Representation of less-developed countries in Pharmacology journals: an online survey of corresponding authors

Table 2 Characteristics of papers and their corresponding authors.

Characteristics	n (%) N = 584*	Characteristics	n (%) N = 332*
Journal Impact Factor		Paper rejected from other journal(s)	159 (47.9)
<1.00	165 (28.2)
1.00-<2.00	118 (20.2)
2.00-<3.00	186 (31.9)
3-<4	73 (12.5)
≥4	42 (7.2)
Number of authors		Corresponding authors
1	12 (2.1)
2-4	242 (41.4)	Faculty	286 (86.2)
5-7	226 (38.7)	Students	22 (6.6)
8-10	81 (13.9)	Industry	14 (4.2)
>10	23 (3.9)	person	10 (3.0)
		Others
Co-author(s) from developed country	46 (7.9)

*The number of responses varies because the source of data as mentioned above in the Table caption is different.
The table shows the characteristics of the publications and the corresponding authors. The data on the number of authors and the presence of coauthor from developed countries was obtained from the papers themselves. The data on previous rejection(s), and position of corresponding authors were obtained from the authors themselves via e mail.

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