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Table 2 Top ten active countries in AMR in the environment research (2000–2019)

From: Bibliometric analysis of global research output on antimicrobial resistance in the environment (2000–2019)

Rank

Country

Frequency (%)

N = 2611

Number of publications/ GDP (nominal) per capita (10− 3)*

1

China

598 (22.9)

59.2

2

United States

511 (19.6)

7.8

3

India

196 (7.5)

89.1

4

United Kingdom

147 (5.6)

3.6

5

Canada

132 (5.1)

2.9

6

Germany

129 (4.9)

2.8

7

Spain

110 (4.2)

3.7

8

Brazil

101 (3.9)

11.5

9

Portugal

90 (3.4)

3.9

10

France

68 (2.6)

1.6

  1. (*) Number of publications/GDP (nominal) per capita was calculated by dividing the number of publications by the GDP (nominal) per capita for each country. Data on GDP (nominal) per capita was obtained from the World Bank data
  2. AMR antimicrobial resistance