Figure 3.
The bar chart plots average citations on the vertical axis against publication years from 2012 to 2024 on the horizontal axis. Each bar shows the mean citation count for that year. Values begin at 3.2 in 2012, rise to 16.7 in 2013, then reach 98.1 in 2014 before dropping to 21.9 in 2015. The values increase to 55.4 in 2016, 74.3 in 2017, 74.1 in 2018, and peak at 151.8 in 2019. The next years show 95.2 in 2020, 89.8 in 2021, 48.3 in 2022, 102.0 in 2023, and 68.0 in 2024. Each bar includes a label with its exact value.Distribution of publications per average citations per year
Source: Authors’ own work