Number 116 (Story #3), March 3, 1993 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein PRINCETON'S INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY had the highest rate (17.47) of citations per published paper in the physical-science area---including physics, chemistry, geoscience, astrophysics, and math---over the period 1981-91, according to the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI). The next four institutions in order were Xerox, AT&T, Harvard, and Princeton University. The Institute for Advanced Study fared so well because it has several prominent authors of frequently-cited papers, including Edward Witten, Frank Wilczek, and John Bahcall. In terms of total papers over the decade, the leading institutions in order were AT&T (10,340 papers), Caltech (including JPL), IBM, Harvard, and Princeton. (Science Watch, Feb. 1993.)