Research supporting malaria control and elimination in China over four decades: a bibliometric analysis of academic articles published in Chinese from 1980 to 2019

Table 2 Top 5 institutions with the most author frequency

Years	No.	Institute	Frequency
1980s	1	Henan Provincial Health and Anti-epidemic Station	36
	2	Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Disease	30
	3	Liaoning Provincial Health and Anti-epidemic Station	15
	4	Sun Yat-sen University	12
	5	Hainan Provincial Health and Anti-epidemic Station	11
1990s	1	Guangdong Institute of Parasitic Disease	47
	2	Shandong Institute of Parasitic Disease	29
	3	Sun Yat-sen University	29
	4	Hainan Institute of Parasitic Disease	28
	5	Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Disease	23
2000s	1	Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Disease	80
	2	National Institute of Parasitic Disease	77
	3	Sun Yat-sen University	48
	4	China Medical University	47
	5	Third Military Medical University	44
2010s	1	National Institute of Parasitic Disease	94
	2	China Medical University	62
	3	Second Military Medical University	42
	4	Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention	30
	5	Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences	28

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