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Table 3 The top five countries with highest publications from different regions of the world

From: Sri Lanka in global medical research: a scientific analysis of the Sri Lankan research output during 2000-2009

Countries

Publications between 2000 and 2009

Ā 

Number

% of global publications

Average per million population

Africa

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒSouth Africa

9,319

0.46%

18.4

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒEgypt

5,058

0.25%

6.2

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒNigeria

3,692

0.18%

2.3

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒTunisia

1,341

0.07%

12.6

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒKenya

1,041

0.05%

2.7

Asia

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒJapan

111,929

5.5%

87.6

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒIndia

49,064

2.4%

4.0

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒTurkey

46,584

2.3%

63.2

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒChina

32,464

1.6%

2.4

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒTaiwan

27,613

1.4%

119.5

Australia

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒAustralia

62,970

3.1%

279.9

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒNew Zealand

11,265

0.6%

256.0

Europe

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒUnited Kingdom

193,898

9.6%

311.2

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒGermany

89,761

4.4%

109.9

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒItaly

80,963

4.0%

133.4

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒFrance

52,606

2.6%

79.9

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒNetherlands

50,274

2.5%

301.0

North America

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒUSA

585,526

29.0%

187.4

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒCanada

76,722

3.8%

222.4

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒMexico

5,438

0.3%

4.8

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒJamaica

798

0.03%

29.6

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒCuba

469

0.02%

4.2

South America

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒBrazil

22,558

1.1%

11.8

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒArgentina

4,437

0.2%

11.1

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒChile

2,006

0.1%

11.6

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒVenezuela

938

0.04%

3.2

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒPeru

689

0.03%

2.3