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ESI Data Base (Thomson Reuters\u2019 InCites), covering the scientific production of 217 active countries in the period 2010\u20132014 was used. International collaboration implicates in a high percentage (33.1\u00a0%) of double-counted world articles, thus impacting qualitative data as citations, impact and impact relative to word. The countries were divided into three groups, according to their individual contribution to the world publications: Group I (24 countries, at least 1\u00a0%) representing 83.9\u00a0% of the total double-counted world articles. Group II (40 countries, 0.1\u20130.99\u00a0% each). Group III, 153 countries (70.5\u00a0%) with &lt;0.1\u00a0% and altogether 1.9\u00a0% of the world. Qualitative characteristics of each group were also analyzed: percentage of the country\u2019s GNP applied in R&amp;D, proportion of Scientists and Engineers per million inhabitants and Human Development Index. 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