A disparity in the number of studies related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 between low- and middle-income countries and high-income countries.

Int Health

Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University 2-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan.

Published: July 2021

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Background: There may be a difference in the number of articles about COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 between low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs).

Methods: We analyzed authors' affiliations from 36 432 articles related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2. We introduced logarithmic density and compared the number of articles and logarithmic density of LMICs with those of HICs.

Results: The number of articles and the logarithmic density of LMICs were lower than those of HICs (p<0.0001 for both).

Conclusions: There was a disparity in the number of articles related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 between LMICs and HICs.

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