Authorship trends in infectious diseases society of America affiliated journal articles conducted in low-income countries, 1998–2018

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ID19594232
AutoresChelsea Modlin (0000-0001-9005-9812, Johns Hopkins University, autor correspondente), Qiao Deng (0000-0001-7456-4851, Emory University), David Benkeser (0000-0002-1019-8343, Emory University), Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel Mulate (0000-0001-6606-8903, Addis Ababa University), Abraham Aseffa (0000-0002-8028-1150, Armauer Hansen Research Institute), Lance A Waller (0000-0001-5002-8886, Emory University), Kimberly R Powell (0000-0002-3822-526X, Emory University), Russell R Kempker (0000-0002-7188-4996, Emory University, autor correspondente)
EditoresBethany Hedt-Gauthier (0000-0002-9689-5413)
Ano2022
Volume2
Fascículo6
Páginase0000275
Data de publicação2022-06-10
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375
EditoraPublic Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1371/journal.pgph.0000275
PMID36962330
OpenAlexW4281773949
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas36

An increasing amount of infectious diseases research is conducted in low-income countries (LIC) given their high burden of disease; however, the contribution of LIC investigators as measured by authorship metrics, specifically to infectious diseases research, has not been thoroughly studied. We performed a literature search for primary research conducted either within LICs or using samples from LIC participants published between 1998–2017 in the Infectious Disease Society of America-affiliated journals Clinical Infectious Diseases , Journal of Infectious Diseases , and Open Forum Infectious Diseases . Primary outcomes included proportion of LIC-affiliated first and last authors (i.e. lead authors) per year and authorship trends over time. Secondary outcomes included proportion of LIC-affiliated authorship by geographic distribution and disease focus. Among 1308 publications identified, 50% had either a first or last LIC-affiliated author. Among these authors, 48% of LIC-affiliated first authors and 52% of LIC-affiliated last authors also reported a non-LIC institutional affiliation. While the absolute number of articles by LIC-affiliated lead authors increased over the 20-year period, the proportion of articles with LIC-affiliated lead authors decreased. There is a growing literature for infectious disease research conducted in LICs yet authorship trends in a small subset of these publications demonstrate a pronounced and worsening exclusion of LIC-affiliated investigators from publishing as lead authors

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