Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of included publications, by periods and total 2002–2021

UCRH publications: no of publications

30

113

188

246

577

Distinct

UCRH-affiliated authors: no of authors

12

36

50

83

130

UCRH first- and last-authored publications

 UCRH first-authored publications (% of period)

15 (50%)

61 (54%)

74 (39%)

84 (34%)

234 (41%)

 UCRH last-authored publications

8 (27%)

39 (35%)

74 (39%)

99 (40%)

220 (38%)

 UCRH first- and last-authored publications

6 (20%)

26 (23%)

32 (17%)

45 (18%)

109 (19%)

Publication type

 Research article

24 (80%)

86 (76%)

157 (84%)

200 (81%)

467 (81%)

 Letter

0

1 (1%)

6 (3%)

3 (1%)

10 (2%)

 Review (systematic, scoping, narrative, etc.)

0

2 (2%)

7 (4%)

13 (5%)

22 (4%)

 Commentary/perspective

6 (20%)

23 (27%)

13 (7%)

20 (8%)

62 (11%)

 Editorial

0

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

1 (0.4%)

4 (1%)

 Study protocol

0

0

3 (2%)

9 (4%)

12 (2%)

Study design

 Qualitative

0

8 (9%)

36 (22%)

58 (26%)

102 (21%)

 Quantitative

21 (88%)

65 (75%)

108 (65%)

121 (55%)

315 (64%)

 Mixed methods

3 (13%)

14 (16%)

21 (13%)

41 (19%)

79 (16%)

Rurality of research settings

 Regional and remote only

8 (27%)

41 (36%)

52 (28%)

62 (25%)

163 (28%)

 Major city, regional and remote breakdown

3 (10%)

4 (4%)

13 (7%)

19 (8%)

39 (7%)

 No. specific reporting of regional or remote

19 (63%)

68 (60%)

123 (65%)

165 (67%)

375 (65%)

 International setting

0

12 (11%)

12 (6%)

21 (9%)

45 (8%)

Research themes

 Healthy start to life

2 (7%)

20 (18%)

47 (25%)

29 (12%)

98 (17%)

 Chronic disease and co-morbidity

0

8 (7%)

42 (22%)

28 (11%)

78 (14%)

 Social and environmental health

11 (37%)

8 (7%)

13 (7%)

40 (16%)

72 (12%)

 Mental health and social and emotional wellbeing

3 (10%)

12 (11%)

27 (14%)

28 (11%)

70 (12%)

 Methods; CQI tools and processes

1 (3%)

9 (8%)

12 (6%)

30 (12%)

54 (9%)

 Infectious disease

1 (3%)

2 (2%)

9 (5%)

28 (11%)

40 (7%)

 Healthy ageing and care for an ageing population

4 (13%)

12 (11%)

9 (5%)

5 (2%)

30 (5%)

 Health workforce/student training

4 (13%)

12 (11%)

9 (5%)

5 (2%)

30 (5%)

 Other

2 (7%)

4 (4%)

6 (3%)

8 (3%)

20 (3%)

 Cancer

1 (3%)

1 (1%)

0

10 (4%)

12 (2%)

 Agricultural health

0

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

3 (1%)

5 (1%)

Cross-cutting research themes

 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health-related topic

0

7 (6%)

39 (21%)

71 (29%)

117 (20%)

 Disability-related topic

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (1%)

1 (0%)

3 (1%)

Equity in authorship: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

 At least one Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander author:

0

2 (2%)

21 (11%)

65 (26%)

88 (15%)

 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander first author

0

0

0

10 (4%)

10 (2%)

 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander last author

0

0

2 (1%)

11 (4%)

13 (2%)

Equity in authorship: Female authorship

 Female first author

15 (50%)

80 (71%)

147 (78%)

179 (73%)

421 (73%)

 Female last author

0

17 (15%)

58 (31%)

143 (58%)

218 (38%)

Publication characteristics

 Quartile 1 Journal at year of publication

13 (43%)

59 (52%)

121 (64%)

154 (63%)

347 (60%)