Table 3.
Top ten countries in publishing articles on water – related diseases (1980–2015)
| Rank | Country | Frequency (%) N = 2267 |
TC | h-index | C/A | Number Of collaborating countries | SCP (%) | MCP (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United States | 623 (27.48) | 18713 | 69 | 30.04 | 78 | 439 (70.47) | 184 (29.53) |
| 2nd | Germany | 149 (6.57) | 1811 | 23 | 12.15 | 39 | 126 (84.56) | 23 (15.44) |
| 3rd | United Kingdom | 141 (6.22) | 3391 | 32 | 24.05 | 39 | 75 (53.19) | 66 (46.81) |
| 4th | Canada | 126 (5.56) | 3580 | 30 | 28.41 | 21 | 85 (67.46) | 41 (32.54) |
| 5th | China | 121 (5.34) | 554 | 12 | 4.58 | 16 | 96 (79.34) | 25 (20.66) |
| 6th | India | 75 (3.31) | 922 | 16 | 12.29 | 6 | 63 (84.00) | 12 (16.00) |
| 7th | France | 74 (3.26) | 1319 | 19 | 17.82 | 39 | 51 (68.92) | 23 (31.08) |
| 8th | Australia | 65 (2.87) | 1344 | 19 | 20.68 | 21 | 19 (29.23) | 46 (70.77) |
| 9th | Italy | 64 (2.82) | 660 | 16 | 10.31 | 32 | 49 (76.56) | 15 (23.44) |
| 10th | Spain | 61 (2.69) | 1071 | 16 | 17.56 | 32 | 38 (62.30) | 23 (37.70) |
TC total citations
h-index: Hirsh index
C/A: citations per article calculated by dividing total citations by total number of publications per journal
SCP single country publication. The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of SCP by number of publications retrieved for that particular country
MCP multiple country publication. The percentage was calculated by dividing the total number of MCP by total number of publications retrieved for that particular country