Table 1.

Response rates of similar studies conducted on researchers in the area of KTE

Author	Objective	Country	Population surveyed	Response rate out of researchers only
Woodward, Feldman & Snider [40]	To examine the evidence that decision makers receive, how this influences decision making, and to understand how researchers disseminate the information that they generate	Canada	Health care decision makers; health care researchers from five Ontario universities with medical schools and from Ontario’s two northern universities	74% of health care researchers
Landry, Amara, & Lamari [41, 42]	To examine knowledge utilization measurement and provide explanations for knowledge use in the social sciences	Canada	Faculty members of 55 Canadian Universities in the following departments: anthropology, economics, industrial relations, political science, social work, and sociology	42% of academic researchers
Lavis et al. [43]	To explore the use of health services research in public policy making	Canada	Policy makers and researchers (directors of research units funded by two health departments)	88% of research unit directors
Lavis et al. [33]; Cameron et al. [38]	To explore the involvement of researchers in efforts to collaborate with policy makers and providers to bridge the gaps between research, policy, and practice in 10 low- and middle-income countries	Ten low- and middle-income countries: China, Ghana, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mexico, Pakistan, Senegal, and Tanzania	Researchers were defined as individuals who spent at least 10% of their time doing research, which includes the production, synthesis, and sharing of research	64% of researchers
El-Jardali et al. [19]	To explore researchers’ views and experiences regarding the role of health systems and policy research evidence in health policy making in eastern Mediterranean countries	Eleven eastern Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen	Senior policy makers at national level and senior health systems researchers within national research institutions, universities, and national governments	56% of researchers