Table 3.
Top 10 most productive neuroscience research countries in 2006 and 2015.
| 2015 | 2006 rank | % of share | 2015 rank | % of share | Differences in % share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 1 | 41.05 | 1 | 36.81 | −4.24 |
| Germany | 2 | 9.93 | 3 | 10.20 | +0.27 |
| UK | 3 | 8.63 | 4 | 8.75 | +0.12 |
| Japan | 4 | 8.36 | 7 | 5.69 | −2.67 |
| Canada | 5 | 6.47 | 5 | 6.88 | +0.41 |
| Italy | 6 | 5.91 | 6 | 6.49 | +0.58 |
| France | 7 | 5.48 | 8 | 4.99 | −0.49 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 3.42 | 10 | 4.20 | +0.78 |
| Australia | 9 | 3.39 | 9 | 4.54 | +1.15 |
| Spain | 10 | 3.23 | 11 | 3.62 | +0.39 |
| China | 11 | 2.96 | 2 | 11.23 | +8.27 |
Each country had one count if it appears in the author affiliations field of a publication, as counted by Web of Science hosted by Thomson Reuters.