Fig. 4.

Characteristics of publications on eye health or eye health services in Pacific Island Countries from 1980 to 2023 in terms of a) the country of research b) the eye condition targeted by the research c) the countries with which authors had affiliations and d) the funders reported. The number of publications is a rolling average, with data for each year representing a mean of the previous three years. Country conducted and eye condition targeted are limited to one per publication, while funders reported, and country of author affiliations often include more than one per publication. Only the top seven most frequently reported options are plotted. Divisions between shaded areas emphasise dips in research outputs, highlighting the three phases of research described in the text. VI, vision impairment; FHF, The Fred Hollows Foundation.