Table 1.
Distribution of study countries and primary affiliations of corresponding authors
| Country | % of empirical papers on studies conducted in country (n=709) | % of corresponding authors’ primary affiliations with country (n=1,000) |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 50.6 | 53.7 |
| UK | 4.8 | 6.2 |
| Germany | 4.8 | 5.9 |
| Canada | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| China* | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| Australia | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| Netherlands | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Italy | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| Israel | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Switzerland | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| France | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Norway | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Japan | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Spain | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Turkey* | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Brazil* | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| Poland | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Denmark | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| South Africa* | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Belgium | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Iran* | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Sweden | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Palestine* | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Uganda* | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Croatia | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| South Korea* | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Sri Lanka* | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Pakistan* | 0.4 | – |
| New Zealand | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Hungary | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Portugal | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Malaysia* | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Lebanon* | 0.3 | – |
| Peru* | 0.3 | – |
| Rwanda* | 0.3 | – |
| Greece | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| India* | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Russia* | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Argentina* | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Cambodia* | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| DRC* | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Finland | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Ireland | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Jordan* | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Mexico* | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Nepal* | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Scotland | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Singapore | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Tanzania* | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Chile* | 0.1 | – |
| Haiti* | 0.1 | – |
| Iraq* | 0.1 | – |
| Kenya* | 0.1 | – |
| Papua New Guinea* | 0.1 | – |
| South Sudan* | 0.1 | – |
| Egypt* | – | 0.2 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina* | – | 0.1 |
| Iceland | – | 0.1 |
| Taiwan* | – | 0.1 |
*
Note: Indicates a country is considered LMIC according to The World Bank (2012).