 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	14.07	Citation per article	Statnano Databank	2018/08/01	4th	
Five year h-Index of nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	281.00	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/10	1st	
h-Index of nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	42.00	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/01	2nd	
ISI indexed articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	421,917	Article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/11/05	1st	
ISI indexed nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	25,411	Article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/11/05	2nd	
Local share in nanoscience 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	6.02	Percent	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/11/05	61th	
National priority in nanoscience 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	0.65	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/11/05	61th	
Number of nano-articles per GDP(ppp) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	1.31	Article per billion $	The World Bank Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/08/01	52th	
Number of nano-articles per Million people 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	78.02	Article per million people	The World Bank Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/08/01	29th	
Share of international collaboration in nanoscience 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	55.33	Percent	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/01/06	87th	
Total number of citations to nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	52,305	Citation	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/01	2nd	
INNOVATION
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Nanotechnology patents in EPO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	669	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	1st	
Nanotechnology patents in German patent office (DPMA) 
2015/01/01	2015/12/31	28	Patent	Orbit.com	2015/12/31	2nd	
Nanotechnology patents in USPTO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	4,725	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	1st	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in EPO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	310	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	1st	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in German patent office (DPMA) 
2015/01/01	2015/12/31	112	Patent	Orbit.com	2015/12/31	2nd	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in USPTO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	5,559	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	1st	
Published patent applications in EPO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	41,274	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	1st	
Published patent applications in USPTO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	182,429	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	1st	
Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	44.32	Patents per 100 articles	Orbit.com Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/01/01	4th	
Share of nanotechnology patent applications to total patent applications 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	2.62	Percent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	42th	
Share of nanotechnology patents to total patents 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	2.62	Percent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	43th	
Total patents in EPO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	25,620	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	1st	
Total patents in USPTO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	180,549	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	1st	
INDUSTRY
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
GDP per Capita (ppp) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	59,532	$	The World Bank	2018/08/01	9th	
Gross domestic product (GDP) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	19,390,604.0	Million $	The World Bank	2018/08/01	1st	
Gross domestic product (ppp) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	19,390,604.0	Million $	The World Bank	2018/08/01	2nd	
Number of national nanotechnology standards 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	5	Standard	Statnano Databank	2018/11/06	9th	

Name	h-index	Number of Articles
University of California System (2017)	27	2477
State University System of Florida (2017)	17	847
Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (2017)	15	785
Harvard University (2017)	18	674
University of Illinois System (2017)	13	671
University of Chicago (2017)	17	666
Stanford University (2017)	22	621
Northwestern University (2017)	17	604
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2017)	20	594
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2017)	14	555