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. 2004 May 22;328(7450):1229–1232. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38069.518137.F6

Table 3.

Extent of research collaborations between countries with different rankings on the human development index. Values are numbers (%) of articles

Country's human development index
Total no of articles from research collaborations*
Exclusively from authors in countries with human development index ranking
Journal High and low High and medium Medium and low High, medium, and low High Medium Low
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 54 (8.5) 205 (32.1) 0 (0) 12 (1.9) 271 (42.5) 229 (35.9) 127 (19.9) 11 (1.7)
Tropical Medicine and International Health 114 (28.6) 113 (28.4) 4 (1.0) 9 (2.3) 240 (60.3) 88 (22.1) 43 (10.8) 27 (6.8)
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 116 (21.6) 155 (28.8) 1 (0.2) 9 (1.7) 281 (52.2) 121 (22.5) 110 (20.4) 26 (4.8)
Acta Tropica 30 (8.6) 86 (24.6) 0 (0) 5 (1.4) 121 (34.7) 105 (30.1) 102 (29.2) 21 (6.0)
Leprosy Review 24 (15.5) 13 (8.4) 0 (0) 2 (1.3) 39 (25.2) 52 (33.5) 52 (33.5) 12 (7.7)
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 45 (14.7) 60 (19.6) 4 (1.3) 9 (2.9) 118 (38.6) 64 (20.9) 102 (33.3) 22 (7.2)
Total 383 (16.1) 632 (26.5) 9 (0.4) 46 (1.9) 1070 (44.9) 659 (27.6) 536 (22.5) 119 (5.0)
*

Defined as articles including authors from countries with high and low human development index, high and medium index, medium and low index, or all three.