Table 5.
Most productive countries.
| Country | A | TC | TC/A | H-index | NC | Main collaborators | CI (%) | TC/A |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI | NCI | ||||||||
| United States | 1160 | 35,983 | 31.02 | 85 | 78 | Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, China and South Korea | 27.2% | 41.30 | 27.19 |
| United Kingdom | 562 | 19,276 | 34.30 | 73 | 77 | United States, Italy, Australia, France and Germany | 49.8% | 35.29 | 33.32 |
| Spain | 439 | 9862 | 22.46 | 52 | 44 | Portugal, United Kingdom, United States, Colombia and Italy | 30.3% | 26.11 | 20.88 |
| Australia | 325 | 10,447 | 32.14 | 52 | 55 | United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, China and India | 43.7% | 33.75 | 30.90 |
| Canada | 222 | 9844 | 44.34 | 47 | 51 | United States, United Kingdom, Australia, China and Germany, | 44.1% | 44.13 | 44.51 |
| China | 207 | 2402 | 11.60 | 25 | 47 | United States, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Australia and Hong Kong | 55.1% | 14.77 | 7.72 |
| Italy | 207 | 4294 | 20.74 | 33 | 37 | United Kingdom, United States, France, Spain and Germany | 39.6% | 24.35 | 18.38 |
| Germany | 183 | 7075 | 38.66 | 39 | 46 | United Kingdom, United States, France and Switzerland | 45.4% | 51.42 | 28.07 |
| Netherlands | 154 | 7855 | 51.01 | 44 | 32 | United Kingdom, United States, Belgium, Germany and Australia | 46.1% | 55.83 | 46.88 |
| Malaysia | 140 | 2314 | 16.53 | 25 | 26 | Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Bangladesh and China | 37.1% | 13.67 | 18.22 |
(A): number of articles published; (TC): total citations; (TC/A): average citations per article; (H-index): Hirsch index in the line of research; (NC): number of international collaborators; (CI): international cooperation index; (TC/A CI): average number of citations with international cooperation; (TC/A NIC): average number of citations without international cooperation.
Source: created by the authors.