Research Article

A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Scientific Research on Scrub Typhus

Table 3

Top ten most productive countries in publishing ST articles (1945-21st July 2020).

RankCountryTPC (%)TCSCP (%)MCP (%)

1stKorea195 (12.44)2438188 (12.00)7 (0.44)
2ndIndia178 (11.36)2291165 (10.54)13 (0.82)
3rdChina106 (6.76)151087 (5.55)19 (1.21)
4thJapan67 (4.28)60662 (3.96)5 (0.32)
5thThailand66 (4.21)213835 (2.23)31 (1.97)
6thUSA63 (4.02)182836 (2.30)27 (1.71)
7thMalaysia15 (0.96)34215 (0.95)0 (0.00)
8thAustralia12 (0.77)1947 (0.45)5 (0.32)
9thFrance9 (0.57)2064 (0.26)5 (0.32)
10stSri Lanka6 (0.38)945 (0.32)1 (0.06)

TC: total citations; TPC: total number of publications by the corresponding author country; SCP: single country publications (intracountry publications); MCP: multiple country publications (intercountry publications).