Figure 1
PRISMA Diagram of Included Articles on Decolonizing Global Health and Partnerships Between Low- and Middle-Income Countries and High-Income Countries.
Table 1
Characteristics of Included Publications on Decolonizing Global Health or Global Health Partnerships (n = 197 publications).
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Article Type | |
| Viewpoint/Commentary/Editorial | 177 (89.8) |
| Original Research | 20 (10.2) |
| Focus of Publication Content | |
| Decolonizing Global Health | 99 (50.3) |
| Global Health Partnerships | 64 (32.5) |
| Both | 34 (17.2) |
| Number of Authors (median, IQR) | 2 (1, 4) |
| Author Affiliation Income Bracket | |
| High-Income Countries (HIC) Only | 138 (70.1) |
| Low- or Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) Only | 15 (7.6) |
| Both HIC and LMIC | 44 (22.3) |
| Scimago Journal Ranking* | |
| Top Quartile | 138 (72.0) |
| 2nd Quartile | 40 (20.8) |
| 3rd Quartile | 7 (3.6) |
| Lowest Quartile | 7 (3.6) |
| Funding Source | |
| High-Income Country Source | 45 (22.9) |
| Low- or Middle-Income Source | 5 (2.5) |
| None | 147 (74.6) |
[i] * 5 journals did not have listed Scimago Journal Rankings.
Figure 2
Frequency of Publications on Decolonizing Global Health and Global Health Partnerships by Year of Publication.
Table 2
Characteristics of Authors in Publications on Decolonizing Global Health or Global Health Partnerships (N = 691 authors).
| n (%) | P VALUE* | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Bracket of Listed Affiliation | <0.001 | |
| High-Income Country | 519 (75.1) | |
| Upper-Middle Income Country | 50 (7.2) | |
| Lower-Middle Income Country | 93 (13.5) | |
| Low-Income Country | 29 (4.2) | |
| Geographic Region of Listed Affiliations | <0.001 | |
| East Asia and Pacific | 75 (10.9) | |
| Europe and Central Asia | 170 (24.6) | |
| Latin America | 23 (3.3) | |
| Middle East | 7 (1.0) | |
| North America | 289 (41.8) | |
| South Asia | 28 (4.1) | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 99 (14.3) | |
| Gender of Name** | 0.001 | |
| Female | 373 (54.0) | |
| Male | 293 (42.4) |
[i] * Compares the distribution of author affiliations within each group using the Chi-square test.
** 25 authors had first names that were not assigned a gender using genderize.io.
Table 3
Overall Author Distribution by Gender and Income Bracket and Gender and Geographic Region (N = 666 authors)*.
| n (%) | P VALUE** | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Bracket and Male (N = 293) | <0.001 | |
| High-Income Country | 210 (71.7) | |
| Upper-Middle Income Country | 20 (6.8) | |
| Lower-Middle Income Country | 49 (16.7) | |
| Low-Income Country | 14 (4.8) | |
| Income Bracket and Female (N = 373) | <0.001 | |
| High-Income Country | 293 (78.6) | |
| Upper-Middle Income Country | 28 (7.5) | |
| Lower-Middle Income Country | 37 (9.9) | |
| Low-Income Country | 15 (4.0) | |
| Geographic Region and Male (N = 293) | <0.001 | |
| East Asia and Pacific | 31 (10.6) | |
| Europe and Central Asia | 76 (25.9) | |
| Latin America | 11 (3.8) | |
| Middle East | 4 (1.4) | |
| North America | 110 (37.5) | |
| South Asia | 14 (4.8) | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 47 (16.0) | |
| Geographic Region and Female (N = 373) | <0.001 | |
| East Asia and Pacific | 43 (11.5) | |
| Europe and Central Asia | 86 (23.1) | |
| Latin America | 11 (2.9) | |
| Middle East | 2 (0.5) | |
| North America | 171 (45.9) | |
| South Asia | 13 (3.5) | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 47 (12.6) |
[i] * 25 authors had names that were not assigned male or female by genderize.io.
** Compares the distribution of author affiliations within each group using the Chi-square test.
Figure 3
Geographic Distribution of a) All Authors, b) First Authors, and c) Last Authors in Publications on Decolonizing Global Health and Global Health Partnerships.