A total of 484 articles published in World Journal of Gastroenterology are cited by 361 ISI-SCI covered journals distributed in 38 countries during 1998-2003

Table 4 Geographic distribution of authors and articles in other SCI covered journals that have cited articles published in WJG

List	Country of authors	Number of articles
1	United States	133
2	China	111
3	Japan	38
4	Germany	35
5	United Kingdom	35
6	Italy	17
7	France	15
8	Australia	11
9	Spain	10
10	Sweden	8
11	Poland	7
12	South Korea	7
13	Netherlands	7
14	Canada	7
15	Belgium	5
16	Singapore	4
17	Austria	3
18	Greece	3
19	Hungary	3
20	Ireland	2
21	Brazil	2
22	Finland	2
23	Norway	2
24	Switzerland	2
25	Turkey	2
26	India	2
27	Czech Republic	1
28	Croatia	1
29	Slovakia	1
30	Argentina	1
31	Pakistan	1
32	Denmark	1
33	Cuba	1
34	Malaysia	1
35	South Africa	1
36	Thailand	1
37	New zealand	1