Local and foreign authorship of maternal health interventional research in low- and middle-income countries: systematic mapping of publications 2000-2012.
Local and foreign authorship of maternal health interventional research in low- and middle-income countries: systematic mapping of publications 2000-2012.
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10.1186/s12992-016-0172-x
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发表时间：
2016-06-23
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10.8
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Rees H
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Chersich MF;Blaauw D;Dumbaugh M;Penn-Kekana L;Dhana A;Thwala S;Bijlmakers L;Vargas E;Kern E;Becerra-Posada F;Kavanagh J;Mannava P;Mlotshwa L;Becerril-Montekio V;Footman K;Rees H
低收入和中等收入国家的研究人员在科学文献中的代表性不足。绘制文章的作者分布图可以评估一段时间以来中低收入国家的数据所有权和研究能力，并确定不同环境之间的差异。2000年至2012年低收入国家孕产妇健康干预研究的系统映射，比较研究国家和第一作者的从属关系。其中包括关于保健系统或促进保健的研究;基于社区的活动;以及出血、高血压、艾滋病毒/性传播感染和疟疾。在审查了35，078篇标题和摘要后，纳入了2292篇全文出版物。数据所有权通过LMIC主要作者（作者隶属于LMIC机构）的文章比例来衡量。由LMIC作者领导的论文总数从2000-2003年的45.0/年上升到2004-2007年的98.0/年，但此后仅略有增加，2008-2012年为113.1/年。同期，由本地作者领衔的论文比例分别为58.4%、60.8%和60.1%。数据所有权在各国之间存在显著差异。四分之一的国家领导了超过75%的研究;而在10个国家，不到25%的出版物有当地第一作者。LMIC机构的研究人员领导了所有论文的56.6%（1297），但只有26.8%的系统性综述（65/243），29.9%的建模研究（44/147）和33.2%的影响因子≥5的期刊文章（61/184）。撒哈拉以南非洲作者领导了该地区54.2%（538/993）的研究，而拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的作者领导了73.4%（223/304）的研究。隶属于美国（561）和联合王国（207）机构的作者共占出版物的三分之一。在美国国际开发署和欧盟资助的研究中，约有三分之二由高收入国家牵头，是威康信托基金会和洛克菲勒基金会的两倍。在数据所有权方面存在着明显的差距，而且这些差距并没有随着时间的推移而缩小。然而，地方主导的出版物的增加确实表明，低收入国家机构分析和阐述研究结果的能力正在增强。资助者之间作者归属的差异可能表明资助者对作者身份的期望存在重要差异，以及资助者对合作的理解存在差异。更严格的作者监督和重新考虑作者指导方针可以促进LMIC领导力的增长。如果不加以解决，研究所有权方面的缺陷将继续阻碍所开展的研究与中低收入国家的知识需求之间的协调。本文的在线版本（doi：10.1186/s12992-016-0172-x）包含补充材料，可供授权用户使用。
Researchers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are under-represented in scientific literature. Mapping of authorship of articles can provide an assessment of data ownership and research capacity in LMICs over time and identify variations between different settings. Systematic mapping of maternal health interventional research in LMICs from 2000 to 2012, comparing country of study and of affiliation of first authors. Studies on health systems or promotion; community-based activities; and haemorrhage, hypertension, HIV/STIs and malaria were included. Following review of 35,078 titles and abstracts, 2292 full-text publications were included. Data ownership was measured by the proportion of articles with an LMIC lead author (author affiliated with an LMIC institution). The total number of papers led by an LMIC author rose from 45.0/year in 2000–2003 to 98.0/year in 2004–2007, but increased only slightly thereafter to 113.1/year in 2008–2012. In the same periods, the proportion of papers led by a local author was 58.4 %, 60.8 % and 60.1 %, respectively. Data ownership varies markedly between countries. A quarter of countries led more than 75 % of their research; while in 10 countries, under 25 % of publications had a local first author. Researchers at LMIC institutions led 56.6 % (1297) of all papers, but only 26.8 % of systematic reviews (65/243), 29.9 % of modelling studies (44/147), and 33.2 % of articles in journals with an Impact Factor ≥5 (61/184). Sub-Saharan Africa authors led 54.2 % (538/993) of studies in the region, while 73.4 % did in Latin America and the Caribbean (223/304). Authors affiliated with United States (561) and United Kingdom (207) institutions together account for a third of publications. Around two thirds of USAID and European Union funded studies had high-income country leads, twice as many as that of Wellcome Trust and Rockefeller Foundation. There are marked gaps in data ownership and these have not diminished over time. Increased locally-led publications, however, does suggest a growing capacity in LMIC institutions to analyse and articulate research findings. Differences in author attribution between funders might signal important variations in funders’ expectations of authorship and discrepancies in how funders understand collaboration. More stringent authorship oversight and reconsideration of authorship guidelines could facilitate growth in LMIC leadership. Left unaddressed, deficiencies in research ownership will continue to hinder alignment between the research undertaken and knowledge needs of LMICs. The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12992-016-0172-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.