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. 2005 Apr 4;9(3):R258–R265. doi: 10.1186/cc3514

Table 4.

'Total product' of articles published in 'critical care medicine': 1995–2003

World area Year

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1995–2003
Western Europe 1401 2186 1944 2434 2772 3713 3158 2694 3340 23,642
USA 2263 2941 2390 2468 2860 3492 3068 2989 3244 25,715
Asia (excluding Japan) 125 191 190 211 237 317 269 341 407 2288
Canada 316 526 426 456 570 525 464 479 546 4308
Oceania 184 178 222 233 207 295 320 310 300 2249
Japan 249 300 308 302 367 600 360 394 397 3276
Eastern Europe 21 57 32 44 50 60 61 87 91 502
Latin America and the Caribbean 19 43 36 54 56 77 80 78 106 549
Africa 24 44 35 24 27 17 21 17 42 252
Total 4602 6464 5583 6226 7147 9096 7800 7389 8473 62781

Shown are the total products of articles (number of articles published × their impact factor) published in journals included in the 'critical care medicine' category of the Journal Citation Report database and indexed by PubMed, from different world regions, for the period 1995–2003.