Table 2 Patterns of lead authorships by region
Regions (total n papers in region) | Local lead author % (n local) | Lead in papers in IF journal % (n local) | Lead in papers in journal with IF ≥2 % (n local) | Lead from another country in region (%) | North America lead author (%) | Europe lead author (%) | Australasia lead author (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Asia Pacific (212) | 65.6 (139) | 68.8 (66) | 69.5 (41) | 0 | 18.4 | 19.8 | 8.0 |
Europe, Central Asia (60) | 71.7 (43) | 68.8 (22) | 56.3 (9) | 0 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 0 |
Latin America, Caribbean (304) | 73.4 (223) | 72.2 (83) | 54.3 (25)* | 1.6 | 20.7 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
Middle East, North Africa (51) | 56.9 (29) | 66.7 (14) | 33.3 (3)* | 0 | 29.4 | 11.8 | 2.0 |
South Asia (247) | 64.8 (160) | 70.4 (69) | 63.5 (33) | 0 | 25.5 | 8.5 | 2.0 |
Sub-Saharan Africa (993) | 54.2 (538) | 53.7 (212) | 46.7 (120)* | 0.9 | 29.1 | 24.7 | 0.7 |
TOTAL % (n local) | 62.0 (1125) | 62.9 (463)· | 54.3 (229) | 0.7 | 27.1 | 21.5 | 2.1 |