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However, it can be estimated from the present data analysis that citation indices will be high for those organs that also have the highest numbers of published items since a citation can only be traced in a published item and a high number of published items also indicate a high number of citations.
Forming an essential component in the dialogue of medical research [ 19], citations are regarded as a key indicator of the relevance and importance of a published item.
In specific, UK contributed 27.28% of all published items in the category "respiratory medicine".
Furthermore, all published items were analysed with the function "citation report".
"JIF is a reflection of the citation performance of a journal as a whole unit, not as an assembly of diverse published items".
Since a low number of published items with no first or senior authorship could lead to a major distortion of the real scientific output, a threshold was included to the density equalizing calculations leading to a more proportional visualization with regard to the overall numbers of published items.
Specifically, the study assessed the following qualitative and quantitative measurements: a) Total number of published items and citations, b) average authorship numbers, c) countries' total numbers of published items, d) countries' average citation indices, e) research networks per country f) institutional networks and g) journals and papers specifications.
A total of 5,527,558 published items were analyzed and large differences were found between single organs and single countries: The United States was found to be the most productive country with a total number of 1,893,800 published items.
Novel density-equalizing mappings were constructed that illustrate trends of publication activity and identify subsets of major interest in a total of 5,527,558 published items.
