Table 7 Qualitative and quantitative comparison between the Arab world and the three most productive countries – the Arab world and three major Middle East countries

No. of published documents

179

47

38

113

96

54

h-index

22

12

10

17

20

19

Total no. of citations

1635

396

358

780

1327

927

Mean no. of citations

9.13

8.43

9.42

6.9

13.83

17.2

Median no. of citations (Q1-Q3)

3(1.0-10.0)

5(1-12)

2(0.0-11.25)

1(0.0-7.0)

4(1.0-14.75)

14(3.0-25.3)

No. of collaboration countries

32

21

8

10

17

14

No. of documents from collaboration (%)

87(48.6 %)

37(78.7 %)

17 (45.0 %)

13(11.5 %)

19(19.8 %)

37(68.5 %)

Most collaborated country (No. of documents-%)

France (20-11.2 %)

Egypt (7-15 %)

KSA (7-18.4 %)

Sweden (4-3.5 %)

Canada (4-4.2 %)

Italy (7-13 %)

Most used language (No. of documents-%)

English (175-98 %)

English (46-98 %)

English (38-100 %)

English (112-99.0 %)

English (92-96 %)

English (54-100 %)

Used mother language (No. of documents-%)

Arabic (0.0-0 %)

Arabic (0.0-0 %)

Arabic (0.0-0 %)

Persian (0-0 %)

Turkish (9-9.4 %)

Hebrew (0.0-0 %)

Most productive institution (No. of documents-%)

King Saud University, KSA (13-7.3 %)

King Saud University, KSA (13-28 %)

National Research Center (10-26.3 %)

Islamic Azad University (21-18.6 %)

Istanbul TeknikUniversitesi (27- 28 %)

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (20-37 %)

Most used journal (No. of documents-%)

Journal of Hazardous Materials (5-2.8 %)

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (3-6.4 %)

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Talanta, Water Research, Water Science and Technology (2- 5.3 % for each one)

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (13-11.5 %)

Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Water Science and Technology (7-7.3 % for each one)

Water Research (5-9.3 %)