The author with most publications in the field had eight. Table 4 lists the 22 authors with three or more publications in the field of health reform in developing countries. Whilst the search strategy proved to be appropriate in producing the relevant literature, it is still possible that some specialists would consider will find that relevant entries were missed and that non-relevant entries were allowed in. However, we are confident that this errors will be small. Thus Africa predominates in the literature at the regional level, Latin America and the Caribbean being third.
Most authors produce only one work in the five year period.
This suggests little specialisation, or perhaps that that the literature is being produced by policy analysts and decision-makers and less by academics. However, among the 22 highly specialised authors, more than half are from established market economies, with only 7 from developing nations and 2 from international agencies. This suggests the need to stimulate further specialisation in the topic among developing country analysts and academics. Publication is concentrated in thirteen international journals, mostly published in industrialised countries. However, a total of 107 journals publish in the field, producing a total of 5 articles per month on average.