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Table 2 Total annual output and international collaboration data in the scientific publishing in West Africa (2001–2010)
Indicator | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Annual output | 1646 | 1796 | 1945 | 2097 | 2779 | 2835 | 3642 | 4198 | 4735 | 5044 | 30,717 |
(Co-)authors | 3932 | 4372 | 4998 | 5588 | 7233 | 7927 | 9916 | 11,745 | 13,080 | 15,215 | 84,006 |
Authors per paper | 2.39 | 2.43 | 2.57 | 2.66 | 2.60 | 2.80 | 2.72 | 2.80 | 2.76 | 3.02 | 2.74 |
International coll. | 863 | 927 | 1045 | 1123 | 1421 | 1464 | 1655 | 1849 | 2108 | 2386 | 14,814 |
International coll. (%) | 50.79 | 51.61 | 53.73 | 53.55 | 51.13 | 51.64 | 45.44 | 44.04 | 44.52 | 47.30 | 48.23 |