Table 5.
Top COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 publishing countries and number of papers published by each country, in the first six months of 2020
| January | February | March | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cov19 | Non-Cov19 | Cov19 | Non-Cov19 | Cov19 | Non-Cov19 | ||||||
| Colombia | 2 | United States | 64 | China | 16 | United Kingdom | 66 | China | 33 | United States | 60 |
| Switzerland | 2 | United Kingdom | 56 | United Kingdom | 8 | United States | 64 | United States | 22 | United Kingdom | 43 |
| Canada | 2 | China | 30 | Hong Kong | 4 | China | 32 | United Kingdom | 13 | China | 31 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | Australia | 22 | United States | 4 | India | 30 | France | 6 | Australia | 17 |
| Spain | 2 | Netherlands | 20 | Colombia | 3 | Australia | 25 | Hong Kong | 6 | Germany | 17 |
| Ireland | 1 | Canada | 18 | Italy | 3 | Italy | 24 | Australia | 5 | Brazil | 17 |
| Nepal | 1 | Switzerland | 17 | Japan | 3 | Germany | 23 | Italy | 5 | Switzerland | 16 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | Germany | 17 | Nepal | 2 | Canada | 20 | Singapore | 5 | Canada | 15 |
| Nigeria | 1 | Japan | 14 | Argentina | 2 | Netherlands | 19 | Switzerland | 5 | Italy | 14 |
| Brazil | 1 | India | 13 | India | 2 | France | 19 | Norway | 3 | France | 12 |
| April | May | June | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cov19 | Non-Cov19 | Cov19 | Non-Cov19 | Cov19 | Non-Cov19 | ||||||
| China | 70 | United States | 63 | United States | 47 | United States | 74 | United States | 56 | United States | 96 |
| United States | 42 | United Kingdom | 40 | United Kingdom | 40 | China | 36 | China | 43 | China | 64 |
| United Kingdom | 36 | China | 37 | China | 39 | United Kingdom | 30 | United Kingdom | 42 | United Kingdom | 58 |
| India | 34 | India | 25 | India | 33 | India | 28 | India | 41 | India | 33 |
| Italy | 24 | Australia | 20 | Italy | 23 | Italy | 19 | Italy | 27 | Australia | 32 |
| France | 13 | France | 18 | France | 16 | France | 19 | France | 15 | France | 29 |
| Iran | 11 | Spain | 18 | Germany | 13 | Australia | 16 | Germany | 12 | Italy | 23 |
| Hong Kong | 11 | Switzerland | 17 | Iran | 13 | Germany | 13 | Japan | 11 | Japan | 22 |
| Norway | 10 | Japan | 17 | Hong Kong | 13 | Switzerland | 13 | Brazil | 10 | Spain | 22 |
| Canada | 9 | Iran | 17 | Australia | 12 | Sweden | 12 | Canada | 8 | Germany | 20 |