Table 1.

Topmost 10 productive country in the field of LF antibacterial research.

Rank	Country	NP*	NC*	H-index	AC*
1	USA	452	19,824	75	45.38
2	China	245	4,381	37	18.77
3	Italy	159	4,732	39	31.34
4	Japan	150	3,574	34	25.30
5	Netherlands	127	5,610	44	48.17
6	Spain	108	2,866	31	28.04
7	Canada	105	7,609	74	38.00
8	Australia	97	2,989	34	31.76
9	Germany	96	4,018	33	42.24
10	India	72	2,154	22	30.11

^*NP, total number of publications; NC, total number of citations; AC, average citations per item.