Table 4.
Top 10 countries and continents of origin of all publications included in this study.
| Country3 | Continent4 | Total publications1 |
Publications in Virus |
Publications in Bacteria |
Publications in Other |
Dcos-index2 |
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| TNP | % | Rank | TNP | % | Rank | TNP | % | Rank | TNP | % | Rank | Total (n = 111) | Virus (n = 31) | Bacteria (n = 33) | Other (n = 47) | ||
| USA | NA | 1,035 | 32.5 | 1st | 524 | 36.7 | 1st | 268 | 27.8 | 1st | 243 | 30.7 | 1st | 1,035 (91) | 524 (30) | 268 (31) | 243 (30) |
| GBR | EU | 363 | 11.4 | 2nd | 172 | 12.0 | 2nd | 130 | 13.5 | 2nd | 61 | 7.7 | 2nd | 363 (74) | 172 (24) | 130 (25) | 61 (25) |
| CHN | ASIA | 173 | 5.4 | 3rd | 136 | 9.5 | 3rd | 28 | 2.9 | 10th | 9 | 1.1 | 18th | 173 (39) | 136 (20) | 28 (13) | 9 (6) |
| DEU | EU | 172 | 5.4 | 4th | 83 | 5.8 | 4th | 49 | 5.1 | 6th | 40 | 5.1 | 4th | 172 (59) | 83 (18) | 49 (21) | 40 (20) |
| AUS | OCE | 118 | 3.7 | 5th | 33 | 2.3 | 8th | 70 | 7.2 | 3rd | 15 | 1.9 | 11th | 118 (41) | 33 (15) | 70 (16) | 15 (10) |
| CAN | NA | 116 | 3.6 | 6th | 29 | 2.0 | 9th | 61 | 6.3 | 4th | 26 | 3.3 | 5th | 116 (36) | 29 (9) | 61 (17) | 26 (10) |
| DNK | EU | 104 | 3.3 | 7th | 3 | 0.2 | 40th | 40 | 4.1 | 7th | 61 | 7.7 | 3rd | 104 (39) | 3 (3) | 40 (16) | 61 (22) |
| JPN | ASIA | 103 | 3.23 | 8th | 62 | 4.3 | 5th | 32 | 3.3 | 8th | 9 | 1.1 | 18th | 103 (38) | 62 (15) | 32 (15) | 9 (8) |
| FRA | EU | 88 | 2.8 | 9th | 35 | 2.4 | 7th | 30 | 3.1 | 9th | 23 | 2.9 | 7th | 88 (38) | 35 (15) | 30 (13) | 23 (10) |
| NLD | EU | 83 | 2.6 | 10th | 47 | 3.3 | 6th | 27 | 2.8 | 11th | 9 | 1.1 | 18th | 83 (29) | 47 (12) | 27 (13) | 9 (4) |
Total number of publications (TNP), percentages (%), and ranking for total publications. Of the 3,184 total publications included in the H-indexes searched for 111 pathogens, 1,428 publications belonged to Virus (31 pathogens), 965 publications to Bacteria (33 pathogens), and 791 to Other (47 pathogens).
Dcos-index: number of publications that a country holds within the set of publications included in the H-index core of a given subject (Diaz et al, 2016). For example, the USA holds 524 publications in the field of Viruses, which include 30 of the 31 virus pathogens analyzed.
Three-letter country codes were used (International Organization for Standardization [ISO]: Online Browsing Platform, 2020). GBR is used for the UK, United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland).
EU, Europe; NA, North America; OCE, Oceania.