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Table 1 Socio-economic parameters of 10 top ranked countries regarding the RGDP = articles/GDP in 1000 bn UDS (GDP = gross domestic product), RPOP = articles/population, total in mill. inhabitants (threshold = 30 articles)

From: A world map of esophagus cancer research: a critical accounting

Country

No. of articles

GDP in 1000 bn UDS

Population in mill.

RGDP

RPOP

Japan

3828

4.93

126.70

776.16

30.21

Netherlands

510

0.86

17.02

588.98

29.97

Sweden

292

0.49

9.88

586.23

29.55

Finland

89

0.23

5.50

372.07

16.19

Ireland

114

0.32

4.95

351.53

23.02

Switzerland

172

0.49

8.18

347.97

21.03

United Kingdom

952

2.78

64.43

341.46

14.78

Taiwan

375

1.12

23.46

333.33

15.98

South Africa

238

0.73

54.30

323.24

4.38

France

858

2.73

66.84

313.48

12.84

Denmark

75

0.26

5.59

283.23

13.41

Belgium

140

0.51

11.41

275.27

12.27

Germany

999

3.98

80.72

251.07

12.38

Norway

87

0.36

5.27

238.55

16.52

Austria

96

0.41

8.71

230.82

11.02

Australia

256

1.19

22.99

215.31

11.13

China

4448

21.27

1373.54

209.12

3.24

Italy

391

2.22

62.01

176.05

6.31

USA

3125

18.56

324.00

168.37

9.65

Greece

46

0.29

10.77

158.35

4.27

Iran

229

1.46

82.80

156.96

2.77

South Korea

293

1.93

50.92

151.89

5.75

Canada

246

1.67

35.36

146.95

6.96

Hungary

34

0.27

9.87

127.06

3.44

Spain

205

1.69

48.56

121.30

4.22

Portugal

32

0.30

10.83

107.71

2.95

Israel

31

0.30

8.17

104.38

3.79

Singapore

50

0.49

5.78

102.69

8.65

Czech Republic

32

0.35

10.64

91.19

3.01

Poland

87

1.05

38.52

82.70

2.26

Turkey

91

1.67

80.27

54.49

1.13

Russia

155

3.74

142.36

41.39

1.09

Brazil

115

3.13

205.82

36.68

0.56

Argentina

30

0.88

43.89

34.11

0.68

India

281

8.72

1266.88

32.22

0.22