How global is global health research? A large-scale analysis of trends in authorship
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| ID | 21878635 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Michelle C Dimitris (0000-0003-2337-8631, McGill University, autor correspondente), Matthew Gittings (McGill University), Nicholas B King (0000-0002-2093-3380, McGill University) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | e003758 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Editora | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003758 |
| PMID | 33500263 |
| OpenAlex | W3125205870 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 27 |
| Referências citadas | 15 |
Many have called for greater inclusion of researchers from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the conduct of global health research, yet the extent to which this occurs is unclear. Prior studies are journal-, subject-, or region-specific, largely rely on manual review, and yield varying estimates not amenable to broad evaluation of the literature. We conducted a large-scale investigation of the contribution of LMIC-affiliated researchers to published global health research and examined whether this contribution differed over time. We searched titles, abstracts, and keywords for the names of countries ever classified as low-, lower middle-, or upper middle-income by the World Bank, and limited our search to items published from 2000 to 2017 in health science-related journals. Publication metadata were obtained from Elsevier/Scopus and analysed in statistical software. We calculated proportions of publications with any, first, and last authors affiliated with any LMIC as well as the same LMIC(s) identified in the title/abstract/keywords, and stratified analyses by year, country, and countries’ most common income status. We analysed 786 779 publications and found that 86.0% included at least one LMIC-affiliated author, while 77.2% and 71.2% had an LMIC-affiliated first or last author, respectively; however, analagous proportions were only 58.7%, 36.8%, and 29.1% among 100 687 publications about low-income countries. Proportions of publications with LMIC-affiliated authors increased over time, yet this observation was driven by high research activity and representation among upper middle-income countries. Between-country variation in representation was observed, even within income status categories. We invite comment regarding these findings, particularly from voices underrepresented in this field
Bibliometrics · Developing country · Economic growth · Geography · Global health · Library science · Low and middle income countries · MEDLINE · Pathology · Political science · Public health · Scopus · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Health and Surgery · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
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| Obras citantes distintas | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 5,4 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 27 |