Table 2.
Performance of the countries publishing on patient safety in the order of the number of published items
| Country | Publications | Citations | Citation rate* | h-Index† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 2068 | 20 334 | 9.83 | 63 |
| UK | 556 | 4019 | 7.23 | 31 |
| Canada | 221 | 1660 | 7.51 | 23 |
| Germany | 148 | 433 | 2.93 | 11 |
| Australia | 145 | 1016 | 7.01 | 20 |
| Netherlands | 121 | 619 | 5.12 | 13 |
| Switzerland | 91 | 1126 | 12.37 | 22 |
| Spain | 78 | 195 | 2.50 | 8 |
| Italy | 58 | 485 | 8.36 | 11 |
| France | 51 | 254 | 4.98 | 9 |
| Sweden | 49 | 445 | 9.08 | 15 |
| Taiwan | 44 | 161 | 3.66 | 8 |
| Japan | 42 | 131 | 3.12 | 8 |
| Brazil | 37 | 58 | 1.57 | 5 |
| Denmark | 30 | 78 | 2.60 | 7 |
| Norway | 27 | 215 | 7.96 | 7 |
| Belgium | 26 | 231 | 8.88 | 7 |
| Ireland | 22 | 129 | 5.86 | 7 |
| China | 20 | 78 | 3.90 | 6 |
| South Korea | 20 | 48 | 2.40 | 5 |
| Finland | 19 | 121 | 6.37 | 5 |
| Israel | 17 | 158 | 9.29 | 7 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 80 | 5.00 | 5 |
| Iran | 15 | 19 | 1.27 | 3 |
| Austria | 14 | 108 | 7.71 | 4 |
| Turkey | 13 | 39 | 3.00 | 4 |
| India | 13 | 14 | 1.08 | 3 |
| Singapore | 12 | 28 | 2.33 | 4 |
| Greece | 10 | 75 | 7.50 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 12 | 1.33 | 3 |
| Portugal | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 5 |
| Croatia | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 4 |
| Egypt | 7 | 32 | 4.57 | 4 |
| Mexico | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 2 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 3 |
| South Africa | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 3 |
| Poland | 4 | 74 | 18.50 | 3 |
| Thailand | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 2 |
| Colombia | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 2 |
| Jordan | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 3 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 2 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 2 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 2 |
| Hungary | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Nepal | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Chile | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Oman | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Botswana | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Peru | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Kenya | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Yemen | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 |
| Iceland | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 |
| Sudan | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 |
| Brunei | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 |
*The calculation of the citation rate with a threshold of at least 30 publications.
†Modified h-Index: only considering the publications found via the search in the WoS Core Collection and applied to the performance of each country.
WoS, Web of Science.