Table 1.
Characteristics of scientific production.
| Year | Articles | Authors | Countries | Institutions | Citations | Journals | Citations per article | Average number of authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 8 | 5.67 | 1.11 |
| 1997 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 5 | 8.8 | 1 |
| 1998 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 27 | 50 | 17 | 2.78 | 1.67 |
| 1999 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 13 | 2.92 | 2.15 |
| 2000 | 23 | 43 | 18 | 32 | 62 | 23 | 2.7 | 1.87 |
| 2001 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 26 | 63 | 21 | 3 | 1.57 |
| 2002 | 22 | 31 | 14 | 23 | 74 | 20 | 3.36 | 1.41 |
| 2003 | 19 | 34 | 12 | 27 | 105 | 19 | 5.53 | 1.79 |
| 2004 | 30 | 47 | 14 | 44 | 133 | 28 | 4.43 | 1.57 |
| 2005 | 22 | 38 | 20 | 29 | 137 | 20 | 6.23 | 1.73 |
| 2006 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 20 | 176 | 22 | 7.04 | 1.52 |
| 2007 | 28 | 50 | 19 | 44 | 201 | 28 | 7.18 | 1.79 |
| 2008 | 35 | 65 | 23 | 52 | 232 | 31 | 6.63 | 1.86 |
| 2009 | 34 | 66 | 22 | 48 | 260 | 32 | 7.65 | 1.94 |
| 2010 | 41 | 68 | 22 | 58 | 283 | 40 | 6.9 | 1.66 |
| 2011 | 56 | 144 | 29 | 95 | 321 | 56 | 5.73 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 44 | 86 | 22 | 59 | 373 | 40 | 8.48 | 1.95 |
| 2013 | 70 | 145 | 33 | 94 | 419 | 67 | 5.99 | 2.07 |
| 2014 | 47 | 143 | 31 | 95 | 418 | 43 | 8.89 | 3.04 |
| 2015 | 59 | 136 | 26 | 114 | 476 | 59 | 8.07 | 2.31 |
| 2016 | 62 | 151 | 40 | 109 | 590 | 62 | 9.52 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 93 | 186 | 36 | 128 | 693 | 84 | 7.45 | 2.00 |
| 2018 | 84 | 213 | 39 | 149 | 726 | 75 | 8.64 | 2.54 |
| 2019 | 107 | 274 | 50 | 193 | 785 | 87 | 7.34 | 2.56 |
| 2020 | 101 | 245 | 48 | 167 | 968 | 83 | 9.58 | 2.43 |
| 2021 | 107 | 318 | 42 | 222 | 1152 | 96 | 10.77 | 2.97 |
| 2001–2021 | 1107 | 2511 | 570 | 1796 | 8585 | 1013 | 7.76 | 2.08 |
Source: Author's own calculation, based on Microsoft Excel software.