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Table 3 Top 30 countries and world regions ranked according to total number of publications

From: Bibliometric analysis of leishmaniasis research in Medline (1945-2010)

Country

N. of docs

%

Country

Population index*

Country

GDP index**

Country

GNI per capita index***

Country

HE per capita index****

Brazil

1.426

18.47

Israel

16.98

Nepal

4.44

India

96.50

India

227.35

USA

1.040

13.47

Switzerland

14.28

Tunisia

3.51

Brazil

27.08

Ethiopia

39.00

India

773

10.01

Tunisia

11.89

Ethiopia

2.41

Ethiopia

19.12

Pakistan

35.79

UK

450

5.83

Malta

9.88

Sudan

1.59

Nepal

12.88

Brazil

29.52

Spain

427

5.53

Spain

9.78

Kenya

1.37

Iran

9.46

Nepal

22.11

France

376

4.87

Greece

8.63

Brazil

1.29

Pakistan

9.13

Bangladesh

13.33

Germany

302

3.91

Brazil

7.65

Iran

1.25

Sudan

7.39

Iran

13.00

Italy

291

3.77

UK

7.44

Burkina Faso

1.02

Kenya

5.21

Kenya

11.54

Iran

264

3.42

Belgium

7.40

Bolivia

0.83

Bangladesh

3.99

Sudan

11.22

Canada

213

2.76

Portugal

7.32

India

0.80

Colombia

3.77

Tunisia

6.32

Colombia

133

1.72

Canada

6.55

Sri Lanka

0.79

Tunisia

3.73

Colombia

4.94

Tunisia

120

1.55

France

5.94

Colombia

0.79

USA

2.41

Sri Lanka

4.42

Israel

119

1.54

Italy

4.95

Israel

0.77

China

2.09

China

4.22

Turkey

115

1.49

Australia

4.64

Malta

0.63

Egypt

1.94

Egypt

3.78

Venezuela

111

1.44

Czech Republic

4.27

Paraguay

0.59

Turkey

1.73

Turkey

2.77

Switzerland

107

1.39

Netherlands

4.22

Pakistan

0.56

Spain

1.73

Venezuela

2.75

Japan

101

1.31

Venezuela

4.14

Venezuela

0.55

Venezuela

1.69

Burkina Faso

2.22

Australia

96

1.24

Iran

3.76

Afghanistan

0.52

Sri Lanka

1.67

Tanzania

2.11

Greece

96

1.24

Germany

3.67

Cameroon

0.46

Burkina Faso

1.55

Iraq

1.94

Belgium

78

1.01

Sweden

3.63

Albania

0.46

Afghanistan

1.43

Spain

1.92

Portugal

77

1.00

Bahrain

3.51

Panama

0.45

UK

1.23

Cameroon

1.67

Netherlands

69

0.89

USA

3.50

Senegal

0.43

Argentina

1.19

USA

1.56

Argentina

68

0.88

Colombia

3.07

Surinam

0.42

Uganda

1.17

Morocco

1.55

Pakistan

68

0.88

Denmark

2.57

Portugal

0.40

France

1.11

UK

1.48

Mexico

65

0.84

Panama

2.45

Greece

0.39

Tanzania

1.01

Bolivia

1.47

Sudan

55

0.71

Uruguay

2.41

Jordan

0.38

Italy

0.99

Afghanistan

1.43

China

46

0.60

Austria

2.07

Uganda

0.38

Iraq

0.96

Mexico

1.34

Czech Republic

44

0.57

Surinam

2.00

Iraq

0.38

Germany

0.88

Argentina

1.33

Nepal

42

0.54

Cuba

1.96

Spain

0.37

Cameroon

0.87

Uganda

1.29

Ethiopia

39

0.51

Cyprus

1.93

Uruguay

0.36

Mexico

0.84

Yemen

1.28

World regions

N. of docs

%

World regions

Population index*

World regions

GDP index**

World regions

GNI per capita index***

World regions

HE per capita index****

Europe

2,452

31.75

Oceania

3.98

Latin America and the Caribbean

0.62

Latin America and the Caribbean

2.14

Latin America and the Caribbean

2.87

Latin America and the Caribbean

1,893

24.51

North America

3.80

North Africa

0.31

North America

1.63

Asia

1.72

North America

1,253

16.23

Latin America and the Caribbean

3.57

Africa

0.30

Asia

0.84

North America

1.21

Asia

1,397

18.09

Europe

3.50

Europe

0.16

Africa

0.74

Africa

1.12

North Africa

459

5.94

North Africa

1.45

Asia

0.13

Europe

0.34

North Africa

0.72

Africa

169

2.19

Asia

0.43

Oceania

0.12

North Africa

0.25

Europe

0.36

Oceania

99

1.28

Africa

0.31

North America

0.09

Oceania

0.18

Oceania

0.18

  1. Publications per inhabitant, per gross domestic product (GDP), per gross national income (GNI) per capita, and health expenditure (HE) per capita in 7.851 leishmaniasis manuscripts with institutional address of the first author (2001-2010). Docs: documents.
  2. * Number of publications per million of population.
  3. ** Number of publications per 1 billion US dollars of gross domestic product (GDP).
  4. *** Number of publications per 100 US dollars of GNI per capita.
  5. **** Number of publications per 10 US dollars of HE per capita.