Country (and continent) of origin of the first author affiliation (top ten).

Country (and continent) of origin of the first author affiliation (top ten) for the 2,878 papers included in the H-indices searched for 137 infectious agents; 1,262 papers for the 52 organisms comprising Virus, 1,148 for 39 organisms in Bacteria, and 468 for 46 in Other. Table summarizes total number of publications (TNP), as well as percentages (%) and ranking (RANK) for total publications included in the study and within each taxonomy group. A new index Dcos -Deciphering Citations Organized by Subject- to quantify individuals’, research institutes’ or countries’ scientific research output in a particular field is proposed (right side of the table). A detailed explanation of the Dcos index is provided in the corresponding section.