Table 1. Distribution of articles within...

Table 1.

Distribution of articles within the five African regions

African region	Country	Total publications	Single country publications	Multiple country publications	%
Central Africa	Cameroon	13	13	0	1.1
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	1	0	0.1
	Gabon	1	1	0	0.1
		15	15	0	1.3
Eastern Africa	Ethiopia	14	14	0	1.2
	Kenya	27	27	0	2.3
	Mauritius	21	21	0	1.8
	Madagascar	1	1	0	0.1
	Rwanda	2	2	0	0.2
	Seychelles	1	1	0	0.1
	Sudan	4	4	0	0.3
	Tanzania	34	34	0	2.8
	Uganda	45	45	0	3.8
	Multiple Eastern African Countries	13	0	13	1.1
		162	149	13	13.5
Northern Africa	Egypt	142	142	0	11.9
	Libya	12	12	0	1.0
	Mauritania	1	1	0	0.1
	Morocco	10	10	0	0.8
	Niger	1	1	0	0.1
	Tunisia	90	90	0	7.5
	Multiple Northern African Countries	4	0	4	0.3
		260	256	4	21.7
Southern Africa	Angola	2	2	0	0.2
	Botswana	4	4	0	0.3
	Lesotho	1	1	0	0.1
	Malawi	2	2	0	0.2
	Mozambique	2	2	0	0.2
	South Africa	295	295	0	24.7
	Zambia	7	7	0	0.6
	Zimbabwe	10	10	0	0.8
	Multiple Southern African Countries	2	0	2	0.2
		325	323	2	27.2
Western Africa	Benin	5	5	0	0.4
	Cote d'Ivoire	1	1	0	0.1
	Gambia	1	1	0	0.1
	Ghana	131	131	0	11.0
	Nigeria	133	133	0	11.1
	Senegal	1	1	0	0.1
	Sierra Leone	2	2	0	0.2
	Togo	1	1	0	0.1
	Multiple Western African Countries	14		14	1.2
		289	275	14	24.2
		1051	1018	33	87.9
Africa in general		78		78	6.5
Combination of African regions		67		67	5.6
African continent – the five regions	All countries above	1196	1018	178	100.0
Others
No DOI access		73
Non-Africa settings		118
Total		1387

African region	Country	Totalpublications	Single countrypublications	Multiple countrypublications	%
Central Africa	Cameroon	13	13	0	1.1
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	1	0	0.1
	Gabon	1	1	0	0.1
		15	15	0	1.3
Eastern Africa	Ethiopia	14	14	0	1.2
	Kenya	27	27	0	2.3
	Mauritius	21	21	0	1.8
	Madagascar	1	1	0	0.1
	Rwanda	2	2	0	0.2
	Seychelles	1	1	0	0.1
	Sudan	4	4	0	0.3
	Tanzania	34	34	0	2.8
	Uganda	45	45	0	3.8
	Multiple Eastern African Countries	13	0	13	1.1
		162	149	13	13.5
Northern Africa	Egypt	142	142	0	11.9
	Libya	12	12	0	1.0
	Mauritania	1	1	0	0.1
	Morocco	10	10	0	0.8
	Niger	1	1	0	0.1
	Tunisia	90	90	0	7.5
	Multiple Northern African Countries	4	0	4	0.3
		260	256	4	21.7
Southern Africa	Angola	2	2	0	0.2
	Botswana	4	4	0	0.3
	Lesotho	1	1	0	0.1
	Malawi	2	2	0	0.2
	Mozambique	2	2	0	0.2
	South Africa	295	295	0	24.7
	Zambia	7	7	0	0.6
	Zimbabwe	10	10	0	0.8
	Multiple Southern African Countries	2	0	2	0.2
		325	323	2	27.2
Western Africa	Benin	5	5	0	0.4
	Cote d'Ivoire	1	1	0	0.1
	Gambia	1	1	0	0.1
	Ghana	131	131	0	11.0
	Nigeria	133	133	0	11.1
	Senegal	1	1	0	0.1
	Sierra Leone	2	2	0	0.2
	Togo	1	1	0	0.1
	Multiple Western African Countries	14		14	1.2
		289	275	14	24.2
		1051	1018	33	87.9
Africa in general		78		78	6.5
Combination of African regions		67		67	5.6
African continent – the five regions	All countriesabove	1196	1018	178	100.0
Others
No DOI access		73
Non-Africa settings		118
Total		1387

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