TABLE 2.
The top 10 countries and institutions contributed to publications in the research on the association of rare earth elements with cancer [n (%)].
| Rank | Country | N (%) | Institution | N (%) |
| 1 | United States | 2,726 (34.73) | Chinese Academy of Sciences (China, Beijing) | 211 (2.69) |
| 2 | China | 1,246 (16.10) | Northwestern University (United States, Evanston) | 128 (1.63) |
| 3 | Germany | 509 (6.48) | Stanford University (United States, Palo Alto) | 89 (1.13) |
| 4 | Italy | 391 (4.98) | Fudan University (China, Shanghai) | 77 (0.98) |
| 5 | France | 367 (4.76) | University of Texas (United States, Texas) | 76 (0.97) |
| 6 | Japan | 366 (4.66) | Mayo Clinic (United States, Rochester) | 71 (0.90) |
| 7 | India | 282 (3.59) | National cancer institute (United States) | 63 (0.80) |
| 8 | South Korea | 228 (2.90) | University of California. Los Angeles (United States, Los Angeles) | 62 (0.79) |
| 9 | Netherland | 209 (2.66) | University of Pittsburgh (United States, Pittsburgh) | 59 (0.75) |
| 10 | Canada | 207 (2.64) | University of Pennsylvania (United States, Philadelphia) | 58 (0.74) |