Table 3

Institutional affiliations by country (n=35) and institution type (n=7) for the entire indirect comparison meta-analytic applications network

InstitutionFirst and last author credit (%)
Country
  Australia2.0
  Belgium1.7
  Brazil2.4
  Canada11.3
  China3.0
  France3.0
  Germany3.6
  Greece1.9
  India1.0
  Italy4.7
  Netherlands3.8
  Spain1.8
  Switzerland2.5
  Taiwan1.7
  UK22.1
  USA26.0
  Other*7.4
Type
Academic 77.4
  School56.4
  Hospital21.0
Government 1.5
Industry 17.5
  Contract research organisation11.3
  Pharmaceutical company6.2
Other 3.6
  Independent research groups1.1
  Non-profit organisations2.4
  Trade associations0.1
  • *Institutional affiliations from other countries with <1% first and last author credit each (Austria, Bahrain, Cameroon, Croatia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea and Thailand).