Table 1.

Selected characteristics of reviewed publications

Publication type	No	LMIC authorship*			Capacity term†				Defined HRCS‡
		First	Last	Either	CB	CD	CS	Oth.
Original research	79	31	32	41	38	18	24	0	17
Pers. opin. commentary	88	36	42	56	63	6	19	0	16
Systematic review	5	3	1	3	1	1	2	0	0
Total	172	70	75	100	102	25	45	0	33

*Based on location of listed organisational affiliation of first and last authors; ‘either’=either first or last.

†Capacity term used in title and then keywords given priority (CB, capacity building; CD, capacity development; CS, capacity strengthening and Oth., other).

‡Number of papers that provided an operational definition of HRCS.

HRCS, health research capacity strengthening; LMIC, low-income and middle-income countries.