Variable | Categories | Frequency | Percent | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Publication year | 2000–01 | 9 | 5.5 | ||
2002–03 | 16 | 9.8 | |||
2004–05 | 14 | 8.5 | |||
2006–07 | 20 | 12.2 | |||
2008–09 | 21 | 12.8 | |||
2010–11 | 24 | 14.6 | |||
2012–13 | 60 | 36.6 | |||
Country | Palestine | 56 | 34.1 | ||
Lebanon | 29 | 17.7 | |||
Sudan | 28 | 17.1 | |||
Jordan | 26 | 15.9 | |||
Othersa | 25 | 15.2 | |||
Research participants | Composition | Internally displaced | 91 | 55.5 | |
Refugees | 65 | 39.6 | |||
Othersb | 8 | 4.9 | |||
Age groups | Adults/older adults | 108 | 65.9 | ||
Children | 30 | 18.3 | |||
All age groups | 26 | 15.9 | |||
Research characteristics | Discipline | Public Health | 103 | 62.8 | |
Social | 34 | 20.7 | |||
Biomedical | 12 | 7.3 | |||
Othersc | 15 | 9.1 | |||
Methodology | Quantitative | 94 | 57.3 | ||
Qualitative | 56 | 34.1 | |||
Mixed methods | 14 | 8.5 | |||
Other descriptors | First author affiliation | Arab | 82 | 50.0 | |
Non-Arab | 82 | 50.0 | |||
Author collaboration | National | 34 | 20.7 | ||
Regional | 5 | 3.0 | |||
International | 83 | 50.6 | |||
Solo author | 42 | 25.6 | |||
Funding sources | International | 51 | 31.1 | ||
UN Organizations | 5 | 3.0 | |||
Mixedd | 12 | 7.3 | |||
No funding | 7 | 4.3 | |||
Not mentioned | 81 | 49.4 | |||
Journal type | National | 2 | 1.2 | ||
Regional | 13 | 7.9 | |||
International | 149 | 90.9 | |||
Journal submission guidelines | Code of ethics requirement | 115 | 70.6 | ||
No requirement | 48 | 29.4 | |||
Ethical research conduct | Institutional approval | Yes | IRB/ REC | 50 | 30.5 |
Otherse | 29 | 17.7 | |||
Total | 79 | 48.2 | |||
No/ Not mentioned | 85 | 51.8 | |||
Access to the community/research site | Yes | 90 | 54.9 | ||
Not mentioned | 74 | 45.1 | |||
Informed consent and/or assent | Yes | 88 | 53.7 | ||
Not mentioned | 76 | 46.3 |