Growth of International Contributors to Dermatologic Literature

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Abstract
TWO years ago, the homelands of dermatology articles published in 17 top-ranked peer-reviewed international dermatology journals from 1981 to 1994 were summarized.1 That review demonstrated the prominence of the United States as the source of the dermatologic literature. As a reflection of the growth of investigative and scholarly dermatology throughout the world, the number of articles published per year has grown steadily from 1981 to 1996. In this article, we describe the changes in publications and citations for the countries with the highest number per year of citations for articles published in 24 dermatology journals during 2 periods: 1981 to 1985 and 1991 to June 1996. Not only is the dermatologic literature growing rapidly overall but it is an increasingly international literature.

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