Table 5 Top 20 regions of cited journals ordered by the number of Citations from DSMJs.
From: Citation beneficiaries of discipline-specific mega-journals: who and how much
Rank | Region | Citations from DSMJs | Total citations | PCCa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | (%) of Total citation benefits generated by DSMJs | ||||
1 | Mainland China | 169,176 | 26.66 | 18,312,524 | 0.92% |
2 | USA | 72,048 | 11.35 | 14,378,829 | 0.50% |
3 | UK | 31,579 | 4.98 | 3,819,125 | 0.83% |
4 | Italy | 28,038 | 4.42 | 2,439,109 | 1.15% |
5 | Spain | 26,093 | 4.11 | 1,638,307 | 1.59% |
6 | Australia | 22,080 | 3.48 | 2,119,467 | 1.04% |
7 | India | 20,014 | 3.15 | 2,595,686 | 0.77% |
8 | Germany | 18,679 | 2.94 | 3,008,848 | 0.62% |
9 | Canada | 15,031 | 2.37 | 1,889,928 | 0.80% |
10 | South Korea | 14,256 | 2.25 | 1,826,517 | 0.78% |
11 | Iran | 12,874 | 2.03 | 1,402,454 | 0.92% |
12 | Brazil | 12,815 | 2.02 | 1,062,951 | 1.21% |
13 | Netherlands | 10,278 | 1.62 | 1,170,454 | 0.88% |
14 | France | 10,252 | 1.62 | 1,672,742 | 0.61% |
15 | Turkey | 9,078 | 1.43 | 728,699 | 1.25% |
16 | Poland | 8,491 | 1.34 | 676,581 | 1.25% |
17 | Japan | 8,449 | 1.33 | 1,756,333 | 0.48% |
18 | Sweden | 7,610 | 1.20 | 702,536 | 1.08% |
19 | Portugal | 6,906 | 1.09 | 419,138 | 1.65% |
20 | Taiwan | 6,747 | 1.06 | 652,230 | 1.03% |
