International recognition of the Ilizarov bone reconstruction techniques: Current practice and research (dedicated to 100th birthday of G. A. Ilizarov)

Table 1 Number of authors per country that published their studies on bone reconstruction with the Ilizarov techniques or their modifications (PubMed search results for 2016-2020)

#	Country	Number of authors	%	#	Country	Number of authors	%
1	China	105	19.1	26	Spain	4	0.7
2	Russian Federation	52	9.5	27	Nigeria	4	0.7
3	United States	43	7.8	28	Belgium	3	0.5
4	United Kingdom	40	7.3	29	Canada	3	0.5
5	India	39	7.1	30	Indonesia	3	0.5
6	Egypt	39	7.1	31	Serbia	3	0.5
7	Japan	22	4.0	32	Singapore	3	0.5
8	Poland	21	3.8	33	Cameroon	3	0.5
9	Pakistan	18	3.3	34	Iran	2	0.4
10	Turkey	16	2.9	35	Netherlands	2	0.4
11	Italy	15	2.7	36	Finland	1	0.2
12	Germany	12	2.2	37	Iraq	1	0.2
13	Bangladesh	10	1.8	38	Ireland	1	0.2
14	Switzerland	9	1.6	39	Israel	1	0.2
15	Thailand	8	1.5	40	Kuwait	1	0.2
16	Australia	7	1.3	41	Mexico	1	0.2
17	Greece	7	1.3	42	Morocco	1	0.2
18	Tunisia	7	1.3	43	Philippines	1	0.2
19	France	6	1.1	44	Puerto Rico	1	0.2
20	South Korea	6	1.1	45	Saudi Arabia	1	0.2
21	Austria	5	0.9	46	Sudan	1	0.2
22	Brazil	5	0.9	47	Portugal	1	0.2
23	Denmark	5	0.9	48	Argentina	1	0.2
24	Malaysia	5	0.9	49	Lebanon	1	0.2
25	South Africa	4	0.7		Total of authors	550	100