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Table 1 Annual research output and citation analysis of FGM/C (2006 – 2015)

From: Bibliometric analysis of literature on female genital mutilation: (1930 – 2015)

Year

Number of publications (%) N = 1035

TC

C/A

CC

2015

80 (7.73)

44

0.55

2493

2014

77 (7.44)

95

1.23

2449

2013

70 (6.75)

202

2.89

2354

2012

64 (6.18)

257

4.02

2152

2011

33 (3.19)

200

6.06

1895

2010

47 (4.54)

225

4.79

1695

2009

42 (4.06)

277

6.60

1470

2008

28 (2.71)

231

8.25

1193

2007

50 (4.83)

416

8.32

962

2006

45 (4.35)

546

12.13

546

  1. Abbreviation: FGM/C female genital mutilation/cutting, TC total citations, C/A number of citations per article calculated by dividing the total number of citations retrieved for each year by the total number of publications in that year, CC cumulative citations calculated by adding up the number of citations for each year with the citations for all previous years