Table 2

Top 15 most productive countries on palliative care research

RankCountryNo of articlesPercentage of articles published by countryNo of citationsPopulation (in Millions)19 No of articles per million population
1USA602931.53146 989329.818.3
2UK240612.5851 79467.535.6
3Canada15828.2638 97037.442.3
4Australia11956.2525 81225.247.4
5Germany8084.2217 10683.59.7
6Japan7043.6810 425126.85.5
7Netherlands6653.4918 29917.139.1
8Italy5592.92%12 41360.59.2
9Sweden4702.45911910.047.0
10France4272.33740265.16.5
11India4272.3346121366.40.3
12Spain3982.08785846.78.5
13South Korea3691.93661051.27.2
14Belgium3481.82619511.530.3
15China3141.6445221433.70.2