Table 4 Productivity and patterns of collaboration by top countries
Country | Total articles | Articles per million inhabitants | Total collaborations | Total citations | Citations per article | Articles in collaboration (distinct country) | Distinct countries of collaboration | Main collaborator (and number of collaborations) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 18,393 | 56.5 | 25,308 | 3,364,015 | 182.9 | 7895 | 130 | Canada (2892) |
United Kingdom | 8028 | 121.6 | 18,529 | 1,345,597 | 167.6 | 4534 | 128 | United States (2528) |
Canada | 4548 | 123.9 | 13,024 | 1,017,912 | 223.8 | 3552 | 108 | United States (2892) |
Germany | 4415 | 53.4 | 16,463 | 894,026 | 202.5 | 3416 | 111 | United States (2034) |
France | 3900 | 58.1 | 15,093 | 826,172 | 211.8 | 2928 | 119 | United States (1759) |
Italy | 3608 | 59.6 | 13,005 | 674,367 | 186.9 | 2432 | 96 | United States (1446) |
The Netherlands | 3453 | 201.5 | 10,578 | 619,589 | 179.4 | 2331 | 99 | United States (1172) |
Australia | 2354 | 95.7 | 8787 | 469,341 | 199.4 | 1750 | 103 | United States (1114) |
Belgium | 2197 | 193.2 | 10,685 | 482,974 | 219.8 | 2016 | 107 | United States (1068) |
Spain | 2020 | 43.4 | 9747 | 417,291 | 206.6 | 1581 | 99 | United States (1017) |
Sweden | 1909 | 189.6 | 7034 | 376,159 | 197.0 | 1483 | 91 | United States (794) |
Switzerland | 1862 | 219.9 | 7840 | 348,734 | 187.3 | 1621 | 117 | United States (818) |
Denmark | 1523 | 264.0 | 5572 | 297,936 | 195.6 | 1090 | 84 | United States (582) |
Poland | 953 | 25.1 | 6577 | 222,301 | 233.3 | 916 | 80 | United States (650) |
Austria | 945 | 107.3 | 4673 | 192,799 | 204.0 | 832 | 85 | Germany (555) |
Japan | 820 | 6.5 | 2232 | 132,758 | 161.9 | 374 | 66 | United States (289) |
Finland | 797 | 144.6 | 2950 | 195,500 | 245.3 | 556 | 81 | United States (264) |
China | 771 | 0.6 | 3292 | 141,741 | 183.8 | 550 | 87 | United States (391) |
Norway | 756 | 143.1 | 3076 | 152,184 | 201.3 | 605 | 70 | Sweden (310) |
Israel | 661 | 75.9 | 3364 | 159,264 | 240.9 | 547 | 71 | United States (382) |
Brazil | 626 | 3.0 | 4102 | 154,296 | 246.5 | 567 | 98 | United States (440) |
New Zealand | 602 | 125.6 | 2229 | 106,318 | 176.6 | 480 | 80 | United States (293) |
Czech Republic | 486 | 45.9 | 3757 | 107,543 | 221.3 | 475 | 82 | United States (315) |
South Korea | 474 | 9.2 | 2748 | 80,338 | 169.5 | 383 | 78 | United States (322) |
South Africa | 463 | 8.2 | 2468 | 89,382 | 193.0 | 422 | 95 | United States (311) |
Russia | 425 | 2.9 | 3449 | 109,224 | 257.0 | 424 | 75 | United States (336) |
Greece | 419 | 38.9 | 2114 | 59,496 | 142.0 | 285 | 75 | United States (168) |
Hungary | 392 | 40.1 | 3192 | 93,590 | 238.7 | 383 | 74 | United States (249) |
Argentina | 390 | 8.8 | 2736 | 117,289 | 300.7 | 357 | 91 | United States (290) |
India | 370 | 0.3 | 2016 | 63,646 | 172.0 | 299 | 101 | United States (214) |
Taiwan | 341 | 14.5 | 1803 | 77,089 | 226.1 | 242 | 63 | United States (194) |
Ireland | 297 | 61.7 | 1366 | 60,867 | 204.9 | 263 | 79 | United Kingdom (170) |
Mexico | 253 | 2.0 | 1754 | 56,256 | 222.4 | 230 | 84 | United States (195) |
Singapore | 194 | 34.6 | 1210 | 42,265 | 217.9 | 176 | 80 | United States (120) |
Turkey | 189 | 2.3 | 1288 | 34,928 | 184.8 | 149 | 79 | United States (92) |
Thailand | 185 | 2.7 | 1268 | 55,360 | 299.2 | 177 | 93 | United States (120) |
Portugal | 168 | 16.3 | 1218 | 24,177 | 143.9 | 160 | 61 | Belgium (89), France (89) |
Chile | 157 | 8.7 | 1265 | 37,556 | 239.2 | 149 | 81 | United States (112) |
Romania | 149 | 7.6 | 1406 | 31,392 | 210.7 | 148 | 77 | United States (110) |
Ukraine | 113 | 2.5 | 1007 | 29,880 | 264.4 | 113 | 61 | United States (84) |
Uganda | 112 | 2.6 | 405 | 14,931 | 133.3 | 108 | 72 | United States (78) |
Kenya | 107 | 2.2 | 508 | 18,737 | 175.1 | 103 | 83 | United States (68) |