Table 6.

Number of publications on each disease

Rank	Disease	Frequency	%	h-index
1^st	SARS	3379	39.2	115
2^nd	Ebola	2355	27.3	120
3^rd	Crimean – Congo	766	8.9	54
4^th	Rift valley fever	678	7.9	61
5^th	MERS	613	7.1	51
6^th	Nipah	382	4.4	63
7^th	Marburg	354	4.1	55
8^th	Lassa	285	3.3	47

SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome, MERS Middle East respiratory syndrome, h-index Hirsch index

Due to overlap, total percentage exceeded 100%