Table 5

The top 15 countries with the most scholars ranked by the betweenness centrality, data extracted from journals Chum, LLC/DSH and DHQ, 1966–2017

Total scholarCo-authored %International co-authored %No. scholar on the networkBetweenness centrality (average no. of pairs)
1Belgium4965.3%22.5%27521.57
2Canada19976.9%40.7%544233.65
3UK46169.9%36.4%1263713.76
4Italy10377.7%25.2%142715.79
5USA1,04465.2%15.7%2062088.80
6Norway3148.4%19.4%41884.98
7Germany18775.4%30.0%241036.80
8Spain7493.2%73.0%16926.55
9Netherlands11775.2%29.1%15733.74
10France15169.5%15.2%80
11Japan7294.4%18.1%10
12Australia6473.4%45.3%40
13China5587.3%20.0%10
14Finland3577.1%54.3%70
15Switzerland3268.8%18.8%00

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