Table 1. How research teams can enhance research productivity.

Strategy	Examples
Be inclusive for authorship, pre-defining criteria	Inclusiveness by contributions of conception, design, acquisition, analysis and /or interpretation of data, drafting and critical review of the manuscript (ICME, 2000).
Publish i) the Protocol and the Results paper of the systematic review, and, ii) the protocol and results paper of the study.	Protocol: Morfaw et al., 2012. Male participation in prevention programs of mother to child transmission of HIV: a protocol for a systematic review to identify barriers, facilitators and reported interventions. Research: Morfaw et al., 2013. Male involvement in prevention programs of mother to child transmission of HIV: a systematic review to identify barriers and facilitators.
Write the methodological paper	Thabane et al., 2013. A tutorial on sensitivity analysis in clinical trials: the what, why, when and how.
Share academic process/experience	Sharing mentoring experience: Odueyungbo and Thabane, 2012. Mentoring in biostatistics: some suggestions for reform. Sharing a workshop experience: Mbuagbaw, Thabane and Ongolo-Zogo, 2013. Setting the stage for randomized controlled trials in Cameroon: a workshop report.
Set goals of research productivity	Foster mentorship, time management, stress management, effectiveness of meetings and writings. Sackett, 2001. On the determinants of academic success.