Content relevant to developing countries of four leading medical journals in January 2002 and January 2003. Values are numbers of articles relevant to developing countries/all published articles in that category (percentages)

Journal Original research articles Review articles Editorials Letters Commentaries, perspectives, and education and debate News and miscellaneous items Lancet January 2002;359(9300-3) 7/39 (18) 0/1 (0) 2/4 (50) 16/53 (30) 6/43 (14) 19/94 (20) January 2003;361(9351-4) 2/37 (5) 1/4 (25) 3/4 (75) 14/62 (23) 20/55 (36) 12/65 (18) BMJ January 2002;324(7328-31) 8/23 (35) 3/7 (43) 7/19 (37) 17/46 (37) 7/12 (58) 24/166 (14) January 2003;326(7379-82) 5/25 (20) 2/11 (18) 5/20 (25) 7/41 (17) 3/9 (33) 22/136 (16) JAMA January 2002;287(1-4) 1/18 (5) 0/8 (0) 0/9 (0) 1/54 (2) 1/15 (7) 9/76 (12) January 2003;289(1-4) 0/14 (0) 0/3 (0) 0/7 (0) 1/17 (6) 0/9 (0) 4/88 (5) New England Journal of Medicine January 2002;346(1-5) 2/20 (10) 0/5 (0) 1/15 (7) 4/26 (15) 0/20 (0) 0/11 (0) January 2003;348(1-5) 2/22 (9) 0/4 (0) 0/11 (0) 0/38 (0) 1/5 (20) 0/38 (0)