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

Table 7 Number of publications required to equivalent with the median (Poland n = 61) using the benchmark measure

Rank	Country	Published publica-tions 2010-2014	Papers to be published	% of published papers
1	China	1222	32	3783
2	India	246	7	3656
3	United States	8149	235	3505
4	South Korea	1354	119	1137
5	Japan	1467	235	952
6	United Kingdom	1644	197	833
7	Germany	1272	203	625
8	Turkey	235	45	525
9	Egypt	68	14	499
10	Italy	737	148	496
11	Canada	930	214	435
12	Brazil	147	48	303
13	France	548	182	301
14	Holland	663	222	298
15	Iran	65	23	280
16	Spain	311	126	246
17	Thailand	52	25	204
18	Greece	182	91	198
19	Taiwan	264	136	194
20	Malawi	2	1	184
21	Australia	485	263	183
22	Sweden	403	251	160
23	Switzerland	527	364	145
24	Austria	295	218	135
25	Croatia	74	57	129
26	Belgium	219	201	109
27	Pakistan	6	6	100
28	Poland	61	61	100
29	Denmark	254	258	98
30	Finland	167	212	79
31	South Africa	21	28	76
32	Hong Kong	130	171	76
33	Israel	119	158	75
34	Serbia	19	26	72
35	Nepal	2	3	67
36	Norway	240	414	58
37	Nigeria	7	14	50
38	Hungary	29	60	49
39	New Zealand	78	161	48
40	Malaysia	23	48	47
41	Czech Republic	39	83	47
42	Ireland	98	231	42
43	Ethiopia	1	2	50
44	Philippines	5	12	41
45	Chile	24	62	39
46	Argentina	20	53	38
47	Singapore	84	239	35
48	Uganda	1	3	33
49	Slovenia	32	102	31
50	Tunisia	5	19	26
51	Portugal	25	94	26
52	Mexico	10	44	23
53	Sudan	1	5	20
54	Lebanon	9	43	21
55	Russia	9	54	17
56	Columbia	5	34	15
57	Morocco	2	14	15
58	Romania	6	42	14
59	Lithuania	9	70	13
60	Saudi Arabia	12	103	12
61	Iraq	3	27	11
62	Bulgaria	3	33	9
63	Estonia	7	86	8.1
64	Luxemburg	14	496	2.8
65	Kuwait	5	185	2.7
66	Iceland	3	221	1.4