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Table 3 Article and citation data (1996-2010) for top countries in each region, based on H index*

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

Region

Country and Rank

H Index

Articles

Citations

Citations per Article

% Self-Citations

% Uncited Articles

% Int’l Collaboration

% World (1996)

% World (2010)

% Change

Western Europe

1. UK

83

12,888

134,410

9.2

30.1

27.8

34.3

8.5

7.4

–1.1

2. France

65

6084

47,501

7.4

24.2

36.1

32.6

3.7

3.1

–0.6

3. Netherland

63

4084

42,705

10.4

21.1

17.4

41.7

2.7

2.1

–0.6

4. Germany

57

10,024

55,387

5.5

30.2

28.5

42.2

5.2

5.0

–0.2

5. Denmark

57

2303

27,512

12.6

22.2

11.4

44.4

1.2

1.1

–0.1

Eastern Europe

1. Czech Rep

32

1636

9780

6.3

40.3

19.6

24.0

0.8

0.7

–0.1

2. Hungary

31

1768

7236

4.0

26.9

38.1

36.6

1.4

0.8

–0.6

3. Poland

30

4934

12,316

2.7

51.8

35.0

11.6

2.4

3.3

+0.9

4. Slovakia

23

856

3657

4.2

31.4

28.4

32.0

0.6

0.3

–0.3

5. Croatia

19

659

2071

3.7

28.2

35.7

28.3

0.4

0.4

0

Africa

1. So. Africa

37

1767

11,688

6.8

30.8

18.1

36.0

1.1

0.8

–0.3

2. Kenya

27

584

4819

7.8

24.4

14.6

67.8

0.6

0.3

–0.3

3. Ethiopia

23

476

2702

7.4

34.2

14.3

62.4

0.2

0.4

+0.2

4. Tanzania

21

270

2118

8.0

23.6

15.4

72.0

0.2

0.1

–0.1

5. Zimbabwe

21

267

2006

6.7

17.7

17.0

71.7

0.3

0.1

–0.2

North America

1. U.S.

98

35,208

316,515

9.0

47.0

21.2

22.8

24.4

17.7

–6.7

2. Canada

67

6138

56,027

9.2

22.4

19.8

38.9

4.3

3.0

–1.3

Latin America

1. Brazil

41

8066

27,452

5.8

49.1

26.4

25.3

1.7

8.1

+6.4

2. Argentina

34

1204

8216

7.9

22.0

20.5

44.0

0.6

0.8

+0.2

3. Mexico

29

1442

7090

7.5

30.5

20.8

42.2

0.5

1.3

+0.8

4. Uruguay

21

194

1659

9.4

22.3

17.3

60.2

0.1

0.2

+0.1

5. Chile

20

688

2617

4.1

27.8

28.2

42.4

0.5

0.4

–0.1

Middle East

1. Israel

34

804

7287

9.3

18.3

14.8

32.3

0.5

0.5

0

2. Turkey

24

5954

12,661

2.6

54.5

36.1

8.1

1.0

4.8

+3.8

3. Iran

20

1663

3559

3.7

37.6

40.1

22.3

0.3

2.0

+1.7

4. Egypt

23

663

3131

6.3

14.6

19.6

51.0

0.3

0.6

+0.3

5. UAE

18

198

1284

6.6

17.8

15.5

55.4

0.2

0.1

–0.1

Asia

1. Japan

47

5113

35,082

7.2

32.2

16.5

24.0

3.1

2.3

–0.8

2. China

34

2344

12,231

9.5

37.6

13.6

40.9

0.2

3.4

+3.2

3. So. Korea

32

1719

7990

9.6

24.9

22.2

33.0

0.2

2.0

+1.8

4. India

30

12,147

17,676

1.6

55.5

57.5

22.5

5.2

6.9

+1.7

5. Taiwan

29

623

5493

10.9

23.7

11.0

22.6

0.2

0.6

+0.4

Pacific

1. Australia

59

4662

42,185

9.4

24.9

13.9

39.9

3.5

2.7

–0.7

 

2. N Zealand

45

1794

17,037

9.6

28.5

13.4

43.7

1.1

0.9

–0.2

  1. *Data are from Scopus, obtained via SCImago [18]. Articles are total documents. These countries together account for 84% of veterinary article output.