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. 2016 Oct 28;5(1):1888. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-3593-3

Table 3.

Annual number of published articles and citations analysis (2005–2015)

Year Total number of articles % TC C/A Number of articles with citations % Number of articles with no citations %
2015 205 12.95 347 1.69 96 46.83 109 53.17
2014 179 11.31 565 3.16 109 60.89 70 39.11
2013 145 9.16 860 5.93 105 72.41 40 27.59
2012 124 7.83 890 7.18 93 75.00 31 25.00
2011 116 7.33 1478 12.74 89 76.72 27 23.28
2010 144 9.10 1999 13.88 113 78.47 31 21.53
2009 127 8.02 1936 15.24 97 76.38 30 23.62
2008 131 8.28 1956 14.93 110 83.97 21 16.03
2007 238 15.03 2791 11.73 161 67.65 77 32.35
2006 105 6.63 2467 23.50 81 77.14 24 22.86
2005 69 4.36 1822 26.41 58 84.06 11 15.94

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