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Table 2 Number of articles published in journals included in the "Infectious Diseases" category of "Journal Citation Report" database and indexed by PubMed, from different world regions, for the period 1995–2002.

From: Worldwide trends in quantity and quality of published articles in the field of infectious diseases

 

Number of articles (% percentage within a calendar year)

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

  1. *Number of articles published multiplied by their impact factor