Table 4 Top 10 productive countries in number of ASD publications (2005–2014)
From: Bibliometric profile of the global scientific research on autism spectrum disorders
Rank | Country | Number of articles (%) | Number of articles per one million inhabitants (R) | Number of articles per one trillion of GDP (R) | Total citations | Number of citations per article | h index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | United States | 8594 (46.48) | 26.95 (6) | 493.34 (6) | 242,785 | 28.25 | 176 |
2nd | United Kingdom | 2430 (13.14) | 37.67 (3) | 812.98 (2) | 74,916 | 30.83 | 109 |
3rd | Canada | 1077 (5.82) | 30.30 (5) | 603.36 (5) | 33,618 | 31.21 | 85 |
4th | Australia | 934 (5.05) | 39.76 (2) | 641.92 (4) | 18,755 | 20.8 | 64 |
5th | Italy | 782 (4.32) | 12.75 (6) | 365.25 (7) | 19,126 | 24.46 | 61 |
6th | France | 780 (4.22) | 11.78 (8) | 275.76 (8) | 17,683 | 22.67 | 62 |
7th | Netherlands | 632 (3.42) | 37.51 (4) | 718.75 (3) | 17,868 | 22.27 | 60 |
8th | Japan | 603 (3.26) | 4.74 (10) | 131.06 (10) | 8759 | 14.52 | 46 |
9th | Germany | 522 (2.82) | 6.45 (9) | 134.95 (9) | 16,476 | 31.56 | 62 |
10th | Sweden | 396 (2.14) | 40.87 (1) | 693.40 (1) | 11,871 | 29.98 | 52 |