Table 2.

The top 10 most cited original articles related to the vaccines for TB.

Rank	Reference	Publish Time	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Average per Year	Total
1	[26]	Jun 2000	97	102	102	99	60	100.22	2305
2	[20]	2001	43	37	40	45	32	74.27	1634
3	[27]	Aug 2010	127	104	99	112	56	93.92	1221
4	[30]	May 1999	23	25	18	22	14	49.5	1188
5	[33]	Jan 2016	280	273	180	166	87	172.43	1207
6	[28]	Apr 2008	68	55	55	64	49	75.07	1126
7	[32]	Feb 2002	65	68	60	65	40	53.57	1125
8	[29]	Jul 2007	52	55	49	51	16	64.31	1029
9	[18]	Nov 1995	30	32	39	46	16	35.93	1006
10	[31]	2000	21	12	14	11	5	41.39	952
Accumulation	10 Publications		806	763	656	681	375	760.61	12,793
Total	7960 Publications		18,944	20,042	23,584	26,323	17,733	10,302.79	288,478
Ratio	0.125%		4.25%	3.81%	2.78%	2.59%	2.11%	7.38%	4.43%