PMID- 36792228
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230217
LR  - 20230227
IS  - 2059-7908 (Print)
IS  - 2059-7908 (Electronic)
IS  - 2059-7908 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 2
DP  - 2023 Feb
TI  - Bibliometric analysis of authorship patterns in publications from a research 
      group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2016-2020.
LID - 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-011053 [doi]
LID - e011053
AB  - BACKGROUND: Authors from low and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions are 
      under-represented in publications of research based in LMICs. This case study of 
      publications from authors within the Medical Research Council International 
      Statistics and Epidemiology Group (MRC-ISEG), a global health research group 
      affiliated to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the UK, aims to 
      describe patterns in authorship and factors associated with under-representation. 
      METHODS: Papers were included if they were published between January 2016 and 
      December 2020 inclusive, included an author from the MRC-ISEG and described work 
      conducted in a LMIC. Authors' affiliations were classified using World Bank 
      country income classifications into LMIC affiliations only, high-income country 
      (HIC) affiliations only and mixed LMIC/HIC affiliations. Multinomial logistic 
      regression analysis was used to assess associations of author affiliation 
      category with authorship position, and whether patterns varied by journal impact 
      factor quartile and multiple versus single-country studies. RESULTS: A total of 
      882 papers, including 10 570 authors describing research conducted in 61 LMICs, 
      were included. Compared with authors of HIC-only affiliation, those with 
      LMIC-only affiliation were less likely to be in first authorship position 
      (relative risk ratio (RRR)=0.51, 95% CI 0.44 to 0.60) and mixed HIC/LMIC 
      affiliation authors were more likely (RRR=2.80, 95% CI 2.35 to 3.34). Compared 
      with authors of HIC-only affiliation, those with LMIC-only affiliation were less 
      likely to be in last authorship position (RRR=0.20, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.24) and 
      those with mixed HIC/LMIC affiliations were more likely (RRR=1.95, 95% CI 1.65 to 
      2.30). The proportion of senior authors with LMIC-only affiliation was lowest for 
      the highest impact journals, and in multicountry versus single-country studies. 
      CONCLUSION: Alongside increasing research capacity within LMICs, HIC institutions 
      should ensure that LMIC-affiliated researchers are properly represented in global 
      research. Academics working in global health should be judged on their 
      involvement in representative collaborative research rather than individual 
      achievements in authorship position.
CI  - (c) Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No 
      commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
FAU - Shambe, Iornum
AU  - Shambe I
AD  - Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria.
FAU - Thomas, Katherine
AU  - Thomas K
AD  - Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & 
      Tropical Medicine Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London, UK 
      katherine.thomas1@lshtm.ac.uk.
FAU - Bradley, John
AU  - Bradley J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9449-4608
AD  - Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & 
      Tropical Medicine Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London, UK.
FAU - Marchant, Tanya
AU  - Marchant T
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4228-4334
AD  - Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
FAU - Weiss, Helen A
AU  - Weiss HA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3547-7936
AD  - Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & 
      Tropical Medicine Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London, UK.
FAU - Webb, Emily L
AU  - Webb EL
AD  - Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & 
      Tropical Medicine Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London, UK.
LA  - eng
GR  - MR/R010161/1/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - BMJ Glob Health
JT  - BMJ global health
JID - 101685275
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Authorship
MH  - *Tropical Medicine
MH  - London
MH  - *Biomedical Research
MH  - Bibliometrics
PMC - PMC9933664
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - epidemiology
COIS- Competing interests: None declared.
EDAT- 2023/02/16 06:00
MHDA- 2023/02/18 06:00
PMCR- 2023/02/15
CRDT- 2023/02/15 20:54
PHST- 2022/10/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/01/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/02/15 20:54 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/02/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/02/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2023/02/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - bmjgh-2022-011053 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-011053 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - BMJ Glob Health. 2023 Feb;8(2):e011053. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-011053.