Table 5.
Top 10 highly productive countries for sleep research in athletes (n = 313).
| Country | Papers (%) |
Citations | CPP | h-index | SCC | MCC | SAP | Authors (min-max) | AAPP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 97 (31.0) | 1529 | 15.8 | 21 | 49 | 43 | 5 | 520 (1–18) | 5.4 (2.8) |
| United States | 66 (21.1) | 736 | 11.2 | 15 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 333 (1–16) | 5.1 (3.2) |
| France | 25 (8.0) | 297 | 11.9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 133 (1–12) | 5.3 (2.2) |
| United Kingdom | 24 (7.7) | 475 | 19.8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 111 (2–8) | 4.6 (1.7) |
| Germany | 20 (6.4) | 442 | 22.1 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 129 (1–14) | 6.5 (3.5) |
| Qatar | 18 (5.8) | 134 | 7.4 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 121 (1–14) | 6.7 (3.6) |
| Japan | 16 (5.1) | 39 | 2.4 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 98 (1–13) | 6.1 (3.2) |
| Brazil | 15 (4.8) | 64 | 4.3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 114 (3–13) | 7.6 (2.7) |
| Italy | 15 (4.8) | 46 | 3.1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 84 (3–12) | 5.6 (2.3) |
| New Zealand | 15 (4.8) | 67 | 4.5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 66 (2–10) | 4.4 (2.3) |
CPP = citations per paper; AAPP = average authors per paper; SAP = single authored paper; SCC = single country collaboration; MCC = multi-country collaboration.