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Authorship Patterns in Cancer Genomics Publications Across Africa
Authorship is a proxy indicator of research capacity. Understanding the research capacity is imperative for developing population-specific cancer control strategies. This is particularly apropos for African nations, where mortality from cancer is projected to surpass that from infectious disease and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8457814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34033494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/GO.20.00552 |
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author | Rotimi, Solomon O. Rotimi, Oluwakemi A. Salhia, Bodour |
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description | Authorship is a proxy indicator of research capacity. Understanding the research capacity is imperative for developing population-specific cancer control strategies. This is particularly apropos for African nations, where mortality from cancer is projected to surpass that from infectious disease and the populations are critically under-represented in cancer and genomics studies. Here, we present an analysis and discussion of the patterns of authorship in Africa as they pertain to cancer genomics research across African countries. METHODS: PubMed metadata of relevant cancer genomics peer-reviewed publications on African populations, published between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 2019, were retrieved and analyzed for patterns of authorship affiliation using R packages, RISmed, and Pubmed.mineR. RESULTS: The data showed that only 0.016% (n = 375) of cancer publications globally were on cancer genomics of African people. More than 50% of the first and last authors of these publications originated from the North African countries of Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, and Algeria. South Africa (13.6% and 12.7%) and Nigeria (2.2% and 1.9%) were the Sub-Saharan African countries most represented by first and last authorship positions, respectively. The United States contributed 12.6% of first and last authored papers, and nearly 50% of all African countries had no contributing author for the publications we reviewed. CONCLUSION: This study highlights and brings awareness to the paucity of cancer genomics research on African populations and by African authors and identifies a need for concerted efforts to encourage and enable more research in Africa, needed for achieving global equity in cancer outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-84578142021-09-23 Authorship Patterns in Cancer Genomics Publications Across Africa Rotimi, Solomon O. Rotimi, Oluwakemi A. Salhia, Bodour JCO Glob Oncol ORIGINAL REPORTS Authorship is a proxy indicator of research capacity. Understanding the research capacity is imperative for developing population-specific cancer control strategies. This is particularly apropos for African nations, where mortality from cancer is projected to surpass that from infectious disease and the populations are critically under-represented in cancer and genomics studies. Here, we present an analysis and discussion of the patterns of authorship in Africa as they pertain to cancer genomics research across African countries. METHODS: PubMed metadata of relevant cancer genomics peer-reviewed publications on African populations, published between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 2019, were retrieved and analyzed for patterns of authorship affiliation using R packages, RISmed, and Pubmed.mineR. RESULTS: The data showed that only 0.016% (n = 375) of cancer publications globally were on cancer genomics of African people. More than 50% of the first and last authors of these publications originated from the North African countries of Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, and Algeria. South Africa (13.6% and 12.7%) and Nigeria (2.2% and 1.9%) were the Sub-Saharan African countries most represented by first and last authorship positions, respectively. The United States contributed 12.6% of first and last authored papers, and nearly 50% of all African countries had no contributing author for the publications we reviewed. CONCLUSION: This study highlights and brings awareness to the paucity of cancer genomics research on African populations and by African authors and identifies a need for concerted efforts to encourage and enable more research in Africa, needed for achieving global equity in cancer outcomes. Wolters Kluwer Health 2021-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8457814/ /pubmed/34033494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/GO.20.00552 Text en © 2021 by American Society of Clinical Oncology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | ORIGINAL REPORTS Rotimi, Solomon O. Rotimi, Oluwakemi A. Salhia, Bodour Authorship Patterns in Cancer Genomics Publications Across Africa |
title | Authorship Patterns in Cancer Genomics Publications Across Africa |
title_full | Authorship Patterns in Cancer Genomics Publications Across Africa |
title_fullStr | Authorship Patterns in Cancer Genomics Publications Across Africa |
title_full_unstemmed | Authorship Patterns in Cancer Genomics Publications Across Africa |
title_short | Authorship Patterns in Cancer Genomics Publications Across Africa |
title_sort | authorship patterns in cancer genomics publications across africa |
topic | ORIGINAL REPORTS |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8457814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34033494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/GO.20.00552 |
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