Authors’ characteristics/Journal

AIR

n (%)

ProfInf

n (%)

L’Infermiere

n (%)

Nursing Oggi

n (%)

Overall

n (%)

Composition of the group of authors

All nurses

61 (37.6%)

166 (58.7%)

59 (51.7%)

30 (48.4%)

316 (50.9%)

One or more nurses and other health care professionals

35 (21.6%)

72 (25.4%)

32 (28.1%)

18 (29%)

157 (25.3%)

One or more nurses and others unspecified figures

64 (39.6%)

33 (12.0%)

16 (14.0%)

8 (12.9%)

122 (19.6%)

A single nurse

2 (1.2%)

11 (3.9%)

7 (6.2%)

6 (9.7%)

26 (4.2%)

First author’s occupation

Clinical

62 (38.3%)

81 (28.6%)

57 (50%)

16 (25.8%)

216 (34.8%)

Academic

45 (27.8%)

95 (33.6%)

24 (21.0%)

21 (33.9%)

185 (29.8%)

Director/coordinator

31 (19.1%)

75 (26.5%)

19 (16.7%)

16 (25.8%)

141 (22.7%)

Student

11 (6.9%)

14 (4.9%)

5 (4.4%)

5 (8.1%)

35 (5.6%)

Not stated

9 (5.5%)

13 (4.6%)

9 (7.9%)

4 (6.4%)

35 (5.6%)

Other

4 (2.4%)

5 (1.8%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

9 (1.5%)

Last author’s occupation

Academic

62 (38.3%)

140 (49.5%)

51 (44.7%)

15 (24.2%)

268 (43.2%)

Clinical

46 (28.5%)

39 (13.8%)

21 (18.4%)

26 (41.9%)

132 (21.2%)

Director/coordinator

30 (18.5%)

69 (24.4%)

18 (15.8%)

7 (11.3%)

124 (20.0%)

Absent (one single author)

2 (1.2%)

12 (4.2%)

11 (9.6%)

6 (9.7%)

31 (5.0%)

Not stated

14 (8.6%)

13 (4.6%)

5 (4.4%)

4 (6.5%)

36 (5.8%)

Other

7 (4.3%)

7 (2.4%)

7 (6.2%)

3 (4.8%)

24 (3.9%)

Student

1 (0.6%)

3 (1.1%)

1 (0.9%)

1 (1.6%)

6 (0.9%)