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

Table 5 Number of publications (GDPP) and impact points (GDPI) related to GDP ( in thousand dollars)

Rank	Country	GDPP	Rank	Country	GDPI
1	Croatia	772	1	Croatia	359
2	South Korea	1042	2	South Korea	375
3	Greece	1294	3	Holland	408
4	Holland	1326	4	Greece	464
5	Switzerland	1330	5	Switzerland	465
6	Denmark	1348	6	Sweden	481
7	Sweden	1417	7	Denmark	482
8	Slovenia	1417	8	Slovenia	576
9	Austria	1547	9	Austria	579
10	Finland	1630	10	United Kingdom	626
11	United Kingdom	1818	11	Canada	644
12	Taiwan	1852	12	Norway	662
13	Canada	1920	13	Taiwan	671
14	Norway	2083	14	Finland	677
15	Malawi	2129	15	United States	704
16	United States	2138	16	Hong Kong	784
17	Hong Kong	2237	17	New Zealand	829
18	Serbia	2309	18	Malawi	852
19	New Zealand	2412	19	Belgium	866
20	Belgium	2427	20	Israel	970
21	Ireland	2559	21	Ireland	975
22	Israel	2569	22	Serbia	1020
23	Italy	2905	23	Australia	1032
24	Australia	3003	24	Singapore	1044
25	Germany	3041	25	Italy	1080
26	Japan	3137	26	Germany	1108
27	Turkey	3398	27	Japan	1135
28	Singapore	3665	28	Turkey	1267
29	Estonia	3784	29	Luxemburg	1509
30	Egypt	4213	30	Estonia	1558
31	Spain	4442	31	Spain	1658
32	Hungary	4471	32	Egypt	1706
33	Luxemburg	4634	33	Hungary	1949
34	Lebanon	5081	34	Lebanon	1988
35	France	5163	35	France	2047
36	Czech Republic	5263	36	Lithuania	2102
37	Lithuania	5372	37	Iceland	2434
38	Iceland	5679	38	Czech Republic	2444
39	Iran	6543		Iran	2444
40	Thailand	7785	39	Thailand	3163
41	India	8327	40	India	3171
42	China	8474	41	Portugal	3241
43	Poland	8933	42	China	3413
44	Portugal	9204	43	Poland	3865
45	Tunisia	9722	44	Chile	3910
46	Nepal	9884	45	Nepal	3954
47	Chile	10752	46	Tunisia	4419
48	Malaysia	14700	47	Malaysia	5367
49	Brazil	15960	48	Uganda	5400
50	South Africa	16671	49	Brazil	5750
51	Bulgaria	18906	50	South Africa	5934
52	Argentina	26833	51	Bulgaria	9452
53	Uganda	26998	52	Argentina	9757
54	Kuwait	32722	53	Romania	15311
55	Romania	33174	54	Kuwait	18179
56	Pakistan	40605	55	Ethiopia	18540
57	Morocco	55004	56	Pakistan	20303
58	Ethiopia	55621	57	Philippines	21906
59	Philippines	56955	58	Sudan	24734
60	Saudi Arabia	62187	59	Saudi Arabia	25733
61	Sudan	74202	60	Morocco	27502
62	Iraq	74503	61	Columbia	34340
63	Columbia	75448	62	Iraq	37251
64	Nigeria	81215	63	Nigeria	37901
65	Mexico	129469	64	Mexico	49796
66	Russia	206733	65	Russia	88600