Representation of authors and editors from countries with different human development indexes in the leading literature on tropical medicine: Survey of current evidence
Representation of authors and editors from countries with different human development indexes in the leading literature on tropical medicine: Survey of current evidence
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DOI：
10.1136/bmj.38069.518137.f6
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发表时间：
2004-05-22
影响因子：
105.7
通讯作者：
Singer, BH
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作者：
Keiser, J;Utzinger, J;Singer, BH
目的评估热带医学主要同行评议文献中编辑和咨询委员会成员及作者的当前国际代表性。设计系统性综述。主要结果指标国家关系，按人类发展指数分类，科学信息研究所（ISI）引用的所有热带医学期刊的编辑和咨询委员会成员截至2003年底，在2000- 2002年6种主要热带医学期刊上发表的全文的所有贡献作者。来自ISI引用的12种热带医学期刊的315名编辑和咨询委员会成员中，有5.1%隶属于人类发展指数较低的国家，223（70.8%）向指数高的国家。对2000- 2002年发表在6种排名最高的热带医学期刊上的2384篇全文的研究表明，48.1%的投稿作者隶属于人类发展指数较高的国家，而来自人类发展指数较低国家的作者所占比例为13.7%。我们的数据表明，一个国家之间的研究合作与人类发展指数高，一个有一个中等或低的指数是常见的，占26.5%和16.1%的所有完整articles，respectively.Conclusion目前的合作应转化为研究伙伴关系，相互学习和机构能力加强在发展中国家的目标。
Objective To assess the current international representation of members of editorial and advisory boards and authors in the leading peer reviewed literature on tropical medicine.Design Systematic review.Main outcome measures Country affiliations, as classified by the human development index, of editorial and advisory board members of all tropical medicine journals referenced by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) as of late 2003 and of all contributing authors of full articles published in the six leading journals on tropical medicine in 2000-2.Results Sixteen (5.1%) of the 315 editorial and advisory board members from the 12 ISI referenced journals on tropical medicine are affiliated to countries with a low human development index and 223 (70.8%) to countries with a high index. Examination of the 2384 full articles published in 2000-2 in the six highest ranking tropical medicine journals showed that 48.1% of contributing authors are affiliated to countries with a high human development index, whereas the percentage of authors from countries with a low index was 13.7% Articles written exclusively by authors from low ranked countries accounted for 5.0%. Our data indicate that research collaborations between a country with a high human development index and one that has either a medium or a low index are common and account for 26.5% and 16.1% of all full articles, respectively.Conclusion Current collaborations should be transformed into research partnerships, with the goals of mutual learning and institutional capacity strengthening in the developing world.