Table 7.
Number of publications required to equivalent with the median (Poland n = 61) using the benchmark measure
| Rank | Country | Published publica- tions 2010-2014 | Papers to be published | % of published papers |
| 1 | China | 1222 | 32 | 3783 |
| 2 | India | 246 | 7 | 3656 |
| 3 | United States | 8149 | 235 | 3505 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1354 | 119 | 1137 |
| 5 | Japan | 1467 | 235 | 952 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 1644 | 197 | 833 |
| 7 | Germany | 1272 | 203 | 625 |
| 8 | Turkey | 235 | 45 | 525 |
| 9 | Egypt | 68 | 14 | 499 |
| 10 | Italy | 737 | 148 | 496 |
| 11 | Canada | 930 | 214 | 435 |
| 12 | Brazil | 147 | 48 | 303 |
| 13 | France | 548 | 182 | 301 |
| 14 | Holland | 663 | 222 | 298 |
| 15 | Iran | 65 | 23 | 280 |
| 16 | Spain | 311 | 126 | 246 |
| 17 | Thailand | 52 | 25 | 204 |
| 18 | Greece | 182 | 91 | 198 |
| 19 | Taiwan | 264 | 136 | 194 |
| 20 | Malawi | 2 | 1 | 184 |
| 21 | Australia | 485 | 263 | 183 |
| 22 | Sweden | 403 | 251 | 160 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 527 | 364 | 145 |
| 24 | Austria | 295 | 218 | 135 |
| 25 | Croatia | 74 | 57 | 129 |
| 26 | Belgium | 219 | 201 | 109 |
| 27 | Pakistan | 6 | 6 | 100 |
| 28 | Poland | 61 | 61 | 100 |
| 29 | Denmark | 254 | 258 | 98 |
| 30 | Finland | 167 | 212 | 79 |
| 31 | South Africa | 21 | 28 | 76 |
| 32 | Hong Kong | 130 | 171 | 76 |
| 33 | Israel | 119 | 158 | 75 |
| 34 | Serbia | 19 | 26 | 72 |
| 35 | Nepal | 2 | 3 | 67 |
| 36 | Norway | 240 | 414 | 58 |
| 37 | Nigeria | 7 | 14 | 50 |
| 38 | Hungary | 29 | 60 | 49 |
| 39 | New Zealand | 78 | 161 | 48 |
| 40 | Malaysia | 23 | 48 | 47 |
| 41 | Czech Republic | 39 | 83 | 47 |
| 42 | Ireland | 98 | 231 | 42 |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 1 | 2 | 50 |
| 44 | Philippines | 5 | 12 | 41 |
| 45 | Chile | 24 | 62 | 39 |
| 46 | Argentina | 20 | 53 | 38 |
| 47 | Singapore | 84 | 239 | 35 |
| 48 | Uganda | 1 | 3 | 33 |
| 49 | Slovenia | 32 | 102 | 31 |
| 50 | Tunisia | 5 | 19 | 26 |
| 51 | Portugal | 25 | 94 | 26 |
| 52 | Mexico | 10 | 44 | 23 |
| 53 | Sudan | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 54 | Lebanon | 9 | 43 | 21 |
| 55 | Russia | 9 | 54 | 17 |
| 56 | Columbia | 5 | 34 | 15 |
| 57 | Morocco | 2 | 14 | 15 |
| 58 | Romania | 6 | 42 | 14 |
| 59 | Lithuania | 9 | 70 | 13 |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 12 | 103 | 12 |
| 61 | Iraq | 3 | 27 | 11 |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 3 | 33 | 9 |
| 63 | Estonia | 7 | 86 | 8.1 |
| 64 | Luxemburg | 14 | 496 | 2.8 |
| 65 | Kuwait | 5 | 185 | 2.7 |
| 66 | Iceland | 3 | 221 | 1.4 |