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Table 3 Capacity and ownership of maternal health research in low- and middle-income countries

From: Local and foreign authorship of maternal health interventional research in low- and middle-income countries: systematic mapping of publications 2000–2012

Country

Total papers in country (N)

Total papers as lead author N

Percentage as lead author %

Lead in papers in IF journals % (n)

Lead in papers in journal with IF ≥2 % (n)

Lead author has multiple affiliations %

Brazil

134

124

92.5

91.8 (45)

76.9 (10)*

1.5

South Africa

155

116

74.8

73.6 (53)

67.3 (33)

1.9

India

114

78

68.4

77.5 (31)

71.4 (15)

3.5

Nigeria

83

73

88.0

86.7 (26)

50.0 (3)*

2.4

Thailand

82

66

80.5

77.4 (24)

73.9 (17)

25.6

Kenya

99

43

43.4

36.8 (14)

29.0 (9)**

3.0

China

56

43

76.8

80.0 (28)

80.0 (16)

1.8

Tanzania

112

41

36.6

23.3 (10)

16.1 (5)*

15.2

Bangladesh

67

41

61.2

61.5 (16)

42.9 (6)

1.5

Uganda

82

39

47.6

47.4 (18)

40.7 (11)

11.0

Turkey

37

36

97.3

95.5 (21)

90.0 (9)**

0

Malawi

79

33

41.8

46.9 (15)

39.1 (9)

12.7

Côte d’Ivoire

48

25

52.1

43.8 (7)

38.5 (5)

29.2

Mexico

36

22

61.1

66.7 (8)

62.5 (5)

2.8

Zambia

49

21

42.9

37.0 (10)

36.4 (8)

26.5

Zimbabwe

39

21

53.8

56.3 (9)

58.3 (7)

15.4

Pakistan

30

20

66.7

92.3 (12)

100.0 (8)*

3.3

Burkina Faso

48

18

37.5

36.8 (7)

33.3 (5)

6.3

Ghana

56

17

30.4

20.0 (4)

25.0 (3)

3.6

Ethiopia

32

16

50.0

58.3 (7)

75.0 (3)

9.4

Nepal

31

16

51.6

50.0 (6)

33.3 (2)

0

Argentina

22

15

68.2

55.6 (5)

50.0 (3)

0

Cameroon

20

15

75.0

81.8 (9)

66.7 (4)

5.0

Sudan

19

15

78.9

100.0 (5)

100.0 (1)

5.3

Colombia

15

15

100.0

100 (5)

100 (1)

0

Egypt

25

11

44.0

53.9 (7)

0 (0)*

0

Botswana

24

11

45.8

40.0 (4)

40.0 (4)

37.5

Iran

11

10

90.9

75.0 (3)

0.0 (0)*

0

Mozambique

31

9

29.0

40.0 (4)

40.0 (4)

9.7

Rwanda

16

9

56.3

62.5 (5)

83.3 (5)**

12.5

Vietnam

22

8

36.4

22.2 (2)

16.7 (1)

9.1

Jamaica

13

8

61.5

66.7 (4)

50.0 (1)

7.7

Antigua and Barbuda

11

7

63.6

100.0 (4)

100.0 (2)

9.1

Chile

9

7

77.8

66.7 (2)

50.0 (1)

0

Panama

7

7

100.0

100 (2)

-

0

Uruguay

7

7

100.0

100 (3)

100 (1)

0

Mali

16

6

37.5

25.0 (2)

0.0 (0)*

0

Malaysia

7

6

85.7

80.0 (4)

50.0 (1)**

0

Indonesia

22

5

22.7

30.0 (3)

25.0 (2)

4.5

Peru

14

5

35.7

42.9 (3)

50.0 (3)

14.3

Haiti

6

5

83.3

100 (2)

100 (2)

50.0

The Gambia

6

5

83.3

100.0 (4)

100.0 (3)

16.7

Sri Lanka

5

5

100.0

100 (4)

100 (2)

20.0

Cambodia

11

4

36.4

25.0 (1)

0 (0)

9.1

Ecuador

9

4

44.4

50.0 (3)

33.3 (1)

0

Guatemala

15

3

20.0

28.6 (2)

33.3 (1)

0

Benin

14

3

21.4

50.0 (2)

50.0 (2)**

7.1

Philippines

8

3

37.5

50.0 (3)

75.0 (3)*

0.0

Madagascar

6

3

50.0

33.3 (1)

-

16.7

Myanmar

5

3

60.0

50.0 (1)

50.0 (1)

0

Dominican Republic

5

3

60.0

50.0 (1)

100.0 (1)

40.0

Bolivia

10

2

20.0

20.0 (1)

25.0 (1)

10.0

Senegal

10

2

20.0

25.0 (1)

0 (0)

10.0

Democratic Republic of the Congo

7

2

28.6

-

-

0

Niger

5

2

40.0

50.0 (1)

50.0 (1)

0

Honduras

8

1

12.5

25.0 (1)

33.3 (1)

12.5

Ukraine

7

1

14.3

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

0

Angola

7

1

14.3

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

Nicaragua

7

1

14.3

0 (0)

0 (0)

14.3

Russian Federation

5

0

0.0

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

Countries with fewer than 5 papers

Countries with 3 papersb

27

10

37.0

-

-

3.7

Countries with 4 papersa

16

7

43.8

-

-

25.0

Countries with 1 paperd

19

7

36.8

-

-

5.3

Countries with 2 papersc

14

4

28.6

-

-

0

  1. Countries ordered by total number of articles as first author.*P < 0.05. **P = 0.05–0.1, Chi-square test comparing the percentage with a local lead author in journals with Impact Factor ≥2 and <2.aAfghanistan, Gabon, Mongolia, Morocco.bEritrea, Guinea, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Timor-Leste, Venezuela, Yemen.Armenia.cCuba, Egypt, Georgia, Liberia, Republic of the Congo, West Bank.dAlbania, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Chad, Fiji, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Mauritania, Moldova, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Solomon Islands, Syria, Tunisia. IF Impact Factor (article in a journal that has an Impact Factor)