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 2 Geographic distribution and numbers of SCI covered journals that have cited articles published in WJG between 1998 and February 2004

List	Country	Number of journals
1	United States	161
2	United Kingdom	78
3	Netherlands	24
4	Germany	15
5	China	13
6	Switzerland	8
7	Denmark	7
8	France	7
9	Greece	6
10	Australia	5
11	Japan	5
12	Ireland	4
13	Poland	3
14	Italy	3
15	Spain	3
16	Norway	2
17	Brazil	2
18	South Korea	2
19	Singapore	1
20	India	1
21	Austria	1

Of the 361 journals, 10 journals’ publishing countries are unknown.