Olalekan A. Uthman|Charles Shey Wiysonge|Martin O. C. Ota|Mark P. Nicol|Gregory Hussey|Peter M. Ndumbe|Bongani M. Mayosi
Increasing the value of health research in the WHO African Region beyond 2015--reflecting on the past, celebrating the present and building the future: a bibliometric analysis
University of Warwick|Stellenbosch University|South African Medical Research Council|Stellenbosch University|World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa|University of Cape Town|University of Cape Town|World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa|Groote Schuur Hospital|University of Cape Town
h3objectiveh3 assess profile determinants health research productivity africa since onset new millennium h3designh3 bibliometric analysis h3data collection synthesish3 november 2014 searched pubmed articles published 2000 2014 african region obtained countrylevel indicators world bank data used poisson regression examine time trends research publications negative binomial regression explore determinants research publications h3resultsh3 identified 107 662 publications median 727 per country range 2531 757 three countries south africa nigeria kenya contributed 52 publications number publications increased 3623 2000 12 709 2014 relative growth 251 similarly per cent share worldwide research publications per year increased 07 2000 13 2014 trend analysis also significant confirm continuous increase health research publications africa productivity increasing 103 per year 95 cis 101 105 independent predictor publication outputs national gross domestic product every one log us billion increase gross domestic product research publications rose 105 incidence rate ratio irr205 95 ci 139 304 association private health expenditure publications marginally significant irr186 95 ci 100 347 h3conclusionsh3 significant improvement health research african region since 2000 individual countries already strong research profiles countries region implement strategy research health reinforcing research culture organisation focusing research key health challenges priorities strengthening national health research systems capacity encouraging good research practice standards consolidating linkages health research action translation