Table 1.
The top 10 most productive countries in terms of POEMS syndrome research. SCP: single country publications; MCP: multi-country publications.
| Rank | Country | Publications n (%) | SCP | MCP | Cluster | Total citations | Average citations | Collaborative centrality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 178 (21.4) | 165 | 13 | 1 | 5697 | 32.0 | 0.18 |
| 2 | Japan | 142 (17.1) | 139 | 3 | 3 | 2209 | 15.6 | 0.01 |
| 3 | China | 117 (14.1) | 113 | 4 | 3 | 1141 | 9.8 | 0.07 |
| 4 | France | 73 (8.8) | 72 | 1 | 3 | 1417 | 19.4 | 0.06 |
| 5 | Italy | 43 (5.2) | 40 | 3 | 3 | 1068 | 24.8 | 0.06 |
| 6 | UK | 39 (4.7) | 34 | 5 | 2 | 428 | 11.0 | 0.06 |
| 7 | India | 26 (3.1) | 20 | 6 | 2 | 131 | 5.0 | 0.01 |
| 8 | Germany | 25 (3.0) | 21 | 4 | 3 | 268 | 10.7 | 0.07 |
| 9 | South Korea | 19 (2.3) | 18 | 1 | 1 | 143 | 7.5 | 0.02 |
| 10 | Spain | 18 (2.2) | 17 | 1 | 3 | 220 | 12.2 | 0.02 |