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. 2023 Jan 16;9(1):e13039. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13039

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.