Table 3 Collaboration and leadership of top 10 African countries in research papers on HIV/AIDS (2010–2017)
Collaborative leadership | Collaborations with African countries | Collaborations with non-African countries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Total collaborations | N countries | N collaborations (%) | Main African collaborators (n collaborations) | N countries | N collaborations (%) | Main non-African collaborators (n collaborations) |
South Africa | 2810 | 34 | 392 (13.95) | Zimbabwe (n = 44); Uganda (n = 39); Malawi (n = 34) | 43 | 2418 (86.05) | USA (n = 961); UK (n = 566); Switzerland (n = 133) |
Uganda | 896 | 15 | 133 (14.84) | South Africa (n = 49); Zimbabwe (n = 18); Tanzania (n = 16) | 27 | 763 (85.16) | USA (n = 309); UK (n = 175); Canada (n = 40) |
Kenya | 537 | 14 | 94 (17.50) | South Africa (n = 41); Uganda (n = 13); Zambia (n = 7) | 19 | 443 (82.50) | USA (n = 227); UK (n = 77); Canada & Netherlands (n = 37) |
Malawi | 387 | 14 | 65 (16.80) | South Africa (n = 29); Zimbabwe (n = 9); Uganda (n = 5) | 20 | 322 (83.20) | UK (n = 106); USA (n = 101); Canada (n = 29) |
Tanzania | 324 | 13 | 53 (16.36) | South Africa (n = 15); Uganda (n = 11); Kenya & Zambia (n = 5) | 21 | 271 (83.64) | USA (n = 93); UK (n = 49); Sweden (n = 35) |
Zimbabwe | 216 | 12 | 54 (25) | South Africa (n = 31); Malawi (n = 7); Uganda (n = 5) | 18 | 162 (75) | UK (n = 56); USA (n = 49); Norway (n = 19) |
Zambia | 257 | 14 | 52 (20.23) | South Africa (n = 21); Zimbabwe (n = 7); Uganda (n = 6) | 20 | 205 (79.77) | USA (n = 85); UK (n = 53); Switzerland (n = 14) |
Nigeria | 190 | 10 | 32 (16.84) | South Africa (n = 17); Ghana (n = 4); Kenya. Saudi Arabia & Uganda (n = 2) | 20 | 158 (83.16) | USA (n = 89); UK (n = 29); Germany (n = 6) |
Ethiopia | 194 | 9 | 29 (14.95) | South Africa (n = 17); Uganda (n = 3); (Sudan & Kenya n = 2) | 21 | 165 (85.05) | USA (n = 34); Belgium (n = 31); UK (n = 18) |
Cameroon | 166 | 12 | 42 (25.30) | South Africa (n = 21); Burkina Faso (n = 4); (Côte d’Ivoire & Madagascar n = 3) | 14 | 124 (74.70) | France (n = 43); USA (n = 33); Italy (n = 13) |
Non-leadership collaboration | Collaborations with African countries | Collaborations with non-African countries | |||||
Country | Total collaborations | N countries | N Collaborations (%) | Main African collaborators (n collaborations) | N countries | N Collaborations (%) | Main non-African collaborators (n collaborations) |
South Africa | 2862 | 25 | 309 (10.80) | Uganda (n = 49); Kenya (n = 41); Zimbabwe (n = 31) | 37 | 2553 (89.20) | USA (n = 1418); UK (n = 439); Switzerland (n = 134) |
Uganda | 1248 | 16 | 96 (7.69) | South Africa (n = 39); Kenya (n = 13); Tanzania (n = 11) | 21 | 1152 (92.31) | USA (n = 741); UK (n = 176); Canada (n = 69) |
Kenya | 1194 | 19 | 80 (6.70) | South Africa (n = 27); Uganda (n = 16); Botswana & Tanzania (n = 5) | 22 | 1114 (93.30) | USA (n = 789); UK (n = 95); Canada (n = 83) |
Malawi | 652 | 12 | 65 (9.97) | South Africa (n = 34); Uganda (n = 8); Zimbabwe (n = 7) | 21 | 587 (90.03) | USA (n = 328); UK (n = 122); Italy (n = 34) |
Tanzania | 643 | 9 | 53 (8.24) | South Africa (n = 19); Uganda (n = 16); Botswana (n = 6) | 18 | 590 (91.76) | USA (n = 335); UK (n = 95); Denmark (n = 26) |
Zimbabwe | 538 | 9 | 88 (16.36) | South Africa (n = 44); Uganda (n = 18); Malawi (n = 9) | 20 | 450 (83.64) | USA (n = 216); UK (n = 156); Netherlands & Switzerland (n = 17) |
Zambia | 544 | 12 | 66 (12.13) | South Africa (n = 28); Kenya (n = 7); Uganda (n = 6) | 19 | 478 (87.87) | USA (n = 297); UK (n = 77); Switzerland (n = 27) |
Nigeria | 281 | 12 | 50 (17.79) | South Africa (n = 27); Uganda (n = 6); Ghana & Kenya (n = 3) | 14 | 231 (82.21) | USA (n = 155); UK (n = 27); Netherlands (n = 17) |
Ethiopia | 200 | 8 | 20 (10) | South Africa (n = 7); Botswana & Kenya (n = 3) | 15 | 180 (90) | USA (n = 65); Sweden (n = 40); Netherlands (n = 18) |
Cameroon | 252 | 10 | 37 (14.68) | South Africa (n = 22); Burkina Faso & Gabon (n = 3) | 15 | 215 (85.32) | France (n = 88); USA (n = 73); Germany (n = 13) |