Table 2.

Collaboration patterns on health research topics within South Asia, based on copublications in 2001^*

							Collaboration
Country	Bangladesh	India	Pakistan	Maldives	Nepal	Sri Lanka	Intraregional	Inter-regional	None	Total†
Bangladesh	11	10	1	0	1	2	13	76	42	142
India	10	1187	4	0	7	4	24	632	2307	4150
Pakistan	1	4	15	0	1	2	8	77	67	167
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Nepal	1	7	1	0	3	1	9	43	9	64
Sri Lanka	2	4	2	0	1	8	9	35	21	73

^*Restricted to countries in South Asia with at least one journal article with an address in that country and included within health related journals published in 2001 included within the ISI database. Country attribution based on all authors' addresses as noted within the ISI database.¹⁹

^†Sum of internal, intraregional, inter-regional, and no collaboration.