Table 4.
Top 10 active countries in number of publications (2005–2015)
| SCRa | Country | Number of articles | % | NCC | MCP | % | SCP | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United States | 589 | 37.21 | 62 | 127 | 21.56 | 462 | 78.44 |
| 2nd | United Kingdom | 174 | 10.99 | 50 | 94 | 54.02 | 80 | 45.98 |
| 3rd | Canada | 103 | 6.51 | 32 | 39 | 37.86 | 64 | 62.14 |
| 4th | South Africa | 76 | 4.80 | 27 | 37 | 48.68 | 39 | 51.32 |
| 5th | Australia | 59 | 3.73 | 31 | 28 | 47.46 | 31 | 52.54 |
| 6th | India | 44 | 2.78 | 36 | 22 | 50.00 | 22 | 50.00 |
| 7th | Brazil | 43 | 2.72 | 9 | 15 | 34.88 | 28 | 65.12 |
| 8th | China | 39 | 2.46 | 19 | 18 | 46.15 | 21 | 53.85 |
| 9th | Germany | 31 | 1.96 | 16 | 15 | 48.39 | 16 | 51.61 |
| 10th | Switzerland | 29 | 1.83 | 33 | 26 | 89.66 | 3 | 10.34 |
NCC number of collaborating countries, SCP single country publication (intra-country collaboration), MCP multiple country publications (inter-country publications)
a SCR Standard competition ranking. Equal countries were given the same ranking number, and then a gap is left in the ranking numbers