Table 2 Research output of different world areas, published in journals included in the category of "Parasitology" of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), adjusted for population and gross national income per capita (GNIPC).
Number of publications multiplied by the impact factor per million population divided by the GNIPC (in 10,000 1995 US dollars) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Average | |
Oceania | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
Africa | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
Latin America & the Caribbean | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
Western Europe | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Canada | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
USA | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Eastern Europe | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Asia (excluding Japan) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
Japan | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |