Table 2

Emerging themes and subthemes in included articles


 Author, Publication Year
BarriersFacilitators
Limited speaking opportunitiesVisa restrictionsFinancial barriersPolitical barriersDiscrimination/ racismScholarshipsAdministrative solutions/ advocacyResearch empowermentConference relocation
Total2613126827171733
Strasser55 1997
Karim and Karim54 2001
James71 2002
IAS63 2004
McConachy62 2005
WHO61 2006
IAS73 2006
Alsirafy70 2007
IAS53 2008
IAS52 2009
IAS51 2009
Singh69 2009
Masmoudi68 2009
IAS50 2010
IAS49 2011
Singh60 2011
Le Duc48 2011
Deckelbaum47 2011
IAS46 2012
van der Rijt59 2013
IAS44 2013
Rodriguez-Morales72 2013
IAS43 2014
Plotnikova45 2014
Williams42 2014
Milko41 2014
IAS40 2015
van der Rijt67 2015
IAS39 2016
IAS37 2017
Sheikh38 2017
Science-Metrix Inc.36 2017
IAS57 2018
Plotnikova56 2018
Hawkes10 2018
Pai11 2018
IAS35 2019
Macarayan34 2019
Vervoort7 2019
Sidney8 2019
O’Neil33 2019
Khalek66 2019
Gomez-DeLeon65 2019
George9 2019
Fisher74 2019
Arend64 2019
  • IAS, International AIDS Society.