Table 1. Top ten countries producing the... | Emerald Publishing

Table 1.

Top ten countries producing the largest number of publications in 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2015, and 2018.

Rank	1980		1990		2000		2010		2015		2018
Rank	Country	Publications (‘000)	Country	Publications (‘000)	Country	Publications (‘000)	Country	Publications (‘000)	Country	Publications (‘000)	Country	Publications (‘000)
1	U.S.	152	U.S.	274	U.S.	374	U.S.	609	U.S.	675	U.S.	695
2	U.K.	40	U.K.	67	U.K.	107	China	344	China	460	China	601
3	Japan	34	Japan	65	Japan	105	U.K.	176	U.K.	202	U.K.	215
4	Germany	33	Germany	51	Germany	91	Germany	154	Germany	175	Germany	184
5	France	22	France	37	France	64	Japan	130	India	142	India	175
6	Canada	16	Canada	32	China	52	France	109	Japan	128	Japan	134
7	Italy	15	Italy	28	Canada	46	Canada	92	France	122	France	123
8	Australia	10	Australia	16	Italy	45	Italy	87	Italy	113	Italy	122
9	India	10	Netherlands	16	Russia	35	India	81	Canada	106	Canada	113
10	Netherlands	7	India	15	Spain	31	Spain	74	Australia	96	Australia	106

Rank	1980		1990		2000		2010		2015		2018
Rank	Country	Publications (‘000)	Country	Publications (‘000)	Country	Publications (‘000)	Country	Publications (‘000)	Country	Publications (‘000)	Country	Publications (‘000)
1	U.S.	152	U.S.	274	U.S.	374	U.S.	609	U.S.	675	U.S.	695
2	U.K.	40	U.K.	67	U.K.	107	China	344	China	460	China	601
3	Japan	34	Japan	65	Japan	105	U.K.	176	U.K.	202	U.K.	215
4	Germany	33	Germany	51	Germany	91	Germany	154	Germany	175	Germany	184
5	France	22	France	37	France	64	Japan	130	India	142	India	175
6	Canada	16	Canada	32	China	52	France	109	Japan	128	Japan	134
7	Italy	15	Italy	28	Canada	46	Canada	92	France	122	France	123
8	Australia	10	Australia	16	Italy	45	Italy	87	Italy	113	Italy	122
9	India	10	Netherlands	16	Russia	35	India	81	Canada	106	Canada	113
10	Netherlands	7	India	15	Spain	31	Spain	74	Australia	96	Australia	106

Note: China was ranked 39 ^th in 1980 with 629 publications; it was ranked 13 ^th in 1990 with 11,211 publications.