Table 4 Top ten active countries in publishing health- and infection-related literature (1980–2019)
Health-related literature | Infection-related literature | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Country | Frequency | % N = 4247 | C/D | TLS | Rank | Country | Frequency | % N = 1207 | C/D | TLS |
1st | United States | 1235 | 29.1 | 40.1 | 579 | 1st | United States | 365 | 30.2 | 47.2 | 169 |
2nd | United Kingdom | 592 | 13.9 | 39.8 | 435 | 2nd | United Kingdom | 160 | 13.3 | 49.1 | 127 |
3rd | Australia | 512 | 12.1 | 30.8 | 294 | 3rd | Australia | 146 | 12.1 | 34.2 | 91 |
4th | Germany | 264 | 6.2 | 26.6 | 230 | 4th | Germany | 82 | 6.8 | 22.1 | 46 |
5th | Canada | 248 | 5.8 | 28.5 | 194 | 5th | China | 81 | 6.7 | 19.8 | 68 |
6th | China | 234 | 5.5 | 24.8 | 234 | 6th | France | 63 | 5.2 | 22.5 | 40 |
7th | France | 198 | 4.7 | 36.5 | 177 | 7th | Canada | 57 | 4.7 | 45.9 | 36 |
8th | Italy | 151 | 3.6 | 46.5 | 145 | 8th | Netherlands | 51 | 4.2 | 60.0 | 46 |
9th | India | 137 | 3.2 | 12.1 | 59 | 9th | Italy | 48 | 4.0 | 36.4 | 46 |
10th | Spain | 124 | 2.9 | 39.3 | 142 | 9th | Sweden | 48 | 4.0 | 44.7 | 35 |