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. 2016 Jan 7;4:e1557. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1557

Table 5. Top twenty countries for publications related to eye diseases (2010–2014).

(A) Based on the total number of publications, (B) Based on the 5-Y IF population index (cumulative 5-Y IF per million inhabitants), (C) Based on the 5-Y IF GDP index (cumulative 5-Y IF per 1 billion US dollars of GDP)

A B C
Country No. of articles (%) Cumulative 5-Y IF (sum of 5-Y IF) m5-Y IF (mean 5-Y IF) Country 5-Y IF population index Country 5-Y IF GDP Index
United States 15,266 (25.85) 53328.643 3.49 Iceland 567.11 Iceland 12.65
China 4,967 (8.41) 11319.11 2.28 Singapore 376.18 Malawi 11.43
United Kingdom 4,141 (7.01) 14502.337 3.50 Switzerland 246.27 Guatemala 10.90
Japan 4,029 (6.82) 9644.649 2.39 United Kingdom 228.55 Singapore 7.20
Germany 3,247 (5.5) 7569.76 2.33 Australia 228.41 Israel 6.16
India 2,288 (3.87) 4259.227 1.86 Denmark 205.73 United Kingdom 5.64
Italy 2,200 (3.73) 6055.104 2.75 Israel 204.07 Greece 4.46
Korea. Rep. 2,137 (3.62) 5082.929 2.38 Netherlands 192.01 New Zealand 4.35
France 2,045 (3.46) 4896.101 2.39 United States 170.53 Korea. Rep. 4.21
Spain 1,820 (3.08) 4115.654 2.26 New Zealand 163.37 Tunisia 4.16
Turkey 1,682 (2.85) 2573.658 1.53 Austria 140.55 Nepal 3.96
Australia 1,669 (2.83) 5152.254 3.09 Finland 130.29 Netherlands 3.77
Canada 1,377 (2.33) 4413.118 3.20 Sweden 128.62 Australia 3.66
Brazil 1,005 (1.7) 1690.9 1.68 Canada 127.68 Denmark 3.48
Netherlands 861 (1.46) 3209.807 3.73 Greece 108.60 United States 3.36
Switzerland 757 (1.28) 1958.809 2.59 Korea. Rep. 101.96 Turkey 3.30
Iran. Islamic Rep. 644 (1.09) 1213.767 1.88 Italy 101.75 Switzerland 2.98
Poland 627 (1.06) 658.179 1.05 Norway 98.12 Spain 2.90
Israel 589 (1) 1599.869 2.72 Germany 93.27 Hungary 2.89
Singapore 550 (0.93) 1972.32 3.59 Spain 88.16 Serbia 2.89

Note:

GDP, gross domestic product; 5-Y IF, five-year impact factor; m5-Y IF, mean five-year impact factor.