Table 3 The top 10 ranking of the most productive countries that published the largest number of articles in the field of waterpipe tobacco smoking during the period from 2003 to 2012
SCRa | Countries | Articles (%) | H-index | Median citation (Q1-Q3) | Average citation | Collaborations with foreign countries | Total documents from collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | USA | 112 (33.5) | 27 | 8 (2-26) | 19.7 | 20 | 58 |
2nd | Lebanon | 51 (15.3) | 20 | 11 (3-35) | 27.3 | 7 | 24 |
3rd | France | 35 (10.5) | 7 | 2 (0.0-5.2) | 5.7 | 7 | 9 |
4th | SAR | 31 (9.3) | 20 | 30 (6-55) | 37 | 8 | 31 |
5th | Germany | 22 (6.6) | 11 | 9 (0.0-50) | 27.6 | 3 | 9 |
6th | Canada | 21 (6.3) | 7 | 4 (0.5-11) | 8.2 | 11 | 16 |
7th | Iran | 18 (5.4) | 5 | 2.5 (0.0-7) | 3.6 | 5 | 5 |
8th | Jordan | 16 (4.8) | 7 | 3 (2-15) | 9 | 6 | 9 |
9th | Egypt | 13 (3.9) | 5 | 3 (1-17) | 8.3 | 4 | 9 |
9th | Pakistan | 13 (3.9) | 6 | 7 (0.0-18.8) | 9.8 | 4 | 4 |
Others (32) |