Australian and New Zealand contribution to international mental health research publications: A survey of high-impact journals

Abstract

Most mental health research published in high-impact journals originates from developed countries in North America and Western Europe and from Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), where only a minority of the world's population exists. We examined the contribution of the ANZ research community to the literature on international mental health in regard to countries outside this dominant group. A literature search was conducted with two phases: a PubMed search of mental health articles by ANZ authors in twelve high-impact local and international journals over three years (2001-2003); and a hand search of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (ANZJP) over ten years (1994-2003). Four ..