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Table 2 Veterinary article and citation data for 193 countries in eight geographic regions during 1996-2010*

From: Geographic trends in research output and citations in veterinary medicine: insight into global research capacity, species specialization, and interdisciplinary relationships

Variable

Western Europe

Eastern Europe

Africa

North America

Latin America

Middle East

Asia

Pacific

World

No. countries

25

22

46

2

42

20

26

10

193

Country H index, median (range)

34 (0-83)

8 (0-32)

5 (1-37)

83 (67, 98)

4 (0-41)

10 (1-67)

13 (1-47)

5 (0-59)

7 (0-98)

No. articles (% of world)

56,745 (34.8)

11,046 (6.8)

5229 (3.2)

42,568 (26.1)

13,173 (8.1)

10,567 (6.5)

23,922 (14.7)

6580 (4.0)

163,250 (100)

No. citations (% of world)

430,298 (40.0)

37,122 (3.4)

30,859 (2.8)

359,000 (33.0)

52,174 (4.8)

33,453 (3.0)

87,608 (8.0)

57,255 (5.3)

1,087,769 (100)

Uncited articles (% of articles in region)

13,847 (24.4)

3069 (27.8)

1179 (22.5)

9067 (21.3)

5016 (38.1)

4118 (39.0)

10,366 (43.3)

975 (14.8)

47,637 (29.2)

Self-citations (% of citations in region)†

36,270 (8.4)

2646 (7.1)

1500 (4.9)

28,650 (8.0)

3653 (7.0)

2331 (7.0)

10,625 (12.1)

2774 (4.8)

88,449 (8.1)

Citations/article, median (range)

8.69 (0.85-12.00)

3.86 (0.37-5.52)

7.26 (0.63-9.83)

9.72 (0.79-13.77)

7.26 (0.39-9.20)

4.33 (0.46-7.33)

5.01 (0.54-6.91)

9.90 (1.22-14.29)

7.26 (0.37-14.29)

Average % articles with international collaboration

31.2

20.4

52.9

23.0

32.2

18.7

24.3

39.0

30.2

  1. *Data are from Scopus, obtained via SCImago [18]. Articles are total documents.
  2. †Refers to within-country self-citations.