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Overtime all but the lowest producing countries showed about a 30% rise during 12 years. One country, Iran, demonstrated a burst of activity from 2005-2009 where the numbers of publications showed a 7 fold increase from 50 to 300 articles published. This was not seen in any other countries. It does point out that a rapid rise in publications is possible in a short period of time. |