Leading 50 countries/territories (Dimensions data)

The leading 50 countries/territories ranked by total number of collaborative articles (# articles) between north and south countries from 2015 to 2022. North and south countries were defined using the World Bank’s income-group classifications. See this supplement’s Guide to the Index for more information.

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Rank	Country/territory	Category	# articles 2015–22
1	India	South	241,395
2	United States	North	220,031
3	Iran	South	119,103
4	United Kingdom	North	113,454
5	Saudi Arabia	North	108,946
6	China	North	107,751
7	Egypt	South	102,415
8	Pakistan	South	97,954
9	France	North	80,710
10	Germany	North	68,601
11	Australia	North	65,529
12	Canada	North	55,345
13	Italy	North	46,817
14	South Korea	North	46,149
15	Vietnam	South	45,507
16	Japan	North	44,217
17	Malaysia	North	40,447
18	South Africa	North	38,877
19	Spain	North	36,218
20	Nigeria	South	35,862
21	Ukraine	South	33,547
22	Russia	North	31,286
23	Bangladesh	South	29,805
24	Tunisia	South	27,986
25	Turkey	North	27,190
26	Netherlands	North	26,917
27	Switzerland	North	25,828
28	Sweden	North	23,642
29	Poland	North	22,794
30	Belgium	North	22,778
31	Kenya	South	21,928
32	Taiwan	North	21,536
33	Algeria	South	21,361
34	Brazil	North	21,358
35	Morocco	South	18,695
36	United Arab Emirates	North	17,524
37	Jordan	South	17,406
38	Ghana	South	16,985
39	Ethiopia	South	16,785
40	Thailand	North	16,558
41	Philippines	South	16,545
42	Lebanon	South	16,477
43	Portugal	North	14,164
44	Denmark	North	13,643
45	Uganda	South	13,211
46	Norway	North	13,070
47	Czechia	North	12,948
48	Austria	North	12,817
49	Singapore	North	12,004
50	Tanzania	South	11,683