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. 2008 Jun 25;3(6):e2519. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002519

Table 1. Number of publications on selected fields originating from different countries*.

Health Perception Health Literacy Readability** Health Knowledge Health Awareness Health & Communication Health Promotion *** Health Competence Informed Consent Health Information TOTALS
EU
Austria 29 11 5 32 22 62 19 6 57 10 253
Belgium 77 28 0 78 34 171 54 37 89 10 578
Cyprus 0 0 0 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 13
Czech Republic 6 8 0 6 5 23 16 2 5 5 76
Denmark 84 59 9 87 37 161 99 31 50 5 622
Estonia 4 0 0 5 2 9 6 3 1 1 31
Finland 65 143 15 142 51 193 157 111 49 11 937
France 141 61 40 145 84 300 92 52 255 41 1,211
Germany 149 69 48 132 88 418 124 90 312 26 1,456
Greece 23 20 4 40 29 101 34 17 28 4 300
Hungary 3 7 1 13 7 20 18 12 12 1 94
Ireland 60 25 9 99 59 131 88 60 35 21 587
Italy 149 86 41 128 104 287 88 52 292 20 1,247
Latvia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 6
Lithuania 4 2 0 5 2 6 9 2 3 2 35
Luxemburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Malta 1 0 0 6 3 7 2 2 0 3 24
Netherlands 256 176 37 246 85 585 203 182 233 21 2,024
Poland 19 17 1 37 14 28 38 9 15 2 180
Portugal 7 13 2 6 6 26 12 3 7 2 84
Slovakia 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 10
Slovenia 3 4 0 2 4 19 4 2 5 1 44
Spain 97 78 21 68 56 178 65 28 90 12 693
Sweden 273 156 28 339 164 505 217 218 98 22 2,020
United Kingdom 78 19 23 83 60 169 71 43 62 8 616
EU-25 1,530 982 284 1,704 920 3,406 1,423 864 1,700 229 13,142
EU-CCs
Bulgaria 1 0 4 8 0 8 3 2 6 1 33
Croatia 12 6 4 14 6 22 5 4 6 3 82
Romania 1 3 0 1 1 12 3 1 1 2 25
Turkey 42 72 3 109 35 60 21 25 58 3 428
EU-CCs 56 81 11 132 42 102 32 32 71 9 568
Totals (EU-25+EU-CCs) 1,586 1,063 295 1,836 962 3,508 1,455 996 1,771 238 13,710
Norway 97 87 10 101 48 216 83 65 35 9 751
Switzerland 75 46 15 92 67 190 151 43 75 18 772
United States 3,616 2,928 808 7,452 2,800 14,379 6,872 4,637 4,822 1,209 49,523
*

EU-CCs = Candidate countries to the European Union.

**

Results for “Readability”, “Readability formulas”, and “Readability and health” have been added together and are presented in the Readability column.

***

Results for “Health promotion” and “Health promotion materials” are presented in the Health Promotion column.

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