Table 2 The main institutions contributing to publications on ESWT research
From: Global trends in research on extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) from 2000 to 2021
Rank | Institution | Article counts | Total number of citations | Average number of citations | Total number of first author | Total number of first author citations | Average number of first author citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chang Gung University | 123 | 1353 | 11 | 27 | 410 | 15.19 |
2 | Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital | 120 | 519 | 4.33 | 25 | 127 | 5.08 |
3 | Kaohsiung Medical University | 50 | 209 | 4.18 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 |
4 | University of Bari | 34 | 391 | 11.5 | 11 | 111 | 10.09 |
5 | Chang Gung Memorial Hospital | 25 | 653 | 26.12 | 10 | 253 | 25.3 |
6 | Tech University Munich | 25 | 390 | 15.6 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 |
7 | Tohoku University | 25 | 185 | 7.4 | 10 | 64 | 6.4 |
8 | Catholic University Korea | 24 | 66 | 2.75 | 10 | 27 | 2.7 |
9 | University Groningen | 23 | 189 | 8.22 | 10 | 125 | 12.5 |
10 | University Munich | 23 | 387 | 16.83 | 10 | 120 | 12 |