Table 2 Publication and citation trends...

Table 2

Publication and citation trends by year

Year	Citable years	Total publications	Total cited publications	Total citations	Average citations per pub	Average citationsper pub per year
1984	41	1	1	575	575.0	14.0
1985	40	2	2	89	44.5	1.1
1986	39	–	–	–	–	–
1987	38	–	–	–	–	–
1988	37	1	1	57	57.0	1.5
1989	36	1	1	20	20.0	0.6
1990	35	1	1	563	563.0	16.1
1991	34	–	–	–	–	–
1992	33	4	4	2,937	734.3	22.3
1993	32	8	8	2,650	331.3	10.4
1994	31	8	8	349	43.6	1.4
1984–1994	–	26	26	7,240	278.5	8.4
1995	30	9	8	314	34.9	1.2
1996	29	9	9	5,073	563.7	19.4
1997	28	11	11	5,562	505.6	18.1
1998	27	12	12	4,582	381.8	14.1
1999	26	9	9	2,230	247.8	9.5
2000	25	8	8	2,150	268.8	10.8
2001	24	14	14	3,644	260.3	10.8
2002	23	14	14	5,002	357.3	15.5
2003	22	17	17	3,510	206.5	9.4
2004	21	21	21	3,767	179.4	8.5
1995–2004	–	124	123	35,834	289.0	11.7
2005	20	17	17	1,898	111.6	5.6
2006	19	28	28	2,701	96.5	5.1
2007	18	19	19	1,873	98.6	5.5
2008	17	25	25	3,616	144.6	8.5
2009	16	41	41	3,192	77.9	4.9
2010	15	45	45	2,493	55.4	3.7
2011	14	37	37	3,586	96.9	6.9
2012	13	40	39	2,792	69.8	5.4
2013	12	42	42	1,803	42.9	3.6
2014	11	46	45	1,867	40.6	3.7
2005–2014	–	342	340	25,821	75.9	5.3
2015	10	39	39	2,115	54.2	5.4
2016	9	69	69	2,649	38.4	4.3
2017	8	64	63	3,594	56.2	7.0
2018	7	58	57	2,188	37.7	5.4
2019	6	75	75	2,121	28.3	4.7
2020	5	97	95	3,077	31.7	6.3
2021	4	115	113	3,120	27.1	6.8
2022	3	124	122	2,163	17.4	5.8
2023	2	72	66	773	10.7	5.4
2024	1	66	50	306	4.6	4.6
2025	0	82	44	119	1.5	–
2015–2025	–	861	793	22,225	25.8	5.6
1984–2025	–	1,351	1,280	91,120	67.4	7.8

Year	Citable years	Total publications	Total cited publications	Total citations	Average citations per pub	Average citationsper pub per year
1984	41	1	1	575	575.0	14.0
1985	40	2	2	89	44.5	1.1
1986	39	–	–	–	–	–
1987	38	–	–	–	–	–
1988	37	1	1	57	57.0	1.5
1989	36	1	1	20	20.0	0.6
1990	35	1	1	563	563.0	16.1
1991	34	–	–	–	–	–
1992	33	4	4	2,937	734.3	22.3
1993	32	8	8	2,650	331.3	10.4
1994	31	8	8	349	43.6	1.4
1984–1994	–	26	26	7,240	278.5	8.4
1995	30	9	8	314	34.9	1.2
1996	29	9	9	5,073	563.7	19.4
1997	28	11	11	5,562	505.6	18.1
1998	27	12	12	4,582	381.8	14.1
1999	26	9	9	2,230	247.8	9.5
2000	25	8	8	2,150	268.8	10.8
2001	24	14	14	3,644	260.3	10.8
2002	23	14	14	5,002	357.3	15.5
2003	22	17	17	3,510	206.5	9.4
2004	21	21	21	3,767	179.4	8.5
1995–2004	–	124	123	35,834	289.0	11.7
2005	20	17	17	1,898	111.6	5.6
2006	19	28	28	2,701	96.5	5.1
2007	18	19	19	1,873	98.6	5.5
2008	17	25	25	3,616	144.6	8.5
2009	16	41	41	3,192	77.9	4.9
2010	15	45	45	2,493	55.4	3.7
2011	14	37	37	3,586	96.9	6.9
2012	13	40	39	2,792	69.8	5.4
2013	12	42	42	1,803	42.9	3.6
2014	11	46	45	1,867	40.6	3.7
2005–2014	–	342	340	25,821	75.9	5.3
2015	10	39	39	2,115	54.2	5.4
2016	9	69	69	2,649	38.4	4.3
2017	8	64	63	3,594	56.2	7.0
2018	7	58	57	2,188	37.7	5.4
2019	6	75	75	2,121	28.3	4.7
2020	5	97	95	3,077	31.7	6.3
2021	4	115	113	3,120	27.1	6.8
2022	3	124	122	2,163	17.4	5.8
2023	2	72	66	773	10.7	5.4
2024	1	66	50	306	4.6	4.6
2025	0	82	44	119	1.5	–
2015–2025	–	861	793	22,225	25.8	5.6
1984–2025	–	1,351	1,280	91,120	67.4	7.8

Note(s):

Average citations per pub per year accounts for citable years; Italics signify period totals. Very last row is the grand total for all years

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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