Worldwide orthopaedic research activity 2010-2014: Publication rates in the top 15 orthopaedic journals related to population size and gross domestic product

Table 3 Highest number of publications and impact points for each country

Rank	Country	Publications	Rank	Country	Impact points
1	United States	8149	1	United States	24744
2	United Kingdom	1644	2	United Kingdom	4776
3	Japan	1467	3	Japan	4053
4	South Korea	1354	4	South Korea	3765
5	Germany	1272	5	Germany	3491
6	China	1222	6	China	3034
7	Canada	930	7	Canada	2774
8	Italy	737	8	Holland	2155
9	Holland	663	9	Italy	1982
10	France	548	10	Switzerland	1507
11	Switzerland	527	11	Australia	1412
12	Australia	485	12	France	1382
13	Sweden	403	13	Sweden	1187
14	Spain	311	14	Spain	833
15	Austria	295	15	Austria	801
16	Taiwan	264	16	Norway	755
17	Denmark	254	17	Taiwan	729
18	India	246	18	Denmark	710
19	Norway	240	19	India	646
20	Turkey	235	20	Turkey	630
21	Belgium	219	21	Belgium	614
22	Greece	182	22	Greece	508
23	Finland	167	23	Brazil	408
24	Brazil	147	24	Finland	402
25	Hong Kong	130	25	Hong Kong	371
26	Israel	119	26	Israel	315
27	Ireland	98	27	Singapore	295
28	Singapore	84	28	Ireland	262
29	New Zealand	78	29	New Zealand	227
30	Croatia	74	30	Iran	174
31	Egypt	68	31	Egypt	168
32	Iran	65	32	Croatia	159
33	Poland	61	33	Poland	141
34	Thailand	52	34	Thailand	128
35	Czech Republic	39		Slovenia	128
36	Slovenia	32	35	Czech Republic	84
37	Hungary	29	36	Hungary	71
38	Portugal	25	37	Portugal	71
39	Chile	24	38	Chile	66
40	Malaysia	23	39	Malaysia	63
41	South Africa	21	40	South Africa	59
42	Argentina	20	41	Argentina	55
43	Serbia	19	42	Serbia	43
44	Luxemburg	14	43	Luxemburg	43
45	Saudi Arabia	12	44	Saudi Arabia	29
46	Mexico	10	45	Mexico	26
47	Lebanon	9	46	Lebanon	23
	Lithuania	9		Lithuania	23
	Russia	9	47	Russia	21
48	Estonia	7	48	Estonia	17
48	Nigeria	7	49	Nigeria	15
49	Pakistan	6	50	Romania	13
	Romania	6		Philippines	13
50	Columbia	5	51	Pakistan	12
	Kuwait	5	52	Columbia	11
	Philippines	5		Tunisia	11
	Tunisia	5	53	Kuwait	9
51	Bulgaria	3	54	Iceland	7
	Iceland	3	55	Bulgaria	6
	Iraq	3		Iraq	6
52	Malawi	2	56	Malawi	5
	Morocco	2		Nepal	5
	Nepal	2		Uganda	5
53	Ethiopia	1	57	Morocco	4
	Sudan	1	58	Ethiopia	3
	Uganda	1		Sudan	3