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Table 2 Citation analysis, research collaboration and adjustment index (AI) for each Arab country in the field of public, environmental and occupational health

From: Public, environmental, and occupational health research activity in Arab countries: bibliometric, citation, and collaboration analysis

Country

Number of documents N = 4673 (%) a

Total citations

Mean citation per document

hindex

Number of non-Arab collaborating countries

Number (%) b of documents with international authors

AI c

Egypt

1200 (25.86)

15938

13.28

51

99

695 (57.92)

376.46

KSA

738 (15.79)

6233

8.45

32

72

249 (33.74)

29.36

Sudan

602 (12.88)

8983

14.92

43

84

331 (54.98)

381.05

Lebanon

363 (7.77)

4099

11.29

30

74

184 (50.69)

37.40

Tunisia

331 (7.08)

2615

7.90

24

80

133 (40.18)

78.15

Kuwait

274 (5.86)

3068

11.20

25

57

123 (44.89)

5.53

Jordan

232 (4.96)

2221

9.57

22

61

107 (46.12)

46.92

UAE

219 (4.69)

2309

10.54

23

54

127 (57.99)

5.78

Morocco

181 (3.87)

1658

9.16

21

85

106 (58.56)

61.33

Algeria

150 (3.21)

804

5.36

15

57

48 (32.00)

28.05

Iraq

131 (2.80)

1174

8.96

17

24

39 (29.77)

20.29

Syria

78 (1.67)

1418

18.18

22

41

59 (75.64)

23.72

Palestine

69 (1.48)

559

8.10

12

32

40 (57.97)

69.53

Libya

68 (1.46)

627

9.22

16

24

31 (45.59)

6.71

Oman

68 (1.46)

587

8.63

14

30

39 (57.35)

3.22

Qatar

59 (1.26)

347

5.88

11

22

36 (61.02)

0.71

Bahrain

58 (1.24)

370

6.38

12

22

27 (46.55)

2.63

Somalia

52 (1.11)

753

14.48

17

17

52 (100.00)

578.41

Yemen

58 (1.24)

424

7.57

13

36

39 (67.24)

38.80

Mauritania

21 (0.45)

196

9.33

8

13

12 (57.14)

18.98

Djibouti

9 (0.19)

91

10.11

4

8

8 (88.89)

9.13

Comoros

8 (0.17)

179

22.38

6

13

6 (75.00)

9.63

  1. aTotal exceeds 100% because data are overlapping due to multiple collaborations.
  2. bPercentage of documents with international authors from the total number of documents for each country.
  3. cAn 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.
  4. Abbreviations: KSA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE United Arab Emirates.