Table 1

RCR of publications about SSA funded by the FIC, 2008–2019, by first and last authors’ affiliation

Author position	Author affiliation	N publications	Range	Median (IQR)	P value*
First	USA	1248	0–66.7	0.95 (0.49–1.65)	0.0021
	SSA	1262	0–13.3	0.84 (0.43–1.54)	Ref.
	USA and SSA	428	0–63.4	0.98 (0.50–1.69)	0.021
	Neither USA nor SSA	125	0–11.2	0.91 (0.49–1.62)	0.065
Last	USA	1509	0–66.7	0.91 (0.49–1.62)	0.010
	SSA	852	0–13.6	0.88 (0.45–1.59)	Ref.
	USA and SSA	499	0–12.6	0.95 (0.47–1.65)	0.81
	Neither USA nor SSA	173	0–11.2	0.99 (0.41–2.16)	0.13
Total		3089	0–66.7	0.9 (0.46–1.63)

*Wilcoxon rank sum test.
FIC, Fogarty International Center; RCR, relative citation ratio; Ref., reference; SSA, sub-Saharan Africa.