Table 3. Proportion of original research articles in each research area by year.
Year | Epi-demiology | Fundamental research | Diagnostics | Treatment | Vaccines | Operational and PH research | Other | Number of papers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | 32.7 | 26.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 13.5 | 3.8 | 52 |
2008 | 23.3 | 25.0 | 15.0 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 60 |
2009 | 26.4 | 45.8 | 9.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 72 |
2010 | 22.9 | 42.9 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 15.7 | 0.0 | 69 |
2011 | 26.5 | 38.6 | 12.0 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 1.2 | 83 |
2012 | 32.7 | 29.7 | 7.9 | 10.9 | 5.0 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 101 |
2013 | 24.5 | 34.9 | 9.4 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 18.9 | 0.0 | 106 |
2014 | 35.2 | 31.5 | 15.7 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 108 |
2015 | 29.6 | 35.2 | 7.4 | 10.2 | 3.7 | 13.0 | 0.9 | 103 |
2016 | 36.3 | 29.0 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 12.1 | 0.8 | 124 |
Overall | 29.6 | 33.8 | 10.1 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 13.1 | 1.7 | 878 |
Research areas were identified from the WHO International roadmap for tuberculosis research [17].