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%) | |