TABLE 1.

The top ten countries that contributed publications on HA for the treatment of osteoarthritis.

Rank	Country	Total publicatios	Total citations	Average citations	H-index
1	United States	689	21734	31.54	71
2	China	303	5573	18.39	37
3	Italy	289	8371	28.97	43
4	Japan	202	5424	26.85	26
5	England	141	4740	33.62	36
6	Germany	118	3617	30.65	30
7	Turkey	106	2271	21.42	26
8	Spain	104	4544	43.69	31
9	Canada	103	3664	35.57	32
10	France	103	3425	33.25	33