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Table 2 Proportion of articles contributed by different regions of the RoW category to the total number of editorials, original articles and reviews.

From: Under-representation of developing countries in the research literature: ethical issues arising from a survey of five leading medical journals

 

BMJ

Lancet

NEJM

JAMA

Annals

Total1(%)

India

2

1

2

0

0

05 (3)

China

2

5

6

1

1

15 (10)

Other Asian

6

8

3

2

0

19 (12)

Sub Saharan Africa

8

25

2

1

0

36 (24)

Latin America

2

11

4

5

2

24 (16)

Middle East/North Africa

0

6

1

0

0

07 (5)

Japan

0

8

5

0

4

17 (11)

Israel

3

6

4

1

0

14 (9)

Multi national

0

8

3

2

1

15 (10)

Total 2 (%)

23 (15)

78 (52)

30 (20)

12 (8)

8 (5)

151

  1. 1 The % figures in this column represent the contribution of the specific country or region to the RoW papers in the table
  2. 2 The % figures in this row represent the contribution of the specific journal to the total RoW papers in the table.
  3. Note: This analysis only includes Original Articles, Editorials and Review Papers