Table 4 Authors (number and country of origin and affiliation) of the reviews
From: Current state of ethics literature synthesis: a systematic review of reviews
Authors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of authors | Reviews (n = 84) | Number of authors (cont.) | Reviews (n = 84) | |
 2 | 26 (31 %) | 8 | 4 (5 %) | |
 3 | 18 (21 %) | 10 | 2 (2 %) | |
 4 | 16 (19 %) | 6 | 2 (2 %) | |
 5 | 7 (9 %) | 9 | 1 (1 %) | |
 1 | 7 (9 %) | 7 | 1 (1 %) | |
Country of origin | Reviews (n = 84) | Country of origin (cont.) | Reviews (n = 84) | |
 USA | 20 (24 %) | Croatia | 1 (1 %) | |
 Belgium | 10 (12 %) | Ethiopia | 1 (1 %) | |
 United Kingdom | 10 (12 %) | France | 1 (1 %) | |
 Germany | 8 (10 %) | Italy | 1 (1 %) | |
 The Netherlands | 6 (8 %) | Kenya | 1 (1 %) | |
 Australia | 5 (6 %) | Lebanon | 1 (1 %) | |
 Canada | 3 (4 %) | Mexico | 1 (1 %) | |
 Finland | 3 (4 %) | South Africa | 1 (1 %) | |
 Iran | 3 (4 %) | Spain | 1 (1 %) | |
 Greece | 2 (2 %) | Switzerland | 1 (1 %) | |
 Ireland | 2 (2 %) | Turkey | 1 (1 %) | |
 Brazil | 1 (1 %) |  |  | |
Affiliation (sorted after highest total) | First author (n = 84) | Last author (n = 77) | Other authors (n = 44) | Total (n = 205) |
 Bioethics | 29 (35 %) | 28 (36 %) | 3 (7 %) | 60 (29 %) |
 Medicine | 18 (22 %) | 16 (21 %) | 17 (39 %) | 51 (26 %) |
 Nursing/AHP | 11 (13 %) | 7 (9 %) | 5 (11 %) | 23 (11 %) |
 Health Science | 7 (8 %) | 6 (8 %) | 5 (11 %) | 18 (9 %) |
 Public Health/Global Health/International Health | 4 (5 %) | 3 (4 %) | 2 (5 %) | 9 (4 %) |
 Philosophy/Humanities | 2 (2 %) | 3 (4 %) | 2 (5 %) | 7 (3 %) |
 Genetics | 1 (1 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 4 (9 %) | 5 (2 %) |
 IT/Communication | 2 (2 %) | 1 (1 %) | 1 (2 %) | 4 (2 %) |
 Law/Politics | 1 (1 %) | 2 (3 %) | 1 (2 %) | 4 (2 %) |
 Statistics | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (1 %) | 1 (2 %) | 2 (1 %) |
 Other* | 9 (11 %) | 8 (10 %) | 3 (7 %) | 20 (10 %) |
 Not stated | 0 (0.0 %) | 2 (3 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 2 (1 %) |