From: Worldwide trends in quantity and quality of published articles in the field of infectious diseases
Number of articles (% percentage within a calendar year) | ||||||||||
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WORLD AREAS | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 1995–2002 | 1995–2002* |
USA | 2118 (46.98) | 2078 (45.09) | 2162 (43.66) | 2425 (42.86) | 2346 (40.27) | 2530 (38.92) | 2543 (38.48) | 2481 (37.76) | 18683 (41.30) | 63804 |
Western Europe | 1673 (37.11) | 1804 (39.14) | 1863 (37.62) | 2136 (37.75) | 2248 (38.59) | 2577 (39.65) | 2579 (39.03) | 2539 (38.64) | 17419 (38.51) | 49033 |
Asia (excluding Japan) | 175 (3.88) | 160 (3.47) | 235 (4.75) | 317 (5.60) | 316 (5.42) | 376 (5.78) | 413 (6.25) | 437 (6.65) | 2429 (5.37) | 5927 |
Japan | 106 (2.35) | 141 (3.06) | 177 (3.57) | 135 (2.39) | 226 (3.88) | 258 (3.97) | 273 (4.13) | 260 (3.96) | 1576 (3.48) | 4113 |
Canada | 155 (3.44) | 126 (2.73) | 151 (3.05) | 179 (3.16) | 181 (3.11) | 194 (2.98) | 183 (2.77) | 207 (3.15) | 1376 (3.04) | 4510 |
Latin America and Caribbean | 76 (1.69) | 82 (1.78) | 101 (2.04) | 127 (2.24) | 130 (2.23) | 154 (2.37) | 173 (2.62) | 189 (2.88) | 1032 (2.28) | 2978 |
Oceania | 89 (1.97) | 108 (2.34) | 111 (2.24) | 138 (2.44) | 142 (2.44) | 155 (3.97) | 144 (2.18) | 145 (2.21) | 1032 (2.28) | 3153 |
Africa | 70 (1.55) | 66 (1.43) | 97 (1.96) | 137 (2.42) | 159 (2.73) | 151 (2.32) | 177 (2.68) | 153 (2.33) | 1010 (2.23) | 2913 |
Eastern Europe | 46 (1.02) | 44 (0.95) | 55 (1.11) | 64 (1.13) | 78 (1.34) | 105 (1.62) | 123 (1.86) | 160 (2.43) | 675 (1.49) | 1325 |
Total | 4508 (100) | 4609 (100) | 4952 (100) | 5658 (100) | 5826 (100) | 6500 (100) | 6608 (100) | 6571 (100) | 45232 (100) | 137756 |