Table 5. Contribution of Middle Eastern Countries to COVID-19 Papers (n = 1362) .
| No. | Country | Documents | % of Total | Rank |
| 1 | Iran | 405 | 29.74 | 1 |
| 2 | Turkey | 307 | 22.54 | 2 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 179 | 13.14 | 3 |
| 4 | Israel | 128 | 9.40 | 4 |
| 5 | Egypt | 109 | 8.00 | 5 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 51 | 3.74 | 6 |
| 7 | Iraq | 31 | 2.28 | 7 |
| 8 | Lebanon | 29 | 2.13 | 8 |
| 9 | Qatar | 29 | 2.13 | 8 |
| 10 | Jordan | 28 | 2.06 | 8 |
| 11 | Oman | 22 | 1.62 | 9 |
| 12 | Cyprus | 19 | 1.40 | 10 |
| 13 | Kuwait | 14 | 1.03 | 11 |
| 14 | Bahrain | 3 | 0.22 | 12 |
| 15 | Yemen | 3 | 0.22 | 12 |
| 16 | Palestine | 3 | 0.22 | 12 |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0.15 | 13 |