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. 2022 Sep 26;13:974849. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.974849

TABLE 1.

Top 20 most productive countries/regions in the field of drug repositioning.

Rank Country TP TC h-index ACPP nCC SMCP (%) Region
1 The United States 918 27,355 74 29.8 59 48.15 Anglo-America
2 P.R. China 485 11,147 49 22.98 39 36.70 Asia
3 The United Kingdom 284 8,762 43 30.85 57 69.01 Europe
4 India 247 3,203 27 12.97 37 30.77 Asia
5 Italy 232 6,024 39 25.97 40 47.41 Europe
6 Germany 171 5,213 36 30.49 50 67.25 Europe
7 South Korea 161 2221 21 13.8 24 29.20 Asia
8 Japan 146 3,037 26 20.8 22 25.34 Asia
9 Brazil 125 1911 24 15.29 29 42.20 Latin America
10 France 116 3,627 26 31.27 35 56.03 Europe
11 Canada 111 4,641 28 41.81 46 62.16 Anglo-America
12 Spain 109 2305 27 21.15 38 58.72 Europe
13 Australia 73 1816 23 24.88 36 79.45 Oceania
14 The Netherlands 73 1,559 22 21.36 37 75.34 Europe
15 Switzerland 59 2126 23 36.03 32 67.80 Europe
16 Sweden 58 1,434 19 24.72 37 86.21 Europe
17 Taiwan Region 58 1,110 17 19.14 8 36.21 Asia
18 Argentina 51 749 17 14.69 16 43.14 Latin America
19 Belgium 48 1,062 18 22.13 26 81.25 Europe
20 Mexico 47 1,162 19 24.85 15 42.55 Latin America

Notes: TP, total papers; TC, total citations; ACPP, average citations per publication; nCC, number of cooperative countries; and SMCP, share of multinational cooperation publications.