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Table 1 Bibliometric analysis of the 382 documents from Arab countries associated with solid waste during the period from 1982 to 2012

From: The Arab world’s contribution to solid waste literature: a bibliometric analysis

SCRa

Countries

Articles (%)

h-index

Median (Q1–Q3) of citation

Average of citation

Collaborations with foreign countries

Number (%)b of documents with international authors

Adjustment index

1st

Egypt

87 (22.8)

15

4 (1–12)

10.6

17

27 (31.0)

27.3

2nd

Tunisia

75 (19.6)

15

8 (2–14)

12.8

8

31 (41.3)

17.7

3rd

Jordan

51 (13.4)

13

5 (1–16)

12.5

10

18 (35.4)

10.3

4th

Kuwait

39 (10.2)

8

3 (2–8)

8.7

5

6 (15.4)

0.8

5th

Morocco

36 (9.4)

13

6 (2–18)

12

5

24 (66.7)

12.2

6th

KSA

25 (6.5)

7

4 (1–9.5)

5.7

12

14 (56.0)

1.0

7th

Lebanon

24 (6.3)

8

6.5 (2.3–15.3)

12

2

11 (45.8)

2.5

8th

Algeria

20 (5.2)

8

6 (1–12)

9.7

6

11 (55.0)

3.7

9th

UAE

10 (2.6)

5

3.5 (1.5–17.5)

9.7

8

5 (50.0)

0.3

10th

Iraq

9 (2.4)

5

9 (0–23)

12

3

7 (77.8)

1.4

11th

Oman

6 (1.6)

2

1 (0–4.5)

2

3

2 (33.3)

0.3

11th

Qatar

6 (1.6)

4

5.5 (3–12.5

8.8

3

4 (66.7)

0.1

13th

Syria

4 (1.0)

2

2.5 (0.2–4.8)

2.5

1

1 (25.0)

1.2

14th

Bahrain

2 (0.5)

-

-

-

3

2 (100)

0.1

15th

Libya

1 (0.3)

-

-

-

1

1 (100)

0.1

15th

Sudan

1 (0.3)

-

-

-

0

0 (0.0)

0.6

15th

Yemen

1 (0.3)

-

-

-

1

1 (100.0)

0.7

18th

Djibouti

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18th

Mauritania

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18th

Somalia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18st

Comoros

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. KSA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, SAR Syrian Arab Republic, SCR Standard Competition Ranking, UAE United Arab Emirates, Q1–Q3 lower quartile–upper quartile
  2. aEqual countries have the same ranking number, and then a gap is left in the ranking numbers
  3. bPercentage of documents with international authors from the total number of documents for each country