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Table 3 Bibliometric analysis of the 1,240 documents by country

From: A bibliometric analysis of toxicology research productivity in Middle Eastern Arab countries during a 10-year period (2003–2012)

Country

Number of documents

Total citations

Median (Q1–Q3) citation

Total IF

Median (Q1–Q3) IF

H index

Number (%)b of documents indexed in ISI

Number (%)cof documents with international authors

Adjustment indexd

 

n =1,240a (%)a

        

Egypt

617 (49.8)

5702

4 (1–11)

1277

2.2 (1.1–3.0)

33

553 (89.6)

247 (40.0)

193.6

KSA

326 (26.3)

2098

3 (1–7.5)

631.6

2.0 (1.1–3.0)

21

291 (89.3)

179 (54.9)

13.0

UAE

142 (11.5)

1691

7.5 (3–16)

324.9

2.6 (1.4–3.0)

21

128 (90.1)

94 (66.2)

3.8

Jordan

57 (4.6)

217

2 (0–6)

76.7

1.3 (0.0–2.1)

8

46 (80.7)

33 (57.9)

11.5

Kuwait

60 (4.8)

471

4 (1.3–11)

100.5

1.4 (1.3–2.2)

13

56 (93.3)

26 (43.3)

1.2

Lebanon

46 (3.7)

893

9 (1.8–21)

121.7

2.8 (2.1–3.0)

14

43 (93.5)

25 (54.3)

4.7

Oman

34 (2.9)

538

7 (3–14)

82.8

2.7 (1.3–3.1)

11

30 (88.2)

25 (73.5)

1.6

Iraq

20 (1.6)

54

1 (0.0–3.8)

24.6

1.2 (0.0–1.8)

4

13 (65.0)

10 (50.0)

3.1

Palestine

18 (1.5)

128

3.5 (1.8–10.3)

33.1

2.1 (1.4–2.2)

6

17 (94.4)

11 (61.1)

18.1

Qatar

13 (1.0)

49

1 (0.0–5.5)

17.4

1.1 (0.0–2.8)

4

7 (53.8)

9 (69.2)

0.2

SAR

10 (0.8)

35

4 (1.5–5.3)

22.2

2.6 (1.7–3.0)

4

9 (90.0)

9 (90.0)

3.0

Yemen

9 (0.7)

66

5 (1.5–10)

15.2

2.0 (0.0–2.8)

5

7 (77.8)

9 (100)

6.0

Bahrain

4 (0.3)

7

2 (0.0–2.7)

4.25

1.0 (0.0–2.0)

2

3 (75.0)

1 (25)

0.2

  1. IF, Impact factor; ISI,Institute for Scientific Information; UAE, United Arab Emirates; KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; SAR, Syrian Arab Republic; Q1–Q3, Lower quartile – upper quartile.
  2. aTotal exceeds 100% because data are overlapping due to multiple collaborations.
  3. bPercentage of documents indexed in ISI from the total number of documents for each country.
  4. cPercentage of documents with international authors from the total number of documents for each country.
  5. dAn AI was calculated using the following formula: AI = [total number of publications for the country/GDP per capita of the country]*1,000. Where: GDP per capita = GDP/population of the country.