Table 4.
Productivity and patterns of collaboration by countries
| Country | Total papers, n | Papers per million inhabitants, n | Collaborations, n | Distinct countries of collaborations, n | Main collaborator(s) (number of collaborations) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA |
310 |
0.99 |
428 |
43 |
UK (63) |
| UK |
297 |
4.73 |
380 |
44 |
USA (69) |
| Canada |
143 |
4.15 |
200 |
29 |
USA (53) |
| Australia |
70 |
3.14 |
165 |
30 |
UK (30) |
| Italy |
57 |
0.94 |
205 |
29 |
USA (34) |
| The Netherlands |
57 |
3.41 |
173 |
27 |
USA (27) |
| France |
51 |
0.78 |
159 |
27 |
USA (26) |
| Germany |
50 |
0.61 |
164 |
32 |
USA (30) |
| Switzerland |
47 |
5.94 |
177 |
35 |
USA (25) |
| Denmark |
41 |
7.36 |
124 |
28 |
UK (18) |
| Belgium |
23 |
2.09 |
92 |
23 |
UK (14) |
| Sweden |
21 |
2.22 |
69 |
14 |
USA (13) |
| Spain |
19 |
0.41 |
76 |
28 |
USA (8) |
| Norway |
14 |
2.83 |
56 |
20 |
UK and USA (11) |
| Japan |
13 |
0.10 |
51 |
21 |
USA (9) |
| New Zealand |
13 |
2.95 |
24 |
11 |
UK (8) |
| Finlad |
11 |
2.04 |
43 |
14 |
Australia and USA (7) |
| Brazil |
9 |
0.05 |
40 |
16 |
UK and USA (5) |
| Greece |
8 |
0.71 |
12 |
5 |
UK and USA (4) |
| Israel |
8 |
1.03 |
7 |
5 |
USA (3) |
| Ireland |
6 |
1.31 |
24 |
14 |
UK (5) |
| China |
6 |
0.00 |
10 |
7 |
USA (4) |
| South Africa |
6 |
0.12 |
23 |
16 |
USA (4) |
| Argentina |
5 |
0.12 |
24 |
13 |
Brazil, Switzerland, UK and USA (3) |
| Czech Republic |
5 |
0.48 |
42 |
18 |
UK and USA (5) |
| Poland |
5 |
0.13 |
23 |
13 |
UK (4) |
| South Korea |
5 |
0.10 |
31 |
13 |
USA (4) |
| Austria |
4 |
0.47 |
9 |
6 |
Germany (3) |
| Thailand |
4 |
0.06 |
10 |
10 |
All countries (1) |
| Chile |
3 |
0.17 |
10 |
8 |
Canada and USA (2) |
| India |
3 |
0.00 |
2 |
2 |
Australia and UK (1) |
| Portugal |
3 |
0.28 |
1 |
1 |
Canada (1) |
| Taiwan |
3 |
0.13 |
3 |
3 |
Denmark, UK and USA (1) |
| Costa Rica |
2 |
0.42 |
8 |
6 |
Canada and USA (2) |
| Hungary |
2 |
0.20 |
16 |
14 |
UK and USA (2) |
| Pakistan |
2 |
0.01 |
2 |
1 |
UK (2) |
| Russia |
2 |
0.01 |
18 |
14 |
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and UK (2) |
| Saudi Arabia |
2 |
0.07 |
7 |
6 |
UK (2) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
2 |
0.28 |
4 |
2 |
Denmark and Italy (2) |
| Turkey |
2 |
0.03 |
13 |
9 |
Australia, Canada, Switzerland and USA (2) |
| Colombia |
1 |
0.02 |
6 |
6 |
All countries (1) |
| Cuba |
1 |
0.09 |
5 |
5 |
All countries (1) |
| Gabon |
1 |
0.65 |
10 |
10 |
All countries (1) |
| Ghana |
1 |
0.04 |
10 |
10 |
All countries (1) |
| Latvia |
1 |
0.49 |
12 |
12 |
All countries (1) |
| Mexico |
1 |
0.01 |
1 |
1 |
USA (1) |
| Morocco |
1 |
0.03 |
10 |
10 |
All countries (1) |
| Mozambique |
1 |
0.04 |
10 |
10 |
All countries (1) |
| Republic of Malawi |
1 |
0.07 |
1 |
1 |
UK (1) |
| Singapore |
1 |
0.19 |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Tanzania | 1 | 0.02 | 10 | 10 | All countries (1) |
Note: Country inhabitants (year 2011) were obtained from the World Bank.