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Table 5 Breast cancer research output from Arab countries compared with that from Turkey, Israel, and Iran

From: Contribution of Arab countries to breast cancer research: comparison with non-Arab Middle Eastern countries

Data/Country

22 Arab countries

Turkey

Israel

Iran

Number of population in millions

380

60

8

80

Number of published research articles and review articles

1658

2025

2440

731

Total number of citations

28,953

22,438

96,323

7807

Average citation per document

17.46

11.08

39.48

10.68

h-index

61

56

128

37

Country with the highest collaboration (%)

USA 18.40%

USA 8.64%

USA 26.11%

USA 6.98%

Journal with the highest publication (N); (IF)

Saudi Medical Journal (44) IF = 0.554

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (78) IF = 1.50

Cancer Research (87) IF = 9.28

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (64) IF = 1.50