Table 1 Comparison between world’s and Egyptian biomedical publications listed in the PubMed database between 1991 and 2010
Year | World’s biomedical publications | Egyptian biomedical publications | Egypt: world | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TB | HB | HB:TB% | AB | AB:TB% | TB | HB | HB:TB% | AB | AB:TB% | TB% | HB% | AB% | |
1991 | 407465 | 260956 | 64.0 | 110733 | 27.2 | 405 | 213 | 52.6 | 166 | 41.0 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.15 |
1992 | 412457 | 263753 | 63.9 | 111305 | 26.9 | 401 | 206 | 51.4 | 175 | 43.6 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.16 |
1993 | 420935 | 272842 | 64.8 | 113463 | 26.9 | 397 | 214 | 53.9 | 151 | 38.0 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.13 |
1994 | 431159 | 279339 | 64.8 | 117023 | 27.1 | 374 | 188 | 50.3 | 133 | 35.6 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.11 |
1995 | 441911 | 288261 | 65.2 | 118659 | 26.9 | 391 | 221 | 56.5 | 155 | 39.6 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.13 |
1996 | 451658 | 297744 | 65.9 | 119369 | 26.4 | 419 | 246 | 58.7 | 154 | 36.8 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.13 |
1997 | 450645 | 308457 | 68.5 | 121168 | 26.9 | 437 | 232 | 53.1 | 161 | 36.8 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.13 |
1998 | 468464 | 320319 | 68.4 | 124242 | 26.5 | 491 | 237 | 48.3 | 193 | 39.3 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.16 |
1999 | 486748 | 331268 | 68.1 | 125892 | 25.9 | 564 | 335 | 59.4 | 203 | 36.0 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.16 |
2000 | 527674 | 347170 | 65.8 | 132827 | 25.2 | 608 | 298 | 49.0 | 181 | 29.8 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
2001 | 542749 | 359194 | 66.2 | 135726 | 25.0 | 745 | 333 | 44.7 | 248 | 33.3 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.18 |
2002 | 559756 | 371142 | 66.3 | 140457 | 25.1 | 727 | 329 | 45.3 | 218 | 29.9 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.16 |
2003 | 590045 | 393435 | 66.7 | 146235 | 24.8 | 852 | 431 | 50.6 | 266 | 31.2 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.18 |
2004 | 634148 | 417840 | 65.9 | 154403 | 24.4 | 863 | 497 | 57.6 | 239 | 27.7 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.15 |
2005 | 694313 | 452729 | 65.2 | 165928 | 23.9 | 993 | 539 | 54.3 | 267 | 26.9 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.16 |
2006 | 739792 | 483368 | 65.3 | 178070 | 24.1 | 1131 | 607 | 53.7 | 296 | 26.1 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.17 |
2007 | 777249 | 507301 | 65.3 | 183230 | 23.6 | 1364 | 744 | 54.5 | 347 | 25.4 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.19 |
2008 | 825239 | 534925 | 64.8 | 190004 | 23.0 | 1564 | 865 | 55.3 | 374 | 23.9 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.20 |
2009 | 863722 | 552265 | 63.9 | 195160 | 22.6 | 1871 | 1042 | 55.7 | 465 | 24.8 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.24 |
2010 | 918217 | 526581 | 57.4 | 186026 | 20.3 | 2238 | 1128 | 50.4 | 483 | 21.8 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.26 |
Total | 11644346 | 7568889 | -- | 2869920 | --- | 16835 | 8905 | -- | 4875 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Mean | 582217 | 378444 | 65.3 | 143496 | 25.1 | 842 | 445 | 52.77 | 244 | 32.4 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.16 |
SD | 165229 | 98951 | 2.3 | 29307 | 1.9 | 540 | 290 | 4.05 | 103 | 6.5 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 |