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 8 Geographic distribution and numbers of authors of articles published in WJG

List	Country	Number
1	China	8 232
2	Japan	198
3	United States	190
4	Germany	125
5	Turkey	116
6	Italy	106
7	United Kingdom	69
8	Singapore	50
9	South Korea	39
10	Hungary	35
11	Australia	32
12	Poland	29
13	Belgium	23
14	India	21
15	South africa	20
16	Netherlands	17
17	Brazil	16
18	Greece	16
19	Sweden	15
20	Finland	14
21	Thailand	14
22	Canada	13
23	Iran	13
24	Pakistan	11
25	Yugoslavia	11
26	Spain	11
27	Israel	11
28	Argentina	9
29	Russia	9
30	Croatia	8
31	Ireland	6
32	Saudi Arabia	5
33	France	4
34	Norway	4
35	Switzerland	3
36	New Zealand	2
37	Egypt	1
38	Estonia	1
39	Denmark	1
40	Dominica	1