Table 2 Number of articles published in critical care medicine: 1995–2003
From: Worldwide research productivity in critical care medicine
World area | Year(s) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 1995–2003 | |
Western Europe | 720 (32.7) | 829 (35.2) | 801 (36.3) | 870 (38.6) | 1037 (41.3) | 1324 (43.2) | 1223 (43.1) | 1125 (40.2) | 1147 (41.7) | 9076 (39.5) |
USA | 982 (44.6) | 978 (41.5) | 853 (38.6) | 829 (36.8) | 904 (36.0) | 1088 (35.5) | 992 (35.0) | 972 (34.8) | 956 (34.8) | 8554 (37.2) |
Asia (excluding Japan) | 114 (5.2) | 128 (5.4) | 132 (6.0) | 134 (6.0) | 138 (5.5) | 154 (5.0) | 169 (6.0) | 193 (6.9) | 186 (6.8) | 1348 (5.9) |
Canada | 113 (5.1) | 144 (6.1) | 126 (5.7) | 126 (5.6) | 139 (5.5) | 134 (4.4) | 123 (4.3) | 129 (4.6) | 130 (4.7) | 1164 (5.1) |
Oceania | 120 (5.5) | 116 (4.9) | 128 (5.8) | 123 (5.5) | 111 (4.4) | 120 (3.9) | 128 (4.5) | 140 (5.0) | 130 (4.7) | 1116 (4.9) |
Japan | 94 (4.3) | 92 (3.9) | 103 (4.7) | 107 (4.8) | 110 (4.4) | 173 (5.6) | 120 (4.2) | 126 (4.5) | 101 (3.7) | 1026 (4.5) |
Eastern Europe | 24 (1.1) | 39 (1.7) | 29 (1.3) | 28 (1.2) | 35 (1.4) | 30 (1.0) | 33 (1.2) | 61 (2.2) | 46 (1.7) | 325 (1.4) |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 8 (0.4) | 13 (0.6) | 16 (0.7) | 19 (0.8) | 21 (0.8) | 29 (0.9) | 31 (1.1) | 35 (1.3) | 34 (1.2) | 206 (0.9) |
Africa | 25 (1.1) | 19 (0.8) | 20 (0.9) | 16 (0.7) | 13 (0.5) | 15 (0.5) | 17 (0.6) | 16 (0.6) | 20 (0.7) | 161 (0.7) |
Total | 2200 (100) | 2358 (100) | 2208 (100) | 2252 (100) | 2508 (100) | 3067 (100) | 2836 (100) | 2797 (100) | 2750 (100) | 22976 (100) |