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. 2017 Jun 18;8(6):514–523. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v8.i6.514

Table 4.

Number of publications (PSPP) and impact (PSPI) normalized for population size (publication/impact point per in thousand populations)

Rank Country PSPP Rank Country PSIP
1 Switzerland 15.3 1 Switzerland 5.4
2 Norway 21.1 2 Norway 6.7
3 Denmark 22.3 3 Holland 7.8
4 Sweden 24.1 4 Denmark 7.9
5 Holland 25.4 5 Sweden 8.2
6 Austria 28.7 6 Austria 10.6
7 Finland 32.3 7 Canada 12.1
8 Canada 35.9 8 Luxemburg 12.6
9 Luxemburg 38.9 9 United States 12.9
10 South Korea 38.9 10 United Kingdom 13.4
11 United Kingdom 38.9 11 Finland 13.4
12 United States 39.3 12 South Korea 13.6
13 Australia 44.3 13 Australia 15.2
14 Belgium 51.1 14 Belgium 18.2
15 Hong Kong 55.3 15 Singapore 18.3
16 New Zealand 57.3 16 Hong Kong 19.4
17 Croatia 57.8 17 New Zealand 19.7
18 Greece 60.4 18 Greece 21.6
19 Germany 63.1 19 Germany 23
20 Singapore 64.3 20 Slovenia 24
21 Slovenia 64.3 21 Ireland 24.3
22 Ireland 65.1 22 Israel 25.6
23 Israel 67.7 23 Croatia 27
24 Italy 82.4 24 Italy 30.7
25 Japan 86.8 25 Japan 31.4
26 Taiwan 88.4 26 Taiwan 32
27 Iceland 107.7 27 Iceland 46.1
28 France 121.5 28 France 48.1
29 Spain 151.9 29 Spain 56.7
30 Estonia 185.7 30 Estonia 76.5
31 Czech Republic 269.2 31 Turkey 121.7
32 Turkey 326.2 32 Czech Republic 125
33 Lithuania 333.3 33 Lithuania 130.4
34 Hungary 341.4 34 Hungary 139.4
35 Serbia 379.5 35 Portugal 147.3
36 Portugal 418.4 36 Serbia 167.7
37 Lebanon 551.8 37 Lebanon 215.9
38 Poland 631.6 38 Chile 247.6
39 Kuwait 673.8 39 Poland 272
40 Chile 680.8 40 Kuwait 374.3
41 China 1110.5 41 Iran 443.5
42 Egypt 1176.5 42 China 447.3
43 Iran 1187.3 43 Malaysia 471.7
44 Thailand 1283.1 44 Egypt 476.2
45 Malaysia 1292.1 45 Brazil 491.2
46 Brazil 1363.2 46 Thailand 521.2
47 Argentina 2072.5 47 Argentina 753.6
48 Tunisia 2178.0 48 South Africa 915.2
49 Saudi Arabia 2402.5 49 Tunisia 990
50 Bulgaria 2421.7 50 Saudi Arabia 12108.3
51 South Africa 2571.4 51 Bulgaria 15353.8
52 Romania 3326.7 52 Romania 15353.9
53 India 5089.4 53 India 19380.8
54 Malawi 8180.0 54 Malawi 32720
55 Ethiopia 9410.0 55 Columbia 43649
56 Columbia 9602.8 56 Mexico 45536.5
57 Iraq 11140 57 Nepal 55600
58 Mexico 11839.5 58 Iraq 55700
59 Nepal 13900 59 Russia 68333.3
60 Russia 15944.4 60 Uganda 75160.0
61 Morocco 16505 61 Philippines 75684.6
62 Philippines 19678 62 Morocco 82525.0
63 Nigeria 24800 63 Nigeria 115733.3
64 Pakistan 32695.7 64 Sudan 126533.3
65 Uganda 37580 65 Pakistan 163478.3
66 Sudan 37976 66 Ethiopia 313666.7