Table 1.
Distribution of top countries, institutions, authors, and journals.
| Rank | Countries/regions | Number of publications | Number of citations | Citations per article | H-index | Percentage (N = 1065) |
|
| ||||||
| 1 | USA | 320 | 19,976 | 62.43 | 68 | 30.047 |
| 2 | England | 95 | 8565 | 90.16 | 37 | 8.92 |
| 3 | Japan | 95 | 1591 | 16.75 | 19 | 8.92 |
| 4 | China | 90 | 776 | 8.62 | 15 | 8.451 |
| 5 | India | 79 | 2219 | 28.09 | 22 | 7.418 |
| 6 | France | 63 | 5662 | 89.87 | 27 | 5.915 |
| 7 | Germany | 44 | 5947 | 135.16 | 29 | 4.131 |
| 8 | Australia | 36 | 2627 | 72.97 | 23 | 3.38 |
| 9 | Spain | 34 | 2558 | 75.24 | 24 | 3.192 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 32 | 2471 | 77.22 | 21 | 3.005 |
|
| ||||||
| Rank | Affiliations | Number of publications | Number of citations | Citations per article | H-index | |
|
| ||||||
| 1 | Udice French Research Universities | 40 | 5213 | 130.33 | 25 | |
| 2 | University of Manchester | 35 | 5278 | 150.8 | 22 | |
| 3 | Assistance Publique Hopitaux Paris (APHP) | 28 | 4276 | 152.71 | 20 | |
| 4 | Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh | 28 | 1684 | 60.14 | 16 | |
| 5 | Wythenshawe Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 28 | 3694 | 131.93 | 22 | |
| 6 | University Paris Cite | 27 | 4356 | 161.33 | 19 | |
| 7 | University of Texas System | 23 | 4656 | 202.43 | 20 | |
| 8 | US Department of Veterans Affairs | 22 | 1526 | 69.36 | 17 | |
| 9 | Veterans Health Administration (VHA) | 22 | 1526 | 69.36 | 17 | |
| 10 | Wythenshawe Hospital | 22 | 3506 | 159.36 | 19 | |
|
| ||||||
| Rank | Publication titles | Number of publications | Number of citations | Citations per article | Impact factor | |
|
| ||||||
| 1 | Chest | 59 | 4821 | 81.71 | 11.393 | |
| 2 | Internal Medicine | 49 | 421 | 8.59 | 1.82 | |
| 3 | Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 36 | 1446 | 40.17 | 13.569 | |
| 4 | European Respiratory Journal | 32 | 2851 | 89.09 | 33.801 | |
| 5 | Medicine | 32 | 952 | 29.75 | 1.817 | |
| 6 | Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 31 | 911 | 29.39 | 3.921 | |
| 7 | Chinese Medical Journal | 28 | 249 | 8.89 | 6.133 | |
| 8 | Thorax | 28 | 1608 | 57.43 | 9.203 | |
| 9 | Journal of Cystic Fibrosis | 25 | 799 | 31.96 | 5.527 | |
| 10 | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 23 | 2820 | 122.61 | 30.528 | |
|
| ||||||
| Rank | Authors | Number of publications | Number of citations | Citations per article | H-index | |
|
| ||||||
| 1 | Denning D. W. | 32 | 58,544 | 84.85 | 104 | |
| 2 | Agarwal R. | 18 | 9452 | 21.38 | 51 | |
| 3 | Aggarwal A. N. | 12 | 7154 | 21.04 | 45 | |
| 4 | Chakrabarti A. | 12 | 13,084 | 31.83 | 58 | |
| 5 | Husain S. | 10 | 10,214 | 32 | 56 | |
| 6 | Chotirmall S. H. | 9 | 3917 | 19.68 | 36 | |
| 7 | Greenberger P. A. | 9 | 12,405 | 30.11 | 52 | |
| 8 | Kurup V. P. | 9 | 9032 | 28.49 | 48 | |
| 9 | Moss R. B. | 9 | 12,788 | 43.95 | 59 | |
| 10 | Dhooria S. | 8 | 2583 | 11.9 | 28 | |