Table 3.

Annual evolution of citations of the application of NPs for leishmaniasis treatment and research.

Year	TP	TC	TC/TP	(TC/TP)-Year	Citable Years
1991	1	53	53.00	1.66	32
1992	2	132	66.00	2.13	31
1994	2	88	44.00	1.52	29
1995	2	97	48.50	1.73	28
1997	3	110	36.67	1.41	26
1998	1	45	45.00	1.80	25
1999	1	62	62.00	2.58	24
2000	2	71	35.50	1.54	23
2001	1	1,223	1,223.00	55.59	22
2002	2	129	64.50	3.07	21
2003	1	181	181.00	9.05	20
2004	3	193	64.33	3.39	19
2005	1	63	63.00	3.50	18
2006	1	30	30.00	1.76	17
2007	1	48	48.00	3.00	16
2008	3	132	44.00	2.93	15
2009	3	171	57.00	4.07	14
2010	3	227	75.67	5.82	13
2011	11	1077	97.91	8.16	12
2012	22	918	41.73	3.79	11
2013	19	921	48.47	4.85	10
2014	22	640	29.09	3.23	9
2015	29	1069	36.86	4.61	8
2016	43	1013	23.56	3.37	7
2017	34	1410	41.47	6.91	6
2018	54	1353	25.06	5.01	5
2019	57	1113	19.53	4.88	4
2020	72	1009	14.01	4.67	3
2021	80	493	6.16	3.08	2
2022	48	86	1.79	1.79	1

Note: TP: total publications, TC: total citation frequency.