title: The 10/90 divide in mental health research: trends over a 10-year period.
abstract: A search (precision value 94%, recall value 93%) of the ISI Web of Science database (1992-2001) revealed that mental health publications accounted for 3-4% of the health literature. A 10/90 divide in internationally accessible mental health literature was evident and remained undiminished through 10 years as low- and middle-income countries (n=152) contributed only 6%, high-income countries (n=54) 94%, and 14 leading high-income countries (with more than 1% contribution for majority of years under consideration) contributed 90% of internationally accessible mental health research. Steps should be taken to improve the research infrastructure and capacity to conduct and disseminate mental health research in general, and on a priority basis in low- and middle-income countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland. saxenas@who.int
authors.forename: Shekhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paraje
authors.forename: Pratap
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharan
authors.forename: Ghassan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karam
authors.forename: Ritu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sadana
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019049:Developed Countries; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing / Q000639:trends*