Table 5.

The top ten countries with the most cited articles published on gasless laparoscopy in the WoSCC 1993–2023.

Rank	Country	Total citations	Average article citations
1	Japan	741	11.58
2	Italy	371	20.61
3	United States	358	19.89
4	China	350	7.61
5	Denmark	155	31.00
6	Finland	141	70.50
7	Germany	77	6.42
8	Turkey	68	11.33
9	Sweden	55	27.50
10	Greece	52	52.00