title: Authorship affiliations in original articles submitted to the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To ascertain whether the first (principal) and last (senior) authors of articles are affiliated to an organisation belonging to the study country in an analysis of high- and upper-middle-income countries, and low- and lower-middle-income countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective review of all original articles (n = 911) submitted to the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) from June 2006 to May 2008.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 81% of the submitted articles both the first and the last authors were affiliated to the country of the study. Slightly more articles from low (10%) than from lower-middle-income, high- and upper-middle-income countries (all 4%) had neither the first author nor the last author affiliated to the study country. For 17% of articles from low-income countries the senior author was not from the study country.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although acceptance of articles for publication in the IJTLD is not dependent on this criterion, we find that a substantial proportion of authors from low- and middle-income countries were listed as principal and senior authors in articles submitted.
authors.affiliation: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France. aplaisant@theunion.org
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plaisant
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pierard
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Beyers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chan-Yeung
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Enarson
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D019049:Developed Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies