Table 4 High-income countries lead authorship of studies set in low- and middle-income countries
HIC country | Papers as lead author N | Proportion of papers in IF journal % | Proportion of papers in journal with IF ≥2 % | Dual affiliation with country of study % papers | Lead author has dual affiliation % papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 561 | 40.6 | 31.4 | 8.0 | 10.3 |
United Kingdom | 207 | 45.4 | 35.4 | 13.5 | 15.5 |
France | 71 | 31.0 | 26.8 | 32.4 | 35.2 |
Canada | 53 | 60.4 | 41.5 | 3.8 | 5.7 |
Netherlands | 34 | 52.9 | 44.1 | 29.4 | 29.4 |
Australia | 34 | 41.1 | 23.5 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
Sweden | 33 | 33.3 | 9.1 | 18.2 | 30.3 |
Switzerland | 29 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 3.4 | 6.9 |
Norway | 25 | 32.0 | 20.0 | 24.0 | 28 |
Belgium | 23 | 34.8 | 30.4 | 21.7 | 21.7 |
Germany | 22 | 40.9 | 22.7 | 13.6 | 18.2 |
Italy | 18 | 38.9 | 22.2 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
Denmark | 11 | 72.7 | 36.4 | 18.2 | 27.3 |
Japan | 7 | 42.9 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0 |
Spain | 6 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 33.3 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 | - | - | 0.0 | 33.3 |
Austria | 2 | - | - | 50.0 | 50 |
Finland | 2 | - | - | 50.0 | 50 |
Ireland | 2 | - | - | 0.0 | 0 |
New Zealand | 2 | - | - | 0.0 | 0 |
Portugal | 2 | - | - | 0.0 | 0 |
Scotland | 2 | - | - | 0.0 | 0 |
Croatia | 1 | - | - | 0.0 | 0 |
Greece | 1 | - | - | 0.0 | 0 |
Singapore | 1 | - | - | 0.0 | 0 |
TOTAL n (%) | 1138 | 469 (41.65) | 354 (31.1) | 139 (12.2) | 159 (14.0) |