Table 2.
Top 10 Productive Countries and Citations per Country
| Sort by NP | Country | Articles (%) | SCP | MCP (%) | NP Per Trillion GDP | NP Per Million People | Sort by Total Citations | Country | Total Citations | Average Article Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CHINA | 697(20.6) | 639 | 58(8.3) | 39.4 | 0.5 | 1st | USA | 18860 | 33.2 |
| 2nd | USA | 569(16.8) | 488 | 81(14.2) | 24.7 | 1.7 | 2nd | CHINA | 9794 | 14.1 |
| 3rd | ITALY | 220(6.5) | 187 | 33(15.0) | 81.2 | 3.7 | 3rd | ITALY | 9389 | 42.7 |
| 4th | TURKEY | 173(5.1) | 172 | 1(0.6) | 66.8 | 2.0 | 4th | UK | 8601 | 55.5 |
| 5th | JAPAN | 158(4.7) | 147 | 11(7.0) | 29.3 | 1.3 | 5th | FRANCE | 4835 | 62.0 |
| 6th | UK | 155(4.6) | 113 | 42(27.1) | 46.4 | 2.3 | 6th | AUSTRALIA | 3398 | 30.3 |
| 7th | KOREA | 149(4.4) | 126 | 23(15.4) | 61.3 | 2.9 | 7th | GERMANY | 3256 | 27.1 |
| 8th | IRAN | 136(4.0) | 111 | 25(18.4) | 102.3 | 1.6 | 8th | CANADA | 2922 | 53.1 |
| 9th | GERMANY | 120(3.5) | 92 | 28(23.3) | 28.4 | 1.4 | 9th | JAPAN | 2628 | 16.6 |
| 10th | AUSTRALIA | 112(3.3) | 78 | 34(30.4) | 77.8 | 4.4 | 10th | IRAN | 2498 | 18.4 |
Abbreviations: NP, number of publications; MCP, multiple countries publications (inter-country collaboration); SCP, single country publications (intra-country collaboration); GDP, gross domestic product.