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Table 3 Top ten countries in publishing articles on water – related diseases (1980–2015)

From: Drinking and recreational water-related diseases: a bibliometric analysis (1980–2015)

Rank

Country

Frequency (%)

N = 2267

TC

h-index

C/A

Number Of collaborating countries

SCP (%)

MCP (%)

1st

United States

623 (27.48)

18713

69

30.04

78

439 (70.47)

184 (29.53)

2nd

Germany

149 (6.57)

1811

23

12.15

39

126 (84.56)

23 (15.44)

3rd

United Kingdom

141 (6.22)

3391

32

24.05

39

75 (53.19)

66 (46.81)

4th

Canada

126 (5.56)

3580

30

28.41

21

85 (67.46)

41 (32.54)

5th

China

121 (5.34)

554

12

4.58

16

96 (79.34)

25 (20.66)

6th

India

75 (3.31)

922

16

12.29

6

63 (84.00)

12 (16.00)

7th

France

74 (3.26)

1319

19

17.82

39

51 (68.92)

23 (31.08)

8th

Australia

65 (2.87)

1344

19

20.68

21

19 (29.23)

46 (70.77)

9th

Italy

64 (2.82)

660

16

10.31

32

49 (76.56)

15 (23.44)

10th

Spain

61 (2.69)

1071

16

17.56

32

38 (62.30)

23 (37.70)

  1. TC total citations
  2. h-index: Hirsh index
  3. C/A: citations per article calculated by dividing total citations by total number of publications per journal
  4. SCP single country publication. The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of SCP by number of publications retrieved for that particular country
  5. MCP multiple country publication. The percentage was calculated by dividing the total number of MCP by total number of publications retrieved for that particular country