Table 2.

Reported factors that influence knowledge translation (KT) as reported by low- and middle-income country (LMIC) researchers

	Papers citing issue
Research use
Research not always used to inform policy and practice decisions	[48–56]
Examples of LMIC researchers successfully getting evidence used	[43, 48, 49]
Factors influencing KT
Researchers’ reputation/credibility/contextual understanding	[32, 49, 50, 57–68, 127]
Relevance and credibility of research evidence	[32, 49, 50, 53, 54, 58, 60, 62–67, 70–72, 127]
Contrasting views, demands and incentives among researchers and policy-makers in relation to research, its use, policy actor roles and policy-making	[32, 49, 50, 57, 59–61, 67, 70, 73–78]
Nature of policy issues (technical versus contested versus interest of policy-maker)	[49, 58–62, 67, 70, 76, 79]
Political context	[32, 48–51, 53, 58, 59, 62, 64, 67, 80, 81, 127]
Decision-makers’ research background	[51, 55, 57, 65, 77]
Donor influence	[51, 54, 55, 57–60, 70, 71, 127]
International influence, e.g. WHO	[54, 58, 59, 65, 67, 70, 71, 75, 77, 80, 82–84]

Table illustrates extent of use of research and factors influencing use of research that were commonly cited by researchers in the studies included in the review. A listed factor was considered commonly cited if it was reported in three or more studies