Olalekan A. Uthman
Pattern and determinants of HIV research productivity in sub-Saharan Africa: bibliometric analysis of 1981 to 2009 PubMed papers
University of Birmingham
several bibliometric studies published aids findings obtained studies provided general picture history growth aids literature however factors related variation hiv research productivity subsaharan africa examined therefore study aims fill gap existing research provide insights factors associated hiv research productivity subsaharan africaa bibliometric analysis regarding subsaharan africa hivaids research conducted pubmed database period 1981 2009 numbers hiv research articles indexed pubmed used surrogate total hiv research productivity series univariable multivariable negative binomial regression models used explore factors associated variation hiv research productivity subsaharan africafirst authors south africa uganda kenya contributed almost half total number hiv articles indexed pubmed 1981 2009 uganda zimbabwe malawi better records total production adjusted gross domestic product gdp comoros gambia guineabissau productive countries total products normalized number people hiv strong positive statistically significant correlation countries number indexed journal pearson correlation r 077 p 001 number higher institutions r 060 p 001 number physicians r 083 p 001 absolute numbers hiv articleshiv research productivity africa highly skewed increase hiv research output total expenditure health gdp private expenditure health adult literacy rate may important factors address