From: Worldwide trends in quantity and quality of published articles in the field of infectious diseases
Number of publications multiplied by the impact factor per million of population divided by the GNIPC (in 10,000 1995 US dollars per capita) | |||||||||
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WORLD AREAS | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Average |
USA | 8.8 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 9.5 |
Canada | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 8.5 |
Oceania | 5.3 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 10.2 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
Africa | 4.2 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 6.7 |
Western Europe | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
Asia (excluding Japan) | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
Latin America & the Caribbean | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.0 |
Eastern Europe | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
Japan | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 |