Table 3.
Main characteristics of the included publications (N=296).
| Description | Results | ||
| Timespan | 1975 to 2024 | ||
| Publication type, n (%) | |||
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Article | 293 (99) | |
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Review | 2 (0.7) | |
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Editorial material | 1 (0.3) | |
| Open-access publications, n (%) | 107 (36.1) | ||
| Document age (y), mean (SD) | 14.2 (11.8) | ||
| Annual growth rate (%) | 5.2 | ||
| Publication citations | |||
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Total, na | 9379 | |
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Average citations per publication | 31.7 | |
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Average citations per year per publications | 2.02 | |
| References, n | 8814 | ||
| Journals | |||
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Total, n | 118 | |
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Average number of publications per journal | 1.86 | |
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Average number of citations per journal | 79.5 | |
| Authors | |||
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Total, n | 1225 | |
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Single-author publications, n | 4 | |
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Author appearances, n | 1882 | |
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Average number of coauthors per publication | 6.36 | |
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Average number of publications per author | 0.24 | |
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International coauthorships (%) | 24.3 | |
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Author’s keywords, n | 576 | |
| Author’s country | |||
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Total, n | 34 | |
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Average number of publications per country | 2.86 | |
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Average number of citations per country | 436.0 | |
| Author’s institution | |||
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Total, n | 338 | |
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Average number of publications per institution | 3.11 | |
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Average number of citations per institution | 101.3 | |
| Author’s funding body | |||
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Total, n | 181 | |
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Average number of publications per funding body | 2.48 | |
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Average number of citations per funding body | 77.7 | |
aTotal, n indicates that the respective parameter has been cited n number of times, as in 296 publications have been cited 9379 times.