Table 1 Bibliometric analysis of the 179 documents associated with pharmaceutical wastewater research produced by Arab countries

1^st

KSA

47 (26.2)

12

396

5 (1-12)

8.43

21

37 (78.7)

Egypt

7 (19.0)

2^nd

Egypt

38 (21.2)

10

358

2 (0-11.25)

9.42

8

17 (44.7)

KSA

7 (41.2)

3^rd

Tunisia

17 (9.5)

7

217

6 (1.5-15)

12.76

6

10 (58.8)

France

6 (60.0)

4^th

Morocco

16 (8.9)

7

197

4.5 (1.25-28.75)

12.3

3

7 (43.8)

France

4 (57.1)

5^th

Oman

14 (7.8)

4

124

1.5 (0.75-5.75)

8.86

7

9 (64.3)

India

3 (33.3)

6^th

Algeria

12 (6.7)

5

133

1 (0-16.75)

11.1

2

8 (66.7)

France

6 (75.0)

7^th

Jordan

11 (6.1)

4

32

3 (0-4)

2.9

3

3 (27.3)

Germany

1 (33.3)

8^th

UAE

9 (5.0)

4

78

4 (3-14.5)

8.7

1

3 (33.3)

Oman

3 (100.0)

8^th

Iraq

9 (5.0)

3

37

1 (0.5-9.5)

4.1

3

3 (33.3)

Jordan

1 (33.3)

10^th

Lebanon

5 (2.8)

3

50

3 (2-21.5)

10

4

3 (60.0)

France

1 (33.3)

10^th

Qatar

5 (2.8)

2

10

1 (0-4.5)

2

5

3 (60.0)

India

1 (33.3)

12^th

SAR

3 (1.7)

2

37

9 ^d

12.3

5

3 (100.0)

Australia

1 (33.3)

12^th

Palestine

3 (1.7)

3

20

6 ^d

6.67

3

3 (100.0)

Israel

2 (66.7)

14^th

Kuwait

2 (1.1)

1

14

1 ^d

7

14

1 (50.0)

Bangladesh

1 (100.0)

15^th

LAJ

1 (0.6)

1

1

1 ^d

1

1

1 (100.0)

Sweden

1 (100.0)