Table 2.
Countries of origin of the top 100 articles in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
| Rank | Nation | TP | FP | SP | CP | RP | TC |
| 1 | United States | 55 | 48 | 45 | 10 | 49 | 26975 |
| 2 | Italy | 20 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 5567 |
| 3 | Australia | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4767 |
| 4 | France | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1861 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1826 |
| 6 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1191 |
| 7 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 810 |
| 8 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1074 |
| 9 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 928 |
| 10 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 694 |
| 11 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 264 |
| 12 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 563 |
| 13 | Greece | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 323 |
| 14 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 285 |
| 15 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 236 |
| 16 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TP: The number of total 100 top-cited articles; FP: The number of first author articles; SP: The number of single-country articles; CP: The number of internationally collaborative articles; RP: The number of corresponding author articles in total 100 top-cited articles; TC: Total citation of first author articles; Rank: According to the order of TP firstly and TC secondly. As for New Zealand Austria and South Africa, the country with more citation of corresponding author articles took precedence.