Bibliometric analysis of bacterial central nervous system infection research in Southeast Asia

Table 4 Correlational analysis of country-specific characteristics and bibliometrics

Country Profile	Publication Statistics^a	Spearman’s Rho Coefficient	P-value^b
Population / million	Number of publications^c	0.418	0.229
	Citations	0.745	0.013*
	Usage	0.624	0.054**
	Captures	0.685	0.029*
	Mentions	0.415	0.233
	Social media	0.578	0.080**
	Scopus citations	0.699	0.024*
	Average of Scopus field weighted citation impact (FWCI)^d,e	0.561	0.116
	Valid articles with Scopus (FWCI)^d	0.452	0.222
GDP per capita	Number of publications^c	0.236	0.511
	Citations	0.103	0.777
	Usage	0.261	0.467
	Captures	0.176	0.627
	Mentions	0.020	0.956
	Social media	0.292	0.413
	Scopus Citations	0.182	0.614
	Average of Scopus field weighted citation impact (FWCI)^d,e	0.561	0.116
	Valid articles with Scopus (FWCI)^d	0.452	0.222
% GDP for R&D	Number of publications^c	0.742	0.014*
	Citations	0.450	0.192
	Usage	0.468	0.172
	Captures	0.498	0.143
	Mentions	0.171	0.636
	Social media	0.494	0.147
	Scopus Citations	0.518	0.125
	Average of Scopus field weighted citation impact (FWCI)^d,e	0.343	0.366
	Valid articles with Scopus (FWCI)^d	0.510	0.160
Neurologists	Number of publications^c	0.721	0.019*
	Citations	0.867	0.001*
	Usage	0.867	0.001*
	Captures	0.867	0.001*
	Mentions	0.570	0.086**
	Social media	0.778	0.008*
	Scopus citations	0.875	0.001*
	Average of Scopus field weighted citation impact (FWCI)^d,e	0.895	0.001*
	Valid Articles with Scopus (FWCI)^d	0.695	0.038*

^aUnless otherwise stated, metrics were from PlumX
^bUsing Spearman’s Correlation
^cThere are 648 unique articles. Articles which were collaborative between/among countries were double counted. The number of collaborative articles per country were: Malaysia and Thailand - 4 each; Vietnam - 3; Lao PDR and Singapore - 2 each; Brunei, Cambodia, and Indonesia - 1 each
^dNot all articles had Scopus metrics
^eAll metrics were in terms of total except for Scopus FWCI. This value was derived from individual (non-collaborative) country studies
*Significant at alpha=0.05
**Significant at alpha=0.10

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