Table 1 Top ten countries/territories with scientific production on MERS-CoV research at Scopus (up to December 31, 2015)
From: Global research trends of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: a bibliometric analysis
SCR | Countries/territories | Total number of publications for the whole period (%) | h-index | Number (%) of publications with international collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | United States | 319 (36.1) | 32 | 168 (52.7) |
2nd | Saudi Arabia | 113 (12.8) | 26 | 76 (67.3) |
3rd | China | 103 (11.7) | 19 | 63 (61.2) |
4th | United Kingdom | 93 (10.5) | 22 | 66 (71.0) |
5th | Hong Kong | 71 (8.0) | 18 | 47 (66.2) |
6th | Germany | 68 (7.7) | 21 | 47 (69.1) |
7th | Netherlands | 55 (6.2) | 21 | 40 (72.7) |
8th | South Korea | 39 (4.4) | 4 | 4 (10.3) |
9th | France | 37 (4.2) | 10 | 17 (45.9) |
10th | Australia | 27 (3.1) | 6 | 13 (48.1) |