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Table 2 Worldwide publication trends of research on GPs

From: Knowledge structure and theme trends analysis on general practitioner research: A Co-word perspective

Year

Records

Cumulative

RGR

Dt

1999

392

392

2000

414

806

0.72

0.96

2001

474

1280

0.46

1.50

2002

550

1830

0.36

1.94

2003

623

2453

0.29

2.37

2004

535

2988

0.20

3.51

2005

644

3632

0.20

3.55

2006

627

4259

0.16

4.35

2007

798

5057

0.17

4.04

2008

918

5975

0.17

4.16

2009

846

6821

0.13

5.23

2010

825

7646

0.11

6.07

2011

765

8411

0.10

7.27

2012

831

9242

0.09

7.36

2013

788

10030

0.08

8.47

2014

674

10704

0.07

10.66

  1. Note: Records: the number of articles published in a specific year; Cumulative: the cumulative number of articles published from 1999 to a specific year; RGR: relative growth rate; Dt: double time