Table 4.
The number of WOS hits for countries with a comparable size to California (±20% of surface area), using the same search criteria as for California but replacing for country names.
| Countries | Total km2 | WOS hits | WOS per 1,000 km2 | GDP (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 377,976 | 17,412 | 46.1 | 4,937,421.88 |
| California | 423,967 | 5,202 | 12.3 | 3,513,347.50 |
| Spain | 505,992 | 5,112 | 10.1 | 1,425,276.50 |
| Germany | 357,114 | 3,375 | 9.5 | 4,223,116.21 |
| Norway | 385,207 | 2,559 | 6.6 | 482,437.02 |
| Sweden | 450,295 | 2,319 | 5.1 | 627,437.90 |
| Congo | 342,000 | 849 | 2.5 | 12,523.96 |
| Morocco | 446,550 | 1,076 | 2.4 | 132,725.26 |
| Cameroon | 475,442 | 860 | 1.8 | 45,238.61 |
| Papua New Guinea | 462,840 | 728 | 1.6 | 26,594.28 |
| Paraguay | 406,752 | 383 | 0.9 | 38,986.81 |
| Iraq | 438,317 | 411 | 0.9 | 207,889.33 |
| Zimbabwe | 390,757 | 345 | 0.9 | 26,217.73 |
| Uzbekistan | 447,400 | 122 | 0.3 | 69,238.90 |
| Turkmenistan | 488,100 | 83 | 0.2 | 45,231.43 |
The table is sorted by the number of publications per unit area. California is highlighted in italics for reference.