Publication Years 2010-2012
(mostly before IF)
Publication Years 2013-2016
(mostly after IF)
Countries
%
Countries
%
USA
ENGLAND
ITALY
GERMANY
CANADA
FRANCE
JAPAN
CHINA
AUSTRIA
AUSTRALIA
61.717
9.281
9.049
8.585
6.265
5.800
4.176
3.016
3.016
3.016
CHINA
USA
ITALY
GERMANY
S KOREA
ENGLAND
TAIWAN
FRANCE
JAPAN
CANADA
39.473
33.992
8.274
7.065
5.385
4.881
4.515
4.289
3.845
3.741
SPAIN
NETHERLANDS
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SCOTLAND
WALES
SINGAPORE
SERBIA
ISRAEL
BELGIUM
RUSSIA
IRELAND
HUNGARY
GREECE
DENMARK
2.552
2.088
1.624
1.392
1.392
0.928
0.928
0.928
0.928
0.928
0.696
0.696
0.696
0.696
0.696
SPAIN
AUSTRALIA
NETHERLANDS
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
BELGIUM
ISRAEL
SINGAPORE
AUSTRIA
BRAZIL
NORWAY
POLAND
RUSSIA
DENMARK
SCOTLAND
3.176
2.506
2.027
1.914
1.618
1.453
1.218
1.140
1.044
0.922
0.870
0.792
0.740
0.731
0.653
First impact factor, IF2011, was
announced in Summer 2012. Papers,
submitted before this time, were
published in 2010-2012 (431 items
for 3 years). USA, Canada and England,
Wales, Scotland accounted for 80%.
Source: Web of Science databases
After IF announcement, a number of
submissions increased dramatically
and exponentially, resulting in
substantial increase of published
items (11494 items for 4 years).
Publications from China, Taiwan and
South Korea increased
disproportionally, indicating
dependence on IF.