Table 2 |
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Relative comparison of the number of Asian research articles during 1998--2006 |
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Relative to the domestic total number |
Relative to the total number of OR, RV or OR+RV of 11 Asian countries |
Relative to the total number of OR, RV or OR+RV of the world |
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OR/OR+ RV |
RV/OR+ RV |
OR/OR |
RV/RV |
OR+RV/OR+RV |
OR/OR |
RV/RV |
OR+RV/OR+RV |
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Japan |
93.3 |
6.7 |
46.1 |
63.0 |
46.9 |
5.9 |
3.5 |
5.6 |
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China |
98.5 |
1.5 |
16.3 |
4.7 |
15.7 |
2.1 |
0.3 |
1.9 |
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India |
95.8 |
4.2 |
16.3 |
13.5 |
16.1 |
2.1 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
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Taiwan |
95.3 |
4.7 |
9.9 |
9.4 |
9.9 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
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Korea |
97.8 |
2.3 |
5.9 |
2.7 |
5.8 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
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Singapore |
91.0 |
9.0 |
1.9 |
3.5 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
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Malaysia |
94.9 |
5.1 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
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Indonesia |
98.3 |
1.7 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
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Vietnam |
96.4 |
3.6 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
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Thailand |
92.3 |
7.7 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
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Philippines |
93.8 |
6.2 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
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Asian countries (above 11 countries) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
12.8 |
5.5 |
12.0 |
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The numeric data show %. OR, original articles; RV, reviews; NA, not applicable. |
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Takahashi-Omoe et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009 9:67 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-9-67 |
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