Table 5.
Number of authors per paper (SciVal® 2014–2019) by region and area of knowledge
| Region | Number | % of Papers by number of authors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countries /regions |
Publications | ≤ 10 | 10–≤ 50 | 50–≤ 100 | > 100 | |
| Africa | 54 | 7,132 | 42.18 | 25.11 | 5.44 | 27.27 |
| Asia Pacific | 47 | 24,521 | 59.66 | 25.92 | 3.02 | 11.40 |
| Europe | 48 | 84,578 | 80.30 | 15.24 | 1.06 | 3.40 |
| Middle East | 18 | 7,137 | 43.69 | 23.65 | 4.65 | 28.01 |
| Central and North America | 31 | 62,542 | 74.99 | 19.07 | 1.39 | 4.55 |
| South America | 15 | 19,643 | 68.87 | 16.77 | 2.65 | 11.71 |
| Area of knowledge | ||||||
| Agriculture | 178 | 19,800 | 73.20 | 26.48 | 0.24 | 0.09 |
| Engineering | 156 | 30,853 | 93.53 | 5.22 | 0.11 | 1.13 |
| Humanities | 108 | 1,857 | 96.34 | 3.28 | 0.32 | 0.05 |
| Medical sciences | 203 | 49,726 | 76.09 | 22.44 | 0.81 | 0.65 |
| Natural sciences | 208 | 92,703 | 86.17 | 10.45 | 0.60 | 2.79 |
| Social sciences | 160 | 14,165 | 94.11 | 5.53 | 0.30 | 0.06 |