Fig. 3. World maps, diagram, and graph show the overall frequency, rate, and trends of the main author's country and continent that carried cancer-related lymph node (LN) articles. (A) Nations' distribution of articles with LN related to cancer. The top 10 nations are the United States, Japan, China, Germany, Italy, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and France. (B) The trend of the top 10 nations' distribution of articles with LN related to cancer (1988–2017). It is confirmed that China has been publishing articles at a rapid pace since 10 years ago. South Korea is also growing. (C) Continental distribution of articles with LN related to cancer. Asia was 37.6% compared to 31.9% in Europe. (D) The trend of continental distribution of articles with LN related to cancer (1988–2017). Trends are increasing in Asia recently. (E) Distribution of the top 40 nations. The volume of publications in each of the 40 countries is compared to the volume published in the last decade. China's remarkable growth is also confirmed. The United States was the most popular with 26,386 articles, followed by Japan with 15,918 articles. Followed by 10,521 in China, 6,003 in Germany, 5,893 in Italy, 4,579 in South Korea, 4,450 in the United Kingdom, 3,216 in Taiwan, 3,036 in the Netherlands, and 2,977 in France.
