Correction to: World-wide research architecture of vitamin D research: density-equalizing mapping studies and socio-economic analysis

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Correction After publication of the original article [1], the authors reported two errors which needed to be corrected: The Family Name of Annahita Allafi was misspelled as Alafi. The correct presentation of the author’s name is displayed in the author list of this Correction article. In Table 1, “Ukraine” should be “United Kingdom” in the third row of the column entitled “Country”. The correct version of Table 1 is included in this Correction article. Table 1 ᅟ Country No. of articles GDP in 1000 bn USD GDP per Capita Population total in Mil. Articles/GDP in 1000 bn USD Ranking 1 Articles/GDP per Capita Ranking 2 Articles/Population in Mil. Ranking 3 United States 9575 17,420 54,80 318,90 549,66 HI18 174,73 HI1 30,03 HI13 Japan 2272 4616 37,80 127,10 492,20 HI21 60,11 HI2 17,88 HI16 United Kingdom 1855 2945 37,70 63,74 629,88 HI13 49,20 HI3 29,10 HI15 Germany 1240 3860 44,70 80,99 321,24 HI25 27,74 HI5 15,31 HI18 Canada 1183 1789 44,50 34,83 661,26 HI10 26,58 HI6 33,96 HI11 France 1163 2847 40,40 66,25 408,50 HI22 28,79 HI4 17,55 HI17 Italy 800 2148 34,50 61,68 372,44 HI23 23,19 HI7 12,97 HI20 Australia 795 1444 46,60 22,50 550,55 HI17 17,06 HI9 35,33 HI10 Denmark 732 0,341 44,30 5,56 2147,89 HI1 16,52 HI10 131,65 HI1 Spain 712 1407 33,00 47,73 506,04 HI20 21,58 HI8 14,92 HI19 Netherlands 636 0,866 47,40 16,87 734,07 HI7 13,42 HI13 37,70 HI9 China* 632 10,380 12,90 1355,70 60,89 UMI8 48,99 UMI1 0,47 UMI9 Belgium 540 0,535 41,70 10,44 1009,91 HI4 12,95 HI14 51,72 HI5 Israel 527 0,304 33,40 7,82 1734,69 HI2 15,78 HI11 67,39 HI4 Sweden 488 0,570 44,70 9,72 855,99 HI5 10,92 HI15 50,21 HI7 Finland 436 0,271 40,50 5,26 1607,67 HI3 10,77 HI16 82,89 HI2 Turkey 410 0,806 19,60 81,61 508,62 UMI3 20,92 UMI2 5,02 UMI2 Switzerland 409 0,712 55,20 8,06 574,36 HI14 7,41 HI19 50,74 HI6 Norway 355 0,500 65,90 5,14 709,72 HI8 5,39 HI21 69,07 HI3 Poland 347 0,547 24,40 38,34 634,83 HI12 14,22 HI12 9,05 HI22 South Korea 325 1410 35,40 49,03 230,50 HI28 9,18 HI17 6,63 HI25 Austria 310 0,437 45,40 8,22 709,22 HI9 6,83 HI20 37,71 HI8 India 309 2050 5,80 1236,30 150,73 LMI4 53,28 LMI1 0,25 LMI3 Iran 222 0,404 16,50 80,84 549,37 UMI2 13,45 UMI4 2,75 UMI3 Brazil 206 2353 15,20 202,60 87,55 UMI7 13,55 UMI3 1,02 UMI7 Argentina 194 0,540 22,10 43,02 359,13 HI24 8,78 HI18 4,51 HI30 New Zealand 147 0,198 35,00 4,40 742,05 HI6 4,20 HI24 33,41 HI12 Saudi Arabia 147 0,753 52,80 27,34 195,35 HI29 2,78 HI28 5,38 HI28 Ireland 141 0,246 46,80 4,83 572,24 HI15 3,01 HI26 29,19 HI14 Greece 133 0,238 25,80 10,77 558,82 HI16 5,16 HI22 12,35 HI21 Russia 124 1857 24,80 142,47 66,77 HI32 5,00 HI23 0,87 HI32 Taiwan 123 0,530 43,60 23,35 232,25 HI27 2,82 HI27 5,27 HI29 South Africa 96 0,350 12,70 48,37 274,21 UMI4 7,56 UMI5 1,98 UMI4 Hungary 89 0,137 24,30 9,91 649,16 HI11 3,66 HI25 8,98 HI23 Egypt 77 0,286 11,10 86,89 268,85 LMI2 6,94 LMI4 0,89 LMI2 Thailand 73 0,374 14,40 67,74 195,29 UMI5 5,07 UMI6 1,08 UMI6 Czech Republic 64 0,206 28,40 10,62 311,13 HI26 2,25 HI29 6,03 HI26 Ukraine 64 0,131 8,20 44,29 489,67 LMI1 7,80 LMI3 1,45 LMI1 Mexico 63 1283 17,90 120,28 49,10 UMI9 3,52 UMI7 0,52 UMI8 Chile 48 0,258 23,20 17,36 186,05 HI30 2,07 HI30 2,76 HI31 Lebanon 39 0,050 17,90 5,88 781,25 UMI1 2,18 UMI8 6,63 UMI1 Pakistan 39 0,250 4,70 196,20 155,94 LMI3 8,30 LMI2 0,20 LMI4 Romania 35 0,200 19,40 21,72 175,00 UMI6 1,80 UMI9 1,61 UMI5 Singapore 32 0,308 81,30 5,56 103,86 HI31 0,39 HI32 5,76 HI27 Croatia 31 0,057 20,40 4,47 542,34 HI19 1,52 HI31 6,94 HI24