Papers featured in the World Journal of Gastroenterology from 2006 to 2007

Table 4 Geographic distribution of cited authors

Rank	Area	Paper	No. of cited papers	Percent (%)	Cited times	Average citations per paper	Rank	Area	Paper	No. of cited papers	Percent (%)	Cited times	Average citations per paper
1	China	635	451	71.02	1499	2.36	16	Netherlands	28	24	85.71	126	4.50
2	Japan	299	230	76.92	1035	3.46	17	Canada	27	26	96.30	186	6.89
3	United States	188	156	82.98	910	4.84	18	Australia	26	23	88.46	142	5.46
4	Germany	162	141	87.04	863	5.33	19	Hungary	26	24	92.31	146	5.62
5	Italy	151	129	85.43	619	4.10	20	Brazil	22	17	77.27	60	2.73
6	Turkey	111	80	72.07	235	2.12	21	Mexico	22	17	77.27	46	2.09
7	South Korea	91	66	72.53	213	2.34	22	Poland	21	17	80.95	61	2.90
8	Greece	82	56	68.29	173	2.11	23	Sweden	18	16	88.89	83	4.61
9	India	68	54	79.41	204	3.00	24	Denmark	17	15	88.24	50	2.94
10	Taiwan, China	64	50	78.13	206	3.22	25	Serbia	17	13	76.47	26	1.53
11	Spain	56	49	87.50	286	5.11	26	Israel	13	11	84.62	62	4.77
12	England	52	39	75.00	169	3.25	27	Egypt	12	8	66.67	19	1.58
13	France	52	44	84.62	257	4.94	28	Belgium	11	8	72.73	46	4.18
14	Iran	44	34	77.27	100	2.27	29	Ireland	11	10	90.91	41	3.73
15	Thailand	29	24	82.76	72	2.48		Total	1832	2355	77.79	7935