Table 4 Journals from Eastern Mediterranean countries receiving citations to their articles and those being indexed in Web of Science (WoS) and SCOPUS databases*
Country | No. of journals indexed | No. journals receiving citation† | No. citations (median, IQR)‡ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WoS (n = 23) | SCOPUS (n = 46) | WoS (n = 85) | SCOPUS (n = 93) | WoS | SCOPUS | |
Bahrain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Egypt | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2.5 (1.0–15.0) | 5 (1.7–20.7) |
Emirates | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Iran | 15 | 22 | 35 | 38 | 4 (1.0–10.0) | 3 (1.0–9.0) |
Jordan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 / 0 | 1 / 12 |
Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 / 166 | 7 / 187 |
Lebanon | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 / 3 / 18 | 1 / 3 / 23 |
Libya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 5 |
Oman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Pakistan | 2 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 3 (1.0–18.2) | 6 (2.0–14.0) |
Palestine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Qatar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 4 |
Saudi Arabia | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 (8.2–155.2) | 15.5 (9.0–131.0) |
Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 |
Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 / 17 | 1 / 26 |