Table 7 International citations and top citing countries for the 13 target countries.

From: Bibliometric analysis of Asian ‘language and linguistics’ research: A case of 13 countries

Country

No. of international citations

Top five citing countries(the numbers in the parentheses indicate citation frequency)

China

7396

United States (1486), United Kingdom (565), Taiwan (388), Hong Kong (378), Australia (361)

Hong Kong

7164

United States (1655), United Kingdom (799), China (751), Australia (424), Canada (305)

India

766

United States (168), China (64), United Kingdom (47), Germany (38), Australia (33)

Indonesia

154

United States (29), Australia (23), Taiwan (9), The Netherlands (9), United Kingdom (8)

Iran

1862

United States (271), China (128), United Kingdom (123), Taiwan (121), Malaysia (117)

Israel

6521

United States (1848), United Kingdom (699), Germany (519), Canada (346), The Netherlands (265)

Japan

8064

United States (2321), United Kingdom (758), China (424), Canada (420), Australia (405)

Malaysia

1417

United States (186), Iran (110), Australia (105), United Kingdom (97), China (86)

Saudi Arabia

656

United States (114), United Kingdom (62), Malaysia (39), Australia (38), Iran (32)

Singapore

4005

United States (954), China (344), United Kingdom (319), Canada (239), Australia (226)

South Korea

3351

United States (901), China (256), United Kingdom (238), Canada (157), Spain (131)

Taiwan

5844

United States (1249), China (752), United Kingdom (373), Spain (266), Hong Kong (222)

Turkey

2803

United States (622), United Kingdom (211), China (159), Spain (149), Taiwan (130)