Table 2.

The 15 most productive countries in relation to the total number of publications and citations

Most productive countries				Number of citations per country
Position	Country	Records	%	Position	Country	Total citations	Average citation
1	China	1472	32.96	1	China	41,778	28.38
2	Spain	436	9.76	2	Spain	29,381	67.39
3	Brazil	345	7.72	3	Italy	18,466	97.70
4	India	291	6.52	4	France	14,840	61.83
5	USA	258	5.78	5	Brazil	12,374	35.87
6	France	240	5.37	6	India	9577	32.91
7	Iran	220	4.93	7	USA	8680	33.64
8	Italy	189	4.23	8	Iran	5404	24.56
9	Mexico	157	3.52	9	Turkey	5225	37.59
10	Turkey	139	3.11	10	Switzerland	5126	142.39
11	South Korea	130	2.91	11	Mexico	4939	31.46
12	Tunisia	113	2.53	12	S. Korea	4559	35.07
13	Taiwan	112	2.51	13	Tunisia	3883	34.36
14	Japan	103	2.31	14	Japan	3396	32.97
15	Canada	90	2.02	15	Portugal	3253	45.82