Table 1

Country-specific relevance of assigned categories in research with animal models. A comparison of five selected countries (table contains multiple nominations).

Assigned subject category (Top 10)
Average percentual amount of all publishing countries
Japan
United Kingdom
Netherlands
United States
Germany
Immunology
38.9%
43.6%
37.5%
31.3%
38.8%
45.0%
Respiratory system
21.2%
18.3%
19.0%
23.2%
23.3%
12.9%
Allergy
21.0%
27.2%
19.8%
15.9%
16.6%
30.4%
Pharmacology and pharmacy
18.5%
23.6%
29.8%
27.3%
11.3%
13.3%
Cell biology
10.0%
8.3%
7.2%
14.2%
12.1%
7.9%
Biochemistry and molecular biology
9.8%
8.7%
9.4%
11.9%
11.4%
7.1%
Critical care medicine
5.9%
4.8%
3.0%
9.1%
6.8%
4.2%
Medicine, research and experimental
5.6%
4.6%
4.0%
1.7%
7.3%
6.7%
Physiology
5.0%
1.9%
2.7%
0.6%
7.2%
0%
Toxicology
4.9%
4.1%
4.8%
10.2%
5.2%
7.1%

Börger et al. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2008 3(Suppl 1):S7   doi:10.1186/1745-6673-3-S1-S7