TABLE 2.
Top 10 core research institutions with the most publications.
| Rank | Organization (country) | Number of articles | Number of citations | Mean citations per article |
| 1 | Southern Medical University (China) | 15 | 199 | 13.26 |
| 2 | Soochow University (China) | 13 | 107 | 8.23 |
| 3 | Sichuan University (China) | 12 | 175 | 14.58 |
| 4 | Shandong University (China) | 12 | 128 | 10.66 |
| 5 | China Agricultural University (China) | 11 | 130 | 11.82 |
| 6 | Nanjing Medical University (China) | 10 | 206 | 20.60 |
| 7 | Zhejiang University (China) | 10 | 148 | 14.80 |
| 8 | Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) | 9 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 9 | Jilin University (China) | 9 | 113 | 12.56 |
| 10 | Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (China) | 9 | 89 | 9.88 |