Table 4

Total citations and average citation per article from Mainland China (ML), Japan (JP), South Korea (KR) and Taiwan (TW) from 2006 to 2015

Total citationsAverage citation
YearMLJPKRTWMLJPKRTW
2006250660652313120015.617.220.515.6
200736125424203279518.416.119.214.5
2008364256781889151614.513.714.510.9
2009372349311920133114.212.817.616.0
2010312638482163132010.810.612.411.0
20112735305516089899.19.011.214.1
20122741323416767498.67.06.95.6
2013176221629354205.06.44.16.1
201494610344692753.02.42.42.0
2015277232159620.80.80.80.9
Total25 07035 66315 16486579.09.79.29.1