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Table 3 Citation analysis and research productivity of top 10 productive countries on FGM/C publications (1930 – 2015)

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

SCRa

Country

Number (%) N = 1035

TC

C/A

h-index

HCA (%)

NCC

SCP (%)

MCP (%)

1st

USA

162 (15.65)

2108

13.01

25

34 (30.0)

17

135 (83.33)

27 (16.67)

2nd

UK

116 (11.21)

861

7.42

16

9 (7.76)

12

101 (87.07)

15 (12.93)

3rd

Nigeria

52 (5.02)

438

8.42

12

7 (13.46)

7

41 (78.85)

11 (21.15)

4th

Egypt

36 (3.48)

495

13.75

13

6 (16.67)

5

30 (83.33)

6 (16.67)

5th

Australia

30 (2.90)

166

5.53

8

3 (10.00)

6

25 (83.33)

5 (16.67)

5th

Sweden

30 (2.90)

525

17.50

15

12 (40.00)

11

19 (63.33)

11 (36.67)

5th

Switzerland

30 (2.90)

289

9.63

10

7 (23.33)

5

24 (80.00)

6 (20.00)

8th

Italy

28 (2.71)

121

4.32

5

1 (3.57)

2

26 (92.86)

2 (7.14)

9th

Germany

27 (2.61)

237

8.78

7

4 (14.81)

5

22 (81.48)

5 (18.52)

10th

Canada

26 (2.51)

218

8.38

7

4 (15.38)

3

22 (84.62)

4 (15.38)

  1. Abbreviations: 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, h-index Hirsch index, HCA highly cited articles (those with ≥ 20 citations), NCC number of collaborating countries, SCP single country publication (intra-country collaboration), MCP multiple country publications (inter-country publications)
  2. aSCR: Standard competition ranking. Equal countries were given the same ranking number, and then a gap is left in the ranking numbers