Table 3.
Citation analysis and research productivity of top 10 productive countries on FGM/C publications (1930 – 2015)
| SCRa | Country | Number (%) N = 1035 | TC | C/A | h-index | HCA (%) | NCC | SCP (%) | MCP (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | USA | 162 (15.65) | 2108 | 13.01 | 25 | 34 (30.0) | 17 | 135 (83.33) | 27 (16.67) |
| 2nd | UK | 116 (11.21) | 861 | 7.42 | 16 | 9 (7.76) | 12 | 101 (87.07) | 15 (12.93) |
| 3rd | Nigeria | 52 (5.02) | 438 | 8.42 | 12 | 7 (13.46) | 7 | 41 (78.85) | 11 (21.15) |
| 4th | Egypt | 36 (3.48) | 495 | 13.75 | 13 | 6 (16.67) | 5 | 30 (83.33) | 6 (16.67) |
| 5th | Australia | 30 (2.90) | 166 | 5.53 | 8 | 3 (10.00) | 6 | 25 (83.33) | 5 (16.67) |
| 5th | Sweden | 30 (2.90) | 525 | 17.50 | 15 | 12 (40.00) | 11 | 19 (63.33) | 11 (36.67) |
| 5th | Switzerland | 30 (2.90) | 289 | 9.63 | 10 | 7 (23.33) | 5 | 24 (80.00) | 6 (20.00) |
| 8th | Italy | 28 (2.71) | 121 | 4.32 | 5 | 1 (3.57) | 2 | 26 (92.86) | 2 (7.14) |
| 9th | Germany | 27 (2.61) | 237 | 8.78 | 7 | 4 (14.81) | 5 | 22 (81.48) | 5 (18.52) |
| 10th | Canada | 26 (2.51) | 218 | 8.38 | 7 | 4 (15.38) | 3 | 22 (84.62) | 4 (15.38) |
Abbreviations: FGM/C female genital mutilation/cutting, TC total citations, C/A number of citations per article calculated by dividing the total number of citations retrieved for each year by the total number of publications in that year, CC cumulative citations calculated by adding up the number of citations for each year with the citations for all previous years, h-index Hirsch index, HCA highly cited articles (those with ≥ 20 citations), NCC number of collaborating countries, SCP single country publication (intra-country collaboration), MCP multiple country publications (inter-country publications)
aSCR: Standard competition ranking. Equal countries were given the same ranking number, and then a gap is left in the ranking numbers