Table 2. Distribution of the numbers and citation frequency of infodemic/infodemiology publications in the Web of Science Core Collection through March 31, 2023.

Infodemic related publications	USA	China	England	Italy	Spain	Canada	India	Germany	Brazil	Australia
Note: The search query included “infodemic” or “infodemiology” in the title, keywords, or abstract. The number of publications is represented by a color-coded scale, with the highest number in red and the lowest number in green.
Average times cited per publication	19.07	24.93	15.68	20.98	12.24	48.55	17.14	15.32	4.38	21.77
Total number of publications	388	165	134	128	96	90	90	65	58	56
2023	9	6	4	9	1		2	3	2	3
2022	91	48	32	33	38	27	31	23	19	15
2021	146	63	60	34	24	37	33	25	30	25
2020	92	36	28	26	28	16	23	12	6	12
2019	9	1	2	5	3	3	1	1
2018	12	2	4	8	1				1	1
2017	5	1	2	3	1
2016	4	1	2	2		1
2015	3			5
2014	5	3		3		1		1
2013	7	3
2012	2
2011	2	1				2
2009						1
2004	1					1
2002						1