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Table 3: The Position of the USA in the production of Education knowledge (Calculated from figures in table 1)
Numbers of USA authors
USA authors as percentage of total author pool in the three journals
2001 - 2005 334 50.8
2006 - 2010 493 43.6
Table 4: The Position of the USA in the production of Education knowledge, weighted by impact factor of journals (Calculated from figures in table 2)
Numbers of USA authors
USA authors as percentage of total author pool in the three journals
2001 - 2005 1037 53.2
2006 - 2010 1706 48.9
The contribution of the North-American-Western-European complex is presented in tables 5 and 6.
Table 5: The Position of North-America-Western-Europe in the production of Education knowledge (Calculated from figures in table 1)
Numbers of North-American- Western-Europe authors
North-American-Western- Europe authors as percentage of total author pool in the three journals
2001 - 2005 584
88.8
2006 - 2010 1008
89.0
Table 6: The Position of North-America-Western-Europe in the production of Education knowledge, weighted by impact factor of journals (Calculated from figures in table 2)
Numbers of North-American- Western-Europe authors
North-American-Western- Europe authors as percentage of total author pool in the three journals
2001 - 2005 436
75.4
2006 - 2010 3150
90.3
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