Table 4 Top ten active countries in HIV/AIDS – related medication adherence
From: Global research output on HIV/AIDS–related medication adherence from 1980 to 2017
SCRa | Country | Number of publications N = 3021 | % | Number of publications in HIV/AIDS field; N = 232,000 | % of medication adherence publications from overall HIV/AIDS research | prevalence (%) of HIV among adults (15–49 years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | United States | 1733 | 57.4 | 91,600 | 1.9 | 0.6 |
2nd | South Africa | 236 | 7.8 | 10,138 | 2.3 | 18.92 |
3rd | United Kingdom | 199 | 6.6 | 18,915 | 1.1 | 0.33 |
4th | Canada | 177 | 5.9 | 8362 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
5th | Spain | 130 | 4.3 | 8334 | 1.6 | 0.42 |
6th | France | 118 | 3.9 | 13,131 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
7th | Brazil | 115 | 3.8 | 4974 | 2.3 | 0.55 |
8th | Uganda | 102 | 3.4 | 2742 | 3.7 | 6.8 |
9th | Italy | 80 | 2.6 | 9678 | 0.8 | 0.28 |
9th | Switzerland | 80 | 2.6 | 5037 | 1.6 | 0.26 |